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    Tired of listening to the daily Trump briefings on COVID-19. Yeah, misinformation and political posturing for sure.

    But here in New York we have even a bigger spinmeister who has suddenly become the beacon of hope for a brokered convention. ‘Blame everybody but me’ Andy has captured the hearts and minds of Democrats who see how utterly weak and ineffective ‘comrade’ Sanders and ‘delusional’ Biden have become.

    Cuomo’s tough but calming briefings belie how his progressive-liberal policies economically and morally despoiled this state.

    Like his arrogant father Mario, he is a legend in his own mind. Like his father who entertained a presidential run, Andy will find his strength lies in but a blue state and would get his ass kicked on the big stage. Andy has baggage.

    He is now campaigning on misery, certainly not accomplishment - where he thought of campaigning early on in the presidential race but didn’t garner the political support needed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lee Chowaniec View Post

    He is now campaigning on misery, certainly not accomplishment - where he thought of campaigning early on in the presidential race but didn’t garner the political support needed.
    I have no significant problem with Cuomo's handling of the crisis; I believe he is doing a solid job. My problem resides with his finger-pointing at the Trump administration to divert attention from his own deficiencies in the world of disaster preparation.

    To your political motivation point Lee, Cuomo is illustrative of the Left's worldwide stock in trade: Appeal to human emotions and the exploitation of misery to acquire power and then grow an all-powerful and controlling government.

    The example of the Communist seizure of power in Russia in 1917 was resultant from longstanding class social injustices which were compounded by the shortages and carnage of World War One is the most glaring.

    The same template was used by the Left in Germany and Italy when the rise of socialist governments were the irrational reactions to the prevailing injustices and economic problems stemming from World War One and the Depression.

    America's examples while not as dramatic, are classically indicative:

    (1) Although far more justified than subsequent examples, FDR 1932 campaign during the Great Depression.

    (2) Jimmy Carter's self-defined "Misery Index" of 1976, which was properly, and accurately, weaponized against him in 1980.

    (3) Bill Clinton propagandized a highly exaggerated 1991 recession, and translated it into the "worse economy since the Depression," because his campaign theme was "...the economy stupid."

    (4) The Obama alternative to the Bush Administration's failures and follies of the Iraq War and the 2008 economic crisis.

    What I find really upsetting and frustrating, is that in times of Democrat incumbency, all problems miraculously disappear, and the streets of America are paved with gold. Of course, that characterization has disingenuously been promulgated by a sycophantic Leftist media.

    The now famous words "Never let a crisis go to waste" sum-up the Left's philosophy so well.
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    ‘This solid job’ you refer to, I see as political grandstanding. What extraordinary action has he taken except to take credit for what others are doing, holding his hand out for more federal funding and holding Trump responsible for the response delay. They were all asleep at the wheel when it comes to preparedness.

    Two months ago Cuomo and the biased liberal media were focused on impeaching Trump. No one showed any concern on this insidious disease coming to America.

    Again, I am tired of the briefings held by Trump, but more so by Cuomo and County Executive Poloncarz, each pontificating on their personal war against the virus while in New York we are being savaged by the silent killer.

    As of Saturday there were 120,000 cases identified in the 50 states, with 2,000 deaths. In New York alone, Cuomo today said there are more than 52,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, with over 725 deaths. With 6% of the total population New York has 43.3% of the cases, 36.3% of the total deaths, 1.40% death ratio.

    New Jersey is next in cases with 11,124, 140 deaths and a death ratio of 1.3%.

    California with a population twice the size of New York has 4,659 reported cases, 101 deaths and a death ratio of 2.2%. California was the first state to issue mandatory ‘stay home / closure’ policies.

    On March 22, Cuomo issued, under executive order, civil fines and mandatory closures to businesses that don't comply. For essential workers who must go out in public, Cuomo encouraged social distancing. Grocery stores, food delivery service and public transportation are still operational.

    Cuomo now maintains President Trump floating the idea of a temporary quarantine for New York would be a federal declaration of war on states. He is most likely correct. But Cuomo can dictate actions that impact commerce and employment? Has he been at war against his own people?

    Dr. Deborah Birx issues coronavirus warning: 'We don't think any city will be spared'. We are seeing that play out here in Western New York. We have not peaked yet.

    Like all the other politicos, Cuomo has been asleep at the wheel. As for the bottom feeding media, disgusting. Joe Scarborough is the worst of the worse.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lee Chowaniec View Post
    ‘This solid job’ you refer to, I see as political grandstanding.
    Your point is well taken, but the "grandstanding" is within the scope of his role as the ultimate advocate for New York.

    Quote Originally Posted by Lee Chowaniec View Post
    and holding Trump responsible for the response delay.
    Regrettably, you are once again correct, and I could sure live without those snarky remarks.



    Quote Originally Posted by Lee Chowaniec View Post
    Two months ago Cuomo and the biased liberal media were focused on impeaching Trump. No one showed any concern on this insidious disease coming to America.
    Yes, the removal of Trump was an "urgent" matter that was confronted with a suspicious delivery delay of the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate.

    The Covid-19 relief legislation, truly an "urgent" matter, was shamefully delayed for demands to fund the Kennedy Center and a USPS bailout.

    In fact, it would seem that the only consistent matter of urgency for many on the Left, such as Bill Maher, was to crash the economy...

    "Can I ask about the economy because this economy is going pretty well? I feel like the bottom has to fall out at some point. And by the way, I'm hoping for it. Because I think one way you get rid of Trump is a crashing economy. So, please, bring on the recession. Sorry if that hurts people, but it's either root for a recession or you lose your democracy."
    https://www.realclearpolitics.com/vi...recession.html

    and Maher even doubled-down on his wish...


    https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-kno...-loses-in-2020


    One way or the other, I guess Maher and his Leftists friends got their wish, eh?


    Quote Originally Posted by Lee Chowaniec View Post
    Again, I am tired of the briefings held by Trump...

    Can you imagine the "Fake News" and character assassination that would be disseminated if Trump was not high profile?
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    This IMHO is why Trump needs to directly communicate to the nation that he leads...

    https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/29/polit...ntv/index.html
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    I have consistently said that during this time of crisis, we need to support our leaders, but this is a bridge too far...



    This appears to be a gratuitous overreach of partisan political power, and raises questions about motivation, in my opinion.
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    Trump, Pelosi, Schumer, Cuomo, Poloncarz have all lost my trust and respect.

    Briefings for the sake of transparency is a must. The rhetoric thereafter, speculation and blame game is uncalled for / disturbing – resulting in disinformation, fear and anxiety. I am tired of the lying and BS coming from both sides

    Pelosi wants to know what Trump knew and when and blames his delay in reacting as contributing to thousands of deaths. At the time Trump made his asinine ‘we have everything under control’ statement, was he the only one in America that had any knowledge of the severity of the virus that was to come? I think not! The Democrats were spending huge sums of time and money to bust his ass but trusted his message – while they were leaking any inside information to undermine Trump in any way.

    My qualm with Cuomo is his response time. Cuomo is being recognized as one of the governors rising to the challenge and acting presidential in the process. He gets an A+ for raising the national alarm about community spread (in places like nursing homes), a leader in pushing the federal government to assist the states and finding creative ways to get triage hospitals built in his state.

    Trump didn't declare a national emergency until March 13, by which point 20 governors - a dozen Democrats and eight Republicans - had already declared emergencies in their states. Cuomo was not one of them.

    On March 13th New York placed a ban on gatherings of more than 500 people.

    On March 14th, the first New York State death was recorded.

    On March 15th officials close schools on March 16th all bars and restaurants are closed statewide.

    March 19th, closure of malls and bowling alleys goes into effect.

    March 21, New York declared federal disaster area - statewide closure of barbershops, salons and tattoo parlors.

    The state has been slow in responding as well. Many of us Western New Yorkers have not been slow to respond. Trump declared a national emergency on March 13th. March 14th was my last day out of the house except to order takeout food (twice) – some of my friends were sequestered before then. Outside of information on the status of obtaining testing kits, ventilators and masks I don’t need all the other BS. rhetoric.

    While this old guy with the compromised immune system struggles to sequester himself to keep out of harms way, he well understands that one day he will likely become exposed to the virus. He will have to leave the house eventually – medical reasons, food / pharmacy needs, whatever. A family member reported to me today that she went to pick up a prescription at a pharmacy and told her that she had yet to see the store manager to report that she wasn’t sure she should be working as her brother was running a temp and had a sore throat. Stay safe, right?

    Why shouldn’t some question whether the cure is worse than the disease, especially regarding future economic recovery.

    While Cuomo is adamant that Trump has no legal authority to ‘quarantine’ his state he is determining who ‘essential’ is and to be put in harms-way – and trampling on their rights as well.

    Our entire government (IMHO) dropped the ball in reacting to this insidious virus and the resulting consequences – and those sub-humans exploiting the misery for political gain are to be rebuked, not celebrated and trusted; along with a liberal, lapdog press. Schumer now considered a statesman and getting credit for the stimulus, really? Pelosi / Scarborough / Chris Cuomo on blaming Trump alone for the delay in reacting to the virus and resulting deaths, really.

    Just the facts, please. Not the wasted, divisive rhetoric and hypocrisy!

    They all suck!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lee Chowaniec View Post

    Pelosi wants to know what Trump knew and when and blames his delay in reacting as contributing to thousands of deaths.

    The Pelosi comment is a statement worthy of the dark side.



    Quote Originally Posted by Lee Chowaniec View Post
    While Cuomo is adamant that Trump has no legal authority to ‘quarantine’ his state he is determining who ‘essential’ is and to be put in harms-way – and trampling on their rights as well.
    The President does have the right to restrict inter-state travel, not intra-state travel.


    "To summarize, although American citizens have what has been interpreted to be a fundamental right to travel between states, the federal government’s very limited power to curb such travel undoubtedly includes authority to prevent the spread of infectious diseases — and COVID-19 certainly qualifies as one. Congress has the power to regulate interstate travel, and it has delegated that power to the executive branch for the purpose of protecting against the spread of infectious diseases.

    Consequently, the president does have the power to restrict travel between the states of persons reasonably believed to be infected with COVID-19. I would assume that this means the power to prevent people who reside (or who have recently been present) in “hot spot” areas from traveling from those areas to other states. If that is what President Trump means by “QUARANTINE,” he’s probably on solid ground."
    Reference: https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/...etween-states/


    Quote Originally Posted by Lee Chowaniec View Post
    Our entire government (IMHO) dropped the ball in reacting to this insidious virus and the resulting consequences – and those sub-humans exploiting the misery for political gain are to be rebuked, not celebrated and trusted; along with a liberal, lapdog press. Schumer now considered a statesman and getting credit for the stimulus, really? Pelosi / Scarborough / Chris Cuomo on blaming Trump alone for the delay in reacting to the virus and resulting deaths, really.
    Perhaps if President Trump had been permitted to do his job without being subjected to a very substantial attempt at a "Deep State" coup, day-after-day, for three years, things may have been more gracefully handled?
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    Quote Originally Posted by mark blazejewski View Post
    I have consistently said that during this time of crisis, we need to support our leaders, but this is a bridge too far...



    This appears to be a gratuitous overreach of partisan political power, and raises questions about motivation, in my opinion.
    Mark is this an April fools joke? Because this is scary stuff is that is the case.

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    Quote Originally Posted by shortstuff View Post
    Mark is this an April fools joke? Because this is scary stuff is that is the case.
    That was exactly my first instinct Shortstuff, because I simply could not get my head wrapped-around how such an application could be accomplished.

    I posted this comment along with my post #1641:


    Mark Blazejewski

    15 hrs

    I believe that this is from Assemblyman Doug Smith and it appears to be genuine and authoritative.

    If true, this is outrageous!
    Assemblyman DiPietro in fact shared my post with these comments:

    David DiPietro
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    This is TRUE....Explained to us on our conference call today...TOTALLY CORRUPT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


    ‎Mark Blazejewski‎ to The Constitutional Coalition of NYS Forum

    15 hrs

    I believe that this is from Assemblyman Doug Smith and it appears to be genuine and authoritative.

    If true, this is outrageous!
    It would seem as if DiPietro has confirmed the posting of Assemblyman Smith.

    Scary indeed!
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    FYI...

    Reference: https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?default_...Gqo4SI4YCnzAyg




    bill no.:
    E00854


    bill no e00854

    same as no same as

    sponsor peoples-stokes

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    assembly resolution no. 854

    by: M. Of a. Peoples-stokes

    adopting special temporary procedures during a
    declared state or national state of emergency

    whereas, the rules of the assembly were adopted on january 9, 2019,
    and, as last amended on january 13, 2020, remain in full force and
    effect, except that the current declared state or national emergency
    require such assembly, in the exercise of its constitutional power and
    prerogative, to implement special temporary procedures permitting the
    consideration of legislation in an expedited fashion to meet the urgent
    needs of the people of the state of new york while confronting rapidly
    changing circumstances and public health concerns and directives; be it
    hereby

    resolved, that, notwithstanding the provisions of section 2 of rule
    v of the assembly rules, during a period of declared state or national
    state of emergency, in the event a slow roll call is not requested, the
    yeas and nays on the final passage of a bill or any other question
    before the house shall be taken by a fast roll call and a member
    desiring to vote in the negative on such a roll call shall do so by
    entering a negative vote through the electronic voting system or in such
    other manner as may be prescribed by the speaker. All other members
    shall be recorded in the affirmative. On such a roll call the clerk of
    the assembly shall call the names of the members who are recorded in the
    negative; and be it

    further resolved, that, notwithstanding the provisions of
    subdivision b of section 6 of rule v of the assembly rules, during a
    period of declared state or national state of emergency, no member shall
    speak more than once on any bill or amendment, without leave of the
    house and no member shall speak for more than fifteen minutes at a time;
    and be it

    further resolved, that during a period of declared state or national
    state of emergency, the bar of the house may be extended, at the
    discretion of the speaker, to allow for members to be in attendance in
    any proceeding of the house by remote means including teleconference or
    videoconference and such members shall be continuously recorded in
    attendance by the clerk of the assembly for the purposes of a quorum;
    and be it

    further resolved, that any member in attendance as permitted during
    a period of declared state or national state of emergency may submit
    requests for recognition to the presiding officer by electronic means
    including the submission of questions for debate, which shall be
    presented as part of the debate within the respective member's allocated
    time; and be it

    further resolved, that no technical failure on the part of an
    individual member or a group of members that breaks their remote
    connection to the proceedings shall invalidate any action taken by a
    majority of the assembly.
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    THIS TROUBLES ME:

    Scott Gottlieb, a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the Food and Drug Administration commissioner from 2017 to 2019, has offered a "road map" for the national recovery from the Covid-19 crisis.

    Just My Opinion:

    There is some good information and insights in his plan, but this suggested possibility, or option, is really crossing a civil liberties line, and rings with echoes of "ankle bracelet"...

    "Home isolation can be enforced using technology such as GPS tracking on cell phone apps."

    Reference: https://www.aei.org/research-product...-to-reopening/
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    Yes, I do stand by my last post that both the Republicans and Democrats are to blame for our country’s inappropriate response and unpreparedness to Covid-19. But our national conscience should deter us from playing politics and coalesce us to share a mission with a will to win.

    The presidents briefing today focused on the country coming together, public and private sectors, to fight the pandemic with all the resources available. The liberal media chose to do otherwise today and focus on anything that would undermine that attempt by undermining the president.

    The same can be said of the Democrats and their political posturing. In a CNN interview Sunday, House Speaker Pelosi indulged in brazen partisanship, manipulating the virus calamity into a political weapon against the president. She actually blamed him for American deaths, claiming “his denial at the beginning was deadly. … As the president fiddles, people are dying.”

    Sunday on CNN’s "State of the Union," Jake Tapper asked NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio if his comments telling people to go about their normal lives during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic could have contributed to the massive outbreak in New York.

    "In retrospect, is that message at least in part to blame for how rapidly the virus has spread across the city?" Tapper asked, referring to clips from earlier this year.

    "Jake, we should not be focusing, in my view, on anything looking back," he replied. "This is just about how we save lives going forward... This was a very different world just a short time ago." (That is, except for Trump, right – hypocrisy)

    Then there’s delusional Joe Biden. He repeated the e often-cited falsehood that Trump called the virus a “hoax.” As even the Trump-antagonistic Washington Post concedes, Trump clearly referred to Democratic attacks upon him as a hoax, and not the malady itself.

    The Biden attack ad also claims that Trump “eliminated the pandemic response team.” This is another frequent Democratic Party talking point, but as Tim Morrison, an alumnus of that very NSC staff, explains, the Trump White House refashioned, but did not dissolve, its pandemic response office.

    Biden falsely asserted that the WHO “offered the testing kit. ... We refused it. We didn’t want to buy them.” In fact, there was no such offer at all, and the WHO does not even produce tests. As FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn stated, “The WHO does not have its own test that it is distributing globally.

    The Dems like to use Dr. Fauci as a wedge to undermine Trump. Yet it was Fauci who has verified that the president’s swift action to ban China travel “absolutely made a difference.”


    “Never let a crisis go to waste”!
    The Dems game plan in action!

    Good briefing today, President Trump.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lee Chowaniec View Post

    In a CNN interview Sunday, House Speaker Pelosi indulged in brazen partisanship, manipulating the virus calamity into a political weapon against the president. She actually blamed him for American deaths, claiming “his denial at the beginning was deadly. … As the president fiddles, people are dying.”
    So what was the second-in-line to the Presidency doing way back when?

    On January 15, 2020, Nancy Pelosi giddily signed the Articles of Impeachment.




    While Pelosi chuckled with glee, President Trump was confronting the Covid-19 crisis, and two days later, on January 17, 2020, "the CDC and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that American citizens returning from travel-restricted countries were being rerouted to specific airports, where they would be screened and isolated."

    On February 4, 2020, in his State of the Union Address, of the Coronavirus, President Trump said...

    "Protecting Americans’ health also means fighting infectious diseases. We are coordinating with the Chinese government and working closely together on the coronavirus outbreak in China. My administration will take all necessary steps to safeguard our citizens from this threat."
    Click on Speaker Pelosi's response to Trump's words of warning...

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    BTW, the "urgent" Impeachment matter was also relegated to the trash the next day, February 5, 2020.
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