Why is it safe for my kid to be in school but not safe for Paul Manafort to be in prison?

[kpete]

Why is it safe for my kid to be in school but not safe for Paul Manafort to be in prison?

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[uponit7771]

1. K&R,

[Champp]

2. Probably because your kids aren't Republican scumbag sleazemasters*

* they are special

[NCjack]

8. Our kids don't possess info that could put Trump in prison.

[plimsoll]

28. Logic would dictate that eliminating the person with the info

would be beneficial.

Unless Manafort said he'd release the information if he wasn't protected.

[NCjack]

29. Manafort knows how to protect himself -- years of experience working for Russians. nt

[soothsayer]

3. They'll just say kids don't (often) die

[Raven]

4. Maybe they don't die but, boy, do they spread!

[soothsayer]

5. Yeah he's not worried about that, or the staff

Or the parents. Or anyone.

[Turbineguy]

6. Does your kid have a classmate

named Bubba who killed his Mother with an axe?

I hope Manafort has a cellmate like that.

[LiberalArkie]

7. To put crudely in the terms that their brains think, "you and your kid are nobodies, Manafort

is somebody"

Just the way society has always been.

[Evolve Dammit]

9. white, male, rich and connected to a mob boss(es) and those who run DOJ

[TryLogic]

10. I think the objective is to spread the virus as much as possible so Trump can declare

a national emergency, cancel the election in November, and perhaps declare military rule. But for sure, try to cancel the election.

[Hstch05]

13. I think

you are giving him far more credit than you should. He is stumbling thought his presidency a day at a time. He's not capable of being this strategic. Besides, he always say the quiet thing loudly, he would have blurted this out by now if it was his plan.

[uponit7771]

15. "In Common language he's evil..." Doctor on Lawrence Odonnell show. Trump is Joker from Dark Knight

... the stupid version he just wants to see it burn

[keithbvadu2]

11. School - a big, mandatory COVID party.

School - a big, mandatory COVID party.

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. Because Manafort can't babysit all the kids of all the workers.

[Frustratedlady]

14. I agree! I have 3 kids that are all teachers.

I worry about them returning to the classroom, as well as the little ones.

Get the numbers down and keep them there for a while before you open the schools. Those classrooms are petri dishes.

[RVN VET71]

24. That is how the question should be phrased :

Why are teachers and school support staff people of no significance vis-a-vis this pandemic while Paul Manafort is? Why is it not just OK but now, somehow, patriotically necessary, to sacrifice the professional educators and those who support their mission, to be placed at risk of death, but not a man whose felonies bordered on treason?

Yes, the children are also placed at risk in this, and many of them will get sick, some will die, others will suffer serious lifelong consequences. Those numbers will probably be small, but is Trump willing to put up his children in this death lottery?

I think it's approaching time to break out the torches and pitchforks. This man and his evil minions -- such as that absolute pig in Florida -- are going to have a reckoning and it will not be pretty.

[Frustratedlady]

25. Well, I've had my pitchfork at the ready for 3+ years...actually, around 10:00 pm on election night.

I may be old, but I'm not dead...yet. I think that just the sight of a bunch of pitchforks will show how much of a wimp Trump truly is.

Elderly, unite! We have a bunch of little ones to protect.

[RVN VET71]

26. And their teachers!

[FakeNoose]

16. Chump doesn't care if you hire a private tutor

... in order to keep your kid safe. That's just fine with him.

It also means you probably voted for him, because you're most likely a one-per-center.

Let's face it, only a tiny number of Americans can afford private tutors for their kids. If you can afford charter school / private school tuition, the number gets a little larger but you're still in the top two-per-cent of Americans. Those are the only Americans Chump cares about.

[duforsure]

17. Because Manafort has a lot of dirt on trump

And you've seen what trump thinks of children by caging them and scattering them across the globe preventing them from ever finding their parents again. Trump hates children , and has no problem putting them and your family at risk for his political gain. trump wants the virus spread more doing this , and with re-opening prematurely. trumps on putins side , not ours.

[lark]

18. Why is it safe for kids to be in school but for tours to rw governors mansions closed?

Why is DeSantis at risk having visitors quite a ways from his residence but teachers who will have babies in their faces aren't at risk? No, they just don't give a shit about the working class and poor other than juicing the economy because they certainly aren't asking the rich to do their fair share. I have seen nothing being done to protect the teachers and lunchroom workers of FL, and very minimal assistance to keep kids healthy. No social distancing is allowed in DeSatanus order, class room sizes will be allowed to continue to be huge and violate FL orders for smaller classrooms. We are so fucked as a state and so many other red states will be in the same category.

[louis-t]

19. That's a very good question.

[MontanaMama]

20. Because we, the little people, are expendable.

Manafort is not. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

[SpankMe]

21. Double rec. n/t

[flibbitygiblets]

22. Infinity rec

[calimary]

23. A VERY good question!

[iluvtennis]

27. This question is spot on. I'm tired of the rhetoric from trump/his gang of thugs that schools will

open in August.

I want to see the plan for how the schools will be opened that provide safety for the kids, teachers, cafeteria workers, school staff, etc.

Show us the details and then we can assess if our the schools are ready for our children.

[maxsolomon]

30. Non-violent offender, risky age group.

Prisons are not equipped to treat Covid. Manafort's not the only one getting early release.

[MiniMe]

31. Because the kids aren't rich and most likely won't contribute to his campaign?

Just a guess.

[usaf-vet]

32. Because in general the GOP wants is a child to be BORN. It a GOP talking point every 4 years.

For a more complete explanation read this to prior OPs of mine.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213693314

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=13697511