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>>> ALL THIS WEEK AS YOU’VE ♪
>>> ALL THIS WEEK AS YOU’VE HEARD, THE PRESIDENT’S BEEN
PUSHING HARD TO GET PARTS OF OUR
COUNTRY REGIONALLY, PARTS OF
VARIOUS STATES BACK OPEN AS SOON
AS POSSIBLE.
AS POSSIBLE. HE TOOK THE CAMPAIGN A STEP
FURTHER THIS MORNING, POSTING
DEMANDS TO LIBERATE THREE STATES
IN HIS COUNTRY WHERE DEMOCRATIC
GOVERNORS HAVE IMPOSED
STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS.
STAY-AT-HOME ORDERS. NOT SURPRISINGLY, HE’S RECEIVING
HEAVY AIR SUPPORT FROM THE
SUPPORTIVE CAST OF FOX NEWS IN
PRIME TIME TONIGHT.
>> MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE FED
UP WITH THEIR GOVERNORS.
LOOK AT MICHIGAN.
PROTESTS ERUPTING AGAINST
GOVERNOR WHITMER BECAUSE, WHY?
ISSUING LOCKDOWN ORDERS.
YOU’RE PREVENTING RESIDENTS FROM
VISITING THEIR OWN FAMILY
MEMBERS, CUTTING THEIR OWN
GRASS, BUYING SEEDS, FISHING.
YOU CAN’T BE ANY MORE SOCIALLY
DISTANT THAN FISHING.
>> THERE ARE FAR TOO MANY
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS TONIGHT.
TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS DOESN’T MAKE
SENSE.
SENSE. AND INSISTENCE OF MOSTLY LIBERAL
GOVERNORS TO KEEP STATES CLOSED
THAT HAVE COMPARATIVELY LOW
RATES OF MORTALITY AND THAT
NEVER CAME CLOSE TO SWAMPING THE
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IS JUST
PUSHING PEOPLE TO THE BRINK.
>> SO THAT’S HOW THAT’S GOING,
AND IT’S BEEN GOING ON NIGHT
AFTER NIGHT AFTER NIGHT, AND
WE’RE HAPPY TO HAVE BACK WITH US
GOVERNORS IN THESE STATES, AND DONALD TRUMP WILL BE THE HERO.
THAT’S HOW HE CAN WRITE THIS.
>> VIRTUALLY EVER PRIME TIME
SHOW GOES AFTER GRETCHEN WHITMER
AT SOME POINT.
TONIGHT TUCKER CARLSON WENT BIG
ON CHINA AND GRETCHEN WHITMER.
TONIGHT SEAN HANNITY TALKED
ABOUT HIS SO-CALLED HANNITY PLAN
TO OPEN UP NEW YORK CITY, THE
EPICENTER OF THIS ILLNESS.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF
THAT GETS REBRANDED UNDER THE
PRESIDENT’S BRAND AND WE HEAR
ABOUT IT AGAIN.
AS YOU’VE REPORTED ON FOR YEARS,
IT’S SYMBIOTIC AND IT GOES BACK
AND FORTH.
AND FORTH. SOMETIMES TALKING POINTS THAT
START ON FOX IN PRIME END UP AT
THE WHITE HOUSE, AND SOMETIMES
IT’S AIR SUPPORT FOR POINTS THAT
AGAIN ON PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
>> THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT.
IT REALLY IS A GIVE AND TAKE.
I THINK, THOUGH, IN THIS CASE,
BRIAN, WHAT YOU SAW THE
PRESIDENT TWEET THIS MORNING
WITH LIBERATE MINNESOTA,
LIBERATE MICHIGAN, VIRGINIA,
THAT STARTED MORE IN THE
CONSERVATIVE MEDIA.
CONSERVATIVE MEDIA. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND
TRUMP HIMSELF HAVE BEEN AT THE
BRIEFINGS AND MOST OF THEIR
APPROACH IN TERMS OF PUBLIC
POLICY VERY CAUTIOUS AND GUARDED
IN TERMS OF SAYING WHEN CAN WE
GET STATES BACK UP AND RUNNING?
WELL, WE NEED TO SEE THAT
INFECTION RATES ARE LOWER.
WE NEED TO HAVE MORE TESTING.
WELL, ALL OF THAT WENT OUT THE
WINDOW TODAY BECAUSE OVER THE
LAST WEEK OR SO, YOU’VE HAD THIS
CA COUGH NEWS ROAR IN THE
CONSERVATIVE MEDIA THAT PEOPLE
ARE HAVING THESE AUTHORITARIAN
MANDATES, LOCKING THEM DOWN IN
THEIR HOMES, PREVENTING THEM
FROM GOING TO CHURCH, PREVENTING
THEM FROM FISHING.
AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY, IF YOU’RE
LOOKING AT THIS FROM DONALD
TRUMP’S PERSPECTIVE, WHAT BETTER
US VERSUS THEM STORY LINE IS
THERE THAN THE TRUMP SALT OF THE
EARTH VOTER BEING TOLD BY THE
LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR THAT
YOU CAN’T GO HUNTING AND FISHING
AND GO IN YOUR BOAT.
AND THAT’S WHAT THEY’RE GETTING
AT HERE.
AT HERE. THEY’RE TRYING TO CREATE THIS
DIVISION, AND IT REALLY IS, I
THINK,
THINK, THINK, A TWO AMERICAS VERSION OF
THIS PANDEMIC PLAYING OUT
BECAUSE THE CITIES THAT GOVERNOR
GRETCHEN WHITMER IS LOOKING AT,
DETROIT, VERY HIGH RATES OF
INFECTION, VERY STRESSED OUT
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, THEY’RE
EXPERIENCING IT DIFFERENTLY THAN
THE PEOPLE ARE IN THE RURAL
AREAS OF MICHIGAN.
SO WHAT YOU HAVE ARE THESE
STRIKINGLY DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES
WHERE PEOPLE ARE SAYING IN THESE
RURAL AREAS, WELL, WHY CAN’T I
GO OUT AND LIVE MY LIFE AS
USUAL?
USUAL? THERE AREN’T THAT MANY INFECTED
PEOPLE HERE.
PEOPLE HERE. AND THE GOVERNORS IN THESE
STATES LOOKING OUT FOR THE
ENTIRE POPULATION, LOOKING OUT
FOR THE CITIES WHERE THE
INFECTIONS ARE REALLY SPREADING
AND SAYING, WELL, IT’S JUST NOT
SAFE TO DO THAT YET.
AND YOU HAVE A CONSERVATIVE
MEDIA APPARATUS AND A PRESIDENT