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> He took Trump's call for each state to fend for itself seriously. Is that really fighting with the President? Republicans have a fundamentally different phi
by leereeves 7y ago
> He took Trump's call for each state to fend for itself seriously.
Is that really fighting with the President?
Republicans have a fundamentally different philosophy about disaster management that matches their general philosophy about government.
Democrats generally prefer a centralized response, while Republicans want local control. I haven't heard any Republican object to Calfornia acting independently. That's actually doing what Republicans prefer.
- henryfjordan 7y agoI suppose maybe he hasn't gone as far as "fighting with" the President over coronavirus. They've had "fights" in the past on other issues but you're right in that Newsom was very California-focussed recently. I think Newsom has realized that the federal government was caught with its pants down and will be useless for the rest of this crisis. He needed to step up and he did. Calling California a "Nation State" was a deliberate way of saying "we're on our own and we should be ready for that". It's a dig at the President but maybe not fighting words. It struck me as surprisingly anti-federalist, states-rights positive thing for a Democrat governor to be saying though. If the leader of a southern state was using those words, I'd be relatively upset (we fought a war over this in the 1800s). The fighting will no doubt resume when this is all over.
- BookmarkSaver 7y ago>while Republicans want to not pay for it Fixed that for you.
- NotSammyHagar 7y agoBut what's the intelligent local way to deal with a pandemic? All I see is ignoring the problem, insisting it's some kind of liberal conspiracy.