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demmiblue

(36,864 posts)
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 04:19 PM Mar 2020

How in the hell do governors deal with this:

"I'm trying to figure out how we're triaging the supplies that we have," South Dakota GOP Gov. Noem tells POTUS on a conf call w/ governors. She says she's been asking for more test supplies to no avail.

Trump cuts her off to say "there is tremendous supply."

"Alright, Kristi. Alright," Trump says to South Dakota's Gov. Noem, after she says she needs more testing resources and wants to raise another issue w/ him.




My god, we are in deep trouble (not that we didn't know this already).
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How in the hell do governors deal with this: (Original Post) demmiblue Mar 2020 OP
See my post on Mi. gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #1
He is so woefully ill equipped to handle this and a total lack of comprehension for what is occurring. RKP5637 Mar 2020 #2
They can't and that is what Trump wants Progressive dog Mar 2020 #3
As the teleconference with Governors passed the hour mark, Pres Trump seemed to get impatient. demmiblue Mar 2020 #4
A quarter million swabs, WOW! Retrograde Mar 2020 #9
I'm beginning to think that even Pence might be an improvement. Jim__ Mar 2020 #5
A Magic 8 Ball or a Furby would be an improvement. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #6
Or...... KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2020 #10
Yeah, that hair has to GO. It's too much like the Grotesque Orange Pustule. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2020 #11
Kick dalton99a Mar 2020 #7
He thinks by the wave of his tiny orange hand liberalmuse Mar 2020 #8

RKP5637

(67,111 posts)
2. He is so woefully ill equipped to handle this and a total lack of comprehension for what is occurring.
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 04:30 PM
Mar 2020

He's riding by the seat of his pants and looking for others to blame for his inadequacies.

Retrograde

(10,137 posts)
9. A quarter million swabs, WOW!
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 04:42 PM
Mar 2020

Is he innumerate as well as illiterate (yeah, dumb question)? And what about the rest of the test kit components?

For comparison, about 7 million people are now in lockdown just around the CA Bay Area: and this isn't the most populous part of California. A quarter million swabs won't even cover one county here.

liberalmuse

(18,672 posts)
8. He thinks by the wave of his tiny orange hand
Thu Mar 19, 2020, 04:40 PM
Mar 2020

and by the vomit of meaningless words coming out of his puckered mouth, it is so decreed. God help us all.

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