Trump is threatening to withhold #coronavirus Aid to Democrat Governors and its people ........

[riversedge]

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[redstatebluegirl]

1. Captain Queeg where are the stawberries!!

[Squinch]

2. New York is a donor state. We should pay all our taxes to the state.

[DBoon]

26. Almost all Democratic states are donor states

Funny how that works

[NewJeffCT]

43. yes

New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts are 4 of the biggest donor states.

[Tacan]

45. Oh my God

Don't forget about California, Washington and Oregon! California is the 5th biggest economy in the world.

[NewJeffCT]

49. California is about break even overall, Oregon is not a donor state

in terms of getting money back from the federal government vs what it pays in.

Connecticut is by far the worst, getting back 74 cents for every dollar. NJ, Mass and NY are the only other states that get less than 90 cents per dollar back, with 82 to 86 cents

Link below is the a PDF file

https://rockinst.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/1-7-19b-Balance-of-Payments.pdf

[bdamomma]

64. I know it's

the smallest state in the union, but don't forget Rhode Island.

[bluestarone]

4. The fucker wants to

DESTROY our country! He's got the senates blessing!! (almost like he KNOWS he will win in NOV?) WE have to be ready to fucking REVOLT, if that happens!!

[Marcuse]

5. Prologue: Trump threatened to withhold military aid from Ukraine until the whistle blew on him.

[Yavin4]

6. Push the button

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[lunatica]

42. They should rename that the Panic Button

[mobeau69]

7. Technically he didn't tweet "coronavirus aid" but he is

Fucking Nuts.

[riversedge]

8. Who the fuck watches Mutiny on the Bounty and identifies with Captain Bligh?????

The Captain if trending.........



Who the fuck watches Mutiny on the Bounty and identifies with Captain Bligh?????

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[liberalla]

47. He reveals SO MUCH about himself when he says things like that.

[live love laugh]

59. Fascists ... that's who. nt

[Grins]

60. The "Commander in Chief" of the US Navy...?

And what true Commander in Chief would think a “good old fashioned mutiny...exciting and invigorating”?

[BusyBeingBest]

9. How is he still in office? I can't figure out why we're tolerating this.

[gratuitous]

12. Thanks go to the Republicans in the Senate

Each and every one of them voted to keep this martinet in office (with one lone, didn't-make-a-damn-bit-of-difference vote). Put them all on the hot seat with Lord Littlehands.

[BusyBeingBest]

13. I'm starting to understand the entrenched hopelessness

and cynicism of citizens of notoriously-corrupt countries.

[thucythucy]

23. Remember too that such levels of corruption

often come with open violence, whether from police and military, or semi-official goons and death squads. It's difficult trying to speak out when someone is smashing your face with a brick, or if you think your family might be targeted late one night.

Not that this doesn't happen here. We all know about violence against people of color and gay people and people with disabilities, some of us have had personal experience. But when it becomes the policy of the state to treat any and all dissent that way, "entrenched hopelessness" can become a matter of personal survival.

This makes the relative gutlessness of so much of our media so galling. Journalists in places like Saudi Arabia and Russia risk their lives on a daily basis, wishing they had our protections.

Maybe yesterday was a turning point. If so, it's about time--in fact it's four years too late. It might be that the White House press corps now have actual skin in the game--they and their families are at risk along with the rest of us.

We shall see.

[DBoon]

30. and in corrupt autocracies, even the wealthy are targetted

being the richest man in Russia does not protect you if you cross Putin

[BusyBeingBest]

35. I agree, the relative meekness of response/protest in the US

by both media and citizens, where there is still truly not much penalty or downside to it (yet), sort of surprises me. It really does feel like we've gotten used to open corruption and we accept it now with a shrug--no knocks on the door in the middle of the night required to make us submit.

[crickets]

65. Well said. nt

[SheltieLover]

10. Well, there it is

The ultimate repuke play. Starve them out. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤮

[Windy City Charlie]

11. This is

This is essentially the same thing he did to Ukraine that led to him being impeached.

[2naSalit]

14. Not that we couldn't tell that already. ...nt

[RANDYWILDMAN]

15. It's too easy to be against this person...

you gotta be worried about the 60 million people who think he walks on water.

[MyOwnPeace]

16. Indeed!

How stupid can you be to think this guy is anything but a blazing idiot without a shred of decency!

[exboyfil]

37. They think he will always be on their side

Even though he isn't. That in itself is a problem.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

17. And tell MF45 that "The Revenge of The Nerds" was ours.....

And we know how that movie ended....

[tblue37]

18. Even the threat is another impeachable offense--that he will get away with. nt

[octoberlib]

19. DemocratIC Governors. Democrat used as a descriptor is a right wing slur.

[Harker]

22. Thanks.

Never give in on that.

[SunSeeker]

24. Thank you! Hearing "Democrat Governors" is like nails on a chalkboard.

[octoberlib]

29. It is and it drives me crazy when TV journalists don't correct them.

[greenjar_01]

34. Thank you! I was like, what the fuck is a "Democrat Governor"

Fuck that shit.

[HuskyOffset]

53. Thank you

This is me when I see "Democrat" used as an adjective:

[Grins]

61. Don't. That's what they want you to do.

The root-cellar dwelling meatbags would orgasm over you being pissed. Leave them frustrated.

[HuskyOffset]

63. Actually, I do try remain calm

and, with a sweet innocent voice and bright cheerful demeanor, inform them that "democrat" is a noun and they're using it as an adjective, which is something most Americans learn in primary school grammar. I further suggest the possibility that they might want to repeat those grades or otherwise review that material.

[0rganism]

20. mmm, nothing quite like the sickly sweet scent of extortion

one might think, in a more civilized age, such behavior from a president would not be long endured by congress
more appropriate for a mob boss: "nice state you got there, shame if something were to happen to it..."

[Downtown Hound]

21. What aid?

The only aid he's given my state has been some broken ventilators.

[SunSeeker]

25. Worse, he's STEALING the PPE we're buying.

https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-federal-govt-fema-accused-taking-states-masks-ventilator-orders-2020-4

[SunSeeker]

27. Please edit the OP to say "Democratic Governors and their people ........"

Please.

[kentuck]

28. I guess he considers Democrats his enemy?

Even during a pandemic?

What an asshole!

[MFM008]

44. And blue states

All of them.

[bdamomma]

66. he hates

blue states it should be no surprise to us who live in blue states, hates Democratic Women governors, Crap, Rhode Island has a woman Democratic Governor.

He needs his ass kicked and a lot more.

[ConstanceCee]

31. Who Wrote This?

My usual over-riding question is who wrote this. Trump couldn't spell "mutineer." If he were asked to to tell about the movie, he wouldn't be able to. Who writes these things for him?

[mtngirl47]

48. My guess is Stephen Miller. It always sounds like some evil

Nazi shit.

[ZenDem]

32. His favorite movie...

...because we know damned well he didn't read the book.

He's a horrible person that admires horrible people.

[Jake Stern]

33. The mutineers established a colony known today at Pitcairn Island

Seems like they did just fine without Bligh.

[MagickMuffin]

36. Greetings, King of the Death Panels

Ya know there are people of both parties who live in those states as well, right?

Perhaps they won't be able to vote for you in Nov. since they could possibly be dead by YOUR OWN ACTIONS!

[cate94]

40. That's right.

It was exactly what I was thinking!

[Glorfindel]

38. Could you at least change the heading to "Democrat Governors"?

So that we know you're aware of the implied slur against our fellow Democrats? Please?

[randr]

39. Prepare the dingy!

[Mr.Bill]

41. Trump doesn't have the attention span to watch a three hour movie,

unless he is in it.

[onecent]

50. I don't think he could sit still for 3 hours....

[Mr.Bill]

52. I agree with you, but I think you meant to

reply to someone else.

[solara]

56. Sorry,

I thought I was replying to the person who first posted. Should I delete it? Really really sorry

[Mr.Bill]

57. No harm done, I just thought you may want to know.

[Mercurian]

46. Um, you do realize..

.. comparing yourself to William Bligh is bad optics, right? Besides, Charles Laughton was much smarter and better looking than you.

[wnylib]

54. He is reacting to the combined

governors' conference of yesterday afternoon. Cuomo hosted a regional conference for the governors of CT, NJ, RI, PA, and NY. The focus was how to safely and gradually loosen the shut downs that these regional governors had worked out between themselves. Jobs and schools cross state lines, plus people cross state lines to go to bars, restaurants, etc. So governors in the northeast region worked out cooperative agreements in closing down and social distancing.

It is natural, then, that they would arrange agreements on when and how to reopen businesses and schools. Each governor took questions from media for their state.

Trump apparently feels threatened by this cooperation between neighboring states. All the governors did was inform their constituents on what they are doing and why. But Trump's paranoia couldn't deal with it. He is such a freakin' snowflake.

[Hekate]

55. How very self-revealing

[solara]

58. About the title of this post:

Gotta say that I find the the word "Democrat" when used as an adjective
to be highly offensive. Mainly because republicons have used it for years to infer that Democrats (I'm using the term as a noun here) are 'rats'. They mean it to insult us, even the bogus president uses it. So folks on DU should be aware of this and stop using the term in an offensive way. Most of us are progressives, yes? But even if not, there is no excuse for it.

I remember that both Joy & Rachael have cautioned a few of their guests about using this term, in this way, on their shows.

I have noticed this before in way too many posts here on DU. Please do NOT use 'Democrat' as an adjective, it should be 'Democratic"

Democratic Senator, not Democrat Senator

Democratic Party, not Democrat Party

Democratic House, not Democrat House

Democratic Speaker, not Democrat Speaker

Of course there are some exceptions, so this is just a general rule of respect and
I could be wrong, of course, but I had to say something this time - it's just my two cents..

[raccoon]

62. Do you know what's more reprehensible then Trump saying that

Do you know what’s more reprehensible than Trump saying that?

The Republican congresspersons For allowing this to go on.

[npk]

67. Holy Shit!!!!

What a complete dickhead. I hope this fucker spend the rest of his life behind bars. I know he won't, sadly, but I will not give up hope.