Trump pushed too hard today

[gollygee]

Even hard-core Republicans won't send their kids to crowded schools in a pandemic. He's going to lose a lot more support. Parents are very protective of our kids.

[C_U_L8R]

1. Trump doesn't know what it's like to have kids

Just ask his kids

[Xipe Totec]

3. He's never been a father; accidental sperm donor at best. nt

[Person of Interest]

27. Bravo!! 🙌👍

[not fooled]

36. Passing the dysfunction

on to another generation. Not exactly 'parenting.'

[tanyev]

2. Trump doesn't seem to realize that a lot of Republicans actually like their kids

and don’t want them to get sick.

[enid602]

4. Republicans

They just want everyone else's kids to get sick.

[zentrum]

34. Well done!

[sop]

5. The only Republicans Trump really cares about send their kids to expensive private schools.

These schools will take every precaution to safeguard their precious students, unlike the public schools throughout Trump country.

[gollygee]

6. That's a pretty small percentage of them

He can't hold onto much support if he's out trying to sacrifice people's kids to his re-election campaign.

[Blue_true]

12. The number of kids in private and charter schools is tiny compared to the number

in public schools. Public schools educate something like 25-27 times more kids. And public schools HAVE to take every child, they can’t pick and choose, if a child is in their district and show up at school, they have to take that child in, regardless of his or her problem.

[Blue Owl]

7. The image of an exploding diaper comes to mind

[grizzyboy]

8. Don't get what his advisors are telling him

It's a conservative position to save money too.

[HotTeaBag]

9. Neither does he.

Welcome to DU !!!

[malaise]

10. As other DUers pointed out if the virus is too deadly for Cohen and Manafort

to remain in prison, why should people send their children to school,
When all the Fux hacks return to their studios, schools can reopen

[Skittles]

11. strange

the same repukes who don't want the government making decisions for their kids have no problem with the government making decisions for women

[RockRaven]

13. He's going to force the CDC to release bogus, dangerous guidelines and Repukes will

fall in line on the rationale that they are being responsible by following the rules. Just watch.

[C Moon]

20. Yep. They'll be screaming just like they did with the "Open up the U.S." bit.

[Phoenix61]

14. His base sends their kids to public school.

I hope common sense prevails but...

[renate]

16. but his base thinks the virus is a hoax and want their kids out of their hair

I think that unfortunately his ratings among his base are not going to suffer for this stupid, stupid policy.

[Phoenix61]

17. When it gets personal they'll care and not one

second before. Not when their co-worker’s kid, or their neighbor’s kid gets sick, when their kid does.

[MyOwnPeace]

25. Don't count on that........

remember, half of his "base" belongs there in schools because they didn't pay attention the first time.

[Brainfodder]

15. He moved on to: Sacrificing the OLD and NEWish?

He belongs on death row and/or in a home for the mentally handicapped, unstable and OLD, does one exist and have an opening?

[helpisontheway]

18. The Trump cult members in my local VA group wants kids back in schools without masks. Nt

[captain queeg]

19. Do any of them have kids? Or grand kids?

Usually people are pretty protective of their grand kids.

[helpisontheway]

21. YES..they want their kids back in school. It is crazy. Smhnt

[ancianita]

22. He must really not care. He's got other "surprises" planned, no matter the outcome of 11/3.

[paleotn]

23. And end up with yet another transmission explosion...

right before the election. It's madness. They've literally lost all touch with reality. But then again, there's no one left in the White House to tell Donnie that's an incredibly stupid fucking idea.

[BigmanPigman]

24. This will harm him enormously. Good!

The timing of this is going to really hit the voters in the Fall. People will be getting sick once kids go back and we will see an increase in cases worse than we have seen to date. It is as if he wants to lose since the reopening of schools prematurely (for $$$ and not health/safety) will effect tons of families.

He is shooting himself in the foot with this single issue.

[Traildogbob]

26. Trumper parents

A lot of his supporters barely can read and pumped out kids for gubment checks. Now they are having to keep them all day and expected to teach them math and reading and feed them. Fuck that, that interferes with their daytime Tee Vee stories. Open up that 5 day a week free day care damn it. MAGA!

[Mazeltov Cocktail]

28. Republicans only like fetuses..

They support children being massacred by AR-15s, they don't care what teachers are paid, they abhor children having lunches, I could go on and on...

Trump is the voice of republican voters who love god, guns, and gore. Why would an epidemic upset them.

[gollygee]

30. They love their own children

They don't care about other people's children - I agree with that - but when push comes to shove and the case rate is very high in late August, they're going to be worried about their kids and upset that they're expected to sacrifice them for Trump's re-election bid. I don't doubt they'd be happy to sacrifice other people's kids.

[jmg257]

29. Understand - His base doesn't believe its a real threat!! I argue it every day with numerous people

who just don't care. They prop each other up on twitter, create/find other stats and claim "fake news" and shout 'life goes on".
They WANT their kids to go to school. They TRUST trump.

Morons.
Maskless brainless morons.

[gollygee]

31. In late August

when the numbers are up and they're facing sending their kids someplace they're likely to get sick, they will probably start seeing it as a threat.

[jmg257]

32. Lets hope - cause they haven't bought in yet. Dont matter how many new cases ('More testing')

or how many die ('pre-existing issues') or how many are in hospitals (not all covid...pffft')

[Dreampuff]

33. At first, I always kept thinking

That each time he did something stupid it would be the end of him. No such luck on anything so far and I doubt this will do it either.

As was said before, most of his morons believe this is a hoax and Sham and unless it hits their own child and their own family, they won't believe it. They will come up with any excuse to protect him no matter what he does. A whole different type of people.

They CDC had somewhat decent rules in place and he blew up and they have now come up with a new set of rules to please him. I wouldn't really call them rules. More like recommendations or gentle reminders.

[luvallpeeps]

35. What started as a dumpster fire has now....

devolved (is that a word?) into a clusterf_ck. Just when you think it can't get any worse, it does. I'll have to give him props though, he started with the Muslim ban, and the hits just kept on comin'. He wasn't always successful, but that's okay. As long as they see he hates. We've already acknowledged ad nauseam, that a certain percentage of voters will not be moved. He hates who they hate, and that's one powerful feel. One nation under God. I'm just bracing for the grand finale.