The Walking Dead

"You drive down the street and a cement truck could crash into you. You can’t not do what you have to do because of some possibility of a bad result.”-A GOP delegate going to convention in Covid-wracked Florida. He may be an outlier per this story: https://t.co/5jiOlOczYL

— adam nagourney (@adamnagourney) July 13, 2020

Yeah, I think that cement truck has already hit you.  You just don't realize you're dead yet.

“This is an Amer­i­can failure. We’re five months into this epi­demic and we can’t fig­ure it out.” https://t.co/Mdxg46q9zo

— Charles Ornstein (@charlesornstein) July 13, 2020

But specific to the question of the GOP convention in Jacksonville: a lot of people are declining the invitation to put themselves in the way of that truck.

https://t.co/DlHcB0uaNB via @FlitterOnFraud

— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) July 13, 2020

And a lot of people have already been hit.

This is serious. If we lose vast numbers of small businesses, our economy is going to suffer as a whole. The people watching what's happening out there say small biz owners need more help from the government -- ASAP https://t.co/ed4qF2CVDJ

— Emily Flitter (@FlitterOnFraud) July 13, 2020

We could do something about this; and we should.  We learned that lesson in 1932.  Or did we?

“This is the worst economic downturn since World War II. It dwarfs the Great Recession. So it’s not surprising that we would also see the worst increase in the uninsured.” https://t.co/Abqdr8LaFm

— Katie Rogers (@katierogers) July 13, 2020

Another lesson we will learn; or we won't.  We can be pretty damned stubborn.  Then again, Mississippi changed its flag.  Anything is possible.

NEW: With the push to reopen schools center stage, some in TrumpWorld want him to go big - a massive investment that could also deliver a much-needed political win.

But the president remains bogged down in culture wars - and even threats to cut funding https://t.co/c7wPsHoDC1

— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) July 14, 2020

The only reason schools need to reopen is so Trump can get re-elected.  That's all he understands, and all he will ever understand.  That is true, but it's hardly beautiful.

Trump doesn’t care whether your kids live or die. pic.twitter.com/izIGseOcTV

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) July 13, 2020

Doesn't, and he never will.

"Listen, we want to proceed, but we want to do it in a proper way," Trump campaign spox Hogan Gidley said on Fox tonight when asked about GOP convention in FL. "The president cares about the safety and security of the American people. ... And so we will look at all options."

— Felicia Sonmez (@feliciasonmez) July 14, 2020

Yeah.  I call "bullshit."  Maybe they can predict a hurricane for Jacksonville in August, as early as tomorrow.  Or the next day.  At least in time to make an announcement late Friday night.