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Trump weighing potential emergency declaration
Posted on 3/12/20 at 11:19 am
Posted on 3/12/20 at 11:19 am
President Trump is weighing whether to declare a national emergency over the coronavirus, which would free up additional resources to combat the rapidly spreading disease.
The president indicated to reporters on Thursday that using an emergency declaration under the Stafford Act was under consideration, but would not say definitively whether he would sign it.
Trump can declare a national emergency or major disaster under the Stafford Act, which would enable the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to mobilize additional resources to fight the coronavirus.
There were roughly 1,300 people with confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the U.S. as of Thursday morning, and 37 people had died from the virus, according to The New York Times. LINK
The president indicated to reporters on Thursday that using an emergency declaration under the Stafford Act was under consideration, but would not say definitively whether he would sign it.
Trump can declare a national emergency or major disaster under the Stafford Act, which would enable the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to mobilize additional resources to fight the coronavirus.
There were roughly 1,300 people with confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the U.S. as of Thursday morning, and 37 people had died from the virus, according to The New York Times. LINK
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Posted on 3/12/20 at 11:28 am to Jbird
quote:That many people had already DIED of swine flu before Hussein Soetoro declared a national emergency.
There were roughly 1,300 people with confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the U.S. as of Thursday morning
Fact.
ETA:
@ my serial downvoter. Downvote away, or you can challenge my fact with a rebuttal if you really want to prove your mental capacity.
This post was edited on 3/12/20 at 11:37 am
Posted on 3/12/20 at 11:28 am to Jbird
Better get a hospital bed
Posted on 3/12/20 at 11:33 am to Jbird
Honest question: what additional resources would this free up?
Posted on 3/12/20 at 11:36 am to tiger91
It’s all about funding. Agencies funds are “programmed” in their budget and can only be spent on approved items. This declaration would allow agencies to pull budget dollars from other uses to spend on this.
Posted on 3/12/20 at 11:36 am to jbgleason
Gotcha
Posted on 3/12/20 at 11:38 am to tiger91
quote:
Honest question: what additional resources would this free up?
Wtf would FEMA do?
Posted on 3/12/20 at 11:38 am to tiger91
Posted on 3/12/20 at 11:46 am to Jbird
He needs to declare Martial Law, suspend elections, and have the military police major cities with quarantines and curfews.
Posted on 3/12/20 at 11:47 am to Jbird
Martial law.
President for life.
Let's do this.
President for life.
Let's do this.
This post was edited on 3/12/20 at 12:53 pm
Posted on 3/12/20 at 11:58 am to Dead End
quote:
Wtf would FEMA do
Pass out blue tarps?
Posted on 3/12/20 at 12:02 pm to Jbird
curious what the proposed plans would be. im a nerd for stuff like that.
seems like it would make sense to tap into the existing logistic networks of walgreens/cvs etc, utilizing their distribution centers and supply chains, and essentially turn them into de facto testing centers.
seems like it would make sense to tap into the existing logistic networks of walgreens/cvs etc, utilizing their distribution centers and supply chains, and essentially turn them into de facto testing centers.
This post was edited on 3/12/20 at 12:04 pm
Posted on 3/12/20 at 12:06 pm to Jbird
declare an emergency, shut down all interwebs access to librul communities. force them all into their homes and nail their feet to the floor (literally). these are the morons that cannot behave and take care of their shite. they are the ones fighting over toilet paper on aisle 7 and leaving their coronavirus remnants all over everything.
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