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> But instead, he dug his heels in opposition to how things were developing Mostly in blue states! back then, red states where doing fine, but Seattle & New Yo
by sangnoir 5y ago
> But instead, he dug his heels in opposition to how things were developing
Mostly in blue states! back then, red states where doing fine, but Seattle & New York were the first major epicenters. It was a deliberate political calculus to cast Democratic-led regions as inept. Florida "banned" New Yorkers for a bit. Minimizong COVID also made businesses happy, so it appeared to be a 3-fer for Republicans, until it boomeranged.
- mindslight 5y agoStill, acknowledging Covid as a real problem would have let him drive the density difference even more. It's harder to blame democratic leaders as inept if you are downplaying the seriousness of the underlying problem. Also by June 2020 it was quite apparent that the problem was not going to be isolated to nursing homes etc, even if the absolute numbers weren't bad everywhere.
- sangnoir 5y ago> It's harder to blame democratic leaders as inept if you are downplaying the seriousness of the underlying problem. On the contrary, being confounded by an inconsequential challenge is a bigger sign of ineptitude than the reverse.