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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPA factory to trump: "You have cooties. Please don't visit."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-visit-to-pennsylvania-factory-that-produces-ppe-materials-was-scuttled-after-plant-officials-expressed-concerns-about-health-risks/2020/05/11/10aa97ec-917a-11ea-9e23-6914ee410a5f_story.html*SNIP*
President Trump was pushing to get out in the public eye in recent weeks and tout his leadership during the pandemic, and White House staff thought they had hit on the ideal event: a presidential visit to thank the Pennsylvania factory workers who had recently taken herculean steps to ramp up U.S. supplies of protective equipment.
Workers had received national attention after dozens of them lived for 28 days inside their factory so they could ensure they were virus-free and their production was not contaminated or disrupted by illness.
White House officials pressed to hold an event at the Braskem factory, initially scheduled for last Friday. But after extensive back and forth, factory officials ultimately asked to postpone, worried that a visit from Trump could jeopardize both the safety of the workers and the plants ability to produce special material for masks and other medical gear, according to two people familiar with the decision and documents reviewed by The Post.
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PA factory to trump: "You have cooties. Please don't visit." (Original Post)
pepperbear
May 2020
OP
Could be that Donnie is a vector...you know like a blood sucking tick on a rat.
Thomas Hurt
May 2020
#4
tblue37
(65,227 posts)1. K&R for your subject line. nt
pepperbear
(5,648 posts)2. Isn't it a sad commentary?
C_U_L8R
(44,990 posts)3. No mere cooties. He's compromised and dangerously unsafe.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)4. Could be that Donnie is a vector...you know like a blood sucking tick on a rat.
SMC22307
(8,090 posts)5. Damn! Someone finally stood up to him?
Thank you, Braskem factory!
bluestarone
(16,870 posts)6. WOW my thoughts as well
SMC22307
(8,090 posts)7. Wish Biden could somehow get in on the action, considering he's a native Pennsylvanian.
That would really stick in Fat Nixon's craw.
Indykatie
(3,695 posts)9. Good For Them On Keeping Trump Away - Besides PA is Biden Country