The speech I wou;d have given would be:

This is not supposed to be the SAFE country or the HEALTHY country or the least likely to die in country. If you want these things, there are over a hundred different countries to choose from. Move to one of THEM! We're the FREE country, meaning MINIMUM DO'S AND DON'Ts. Thrre will be no such thing as lockdowns or mandates here.

If that approach had gotten majority opposition and we got the lockdowns anyway, my next move would be to sponsor a constitutional convention to formally disband the United States and declare a People's RepubliK. Maybe THAT would wake everybody up.

President Trump was AGAINST the lockdowns, but he apparently didn't know enough to fire bad people. The COVID Task-force, headed by Pence, was dominated by Deborah Birx, and SHE was the one who recommended the lockdowns. Trump didn't seem to have the gumption to publicly disagree with her. He let the Task-force recommendations become WH policy. This is all documented in Dr. Scott Atlas's book, "A Plague Upon Our House."

@Umkcmom you really ought to put down the crack pipe. Trump was scared to fucking death of viruses and all other manner of disease; this is a well-known and documented fact going back decades through his time in business. He would generally refuse to shake hands for this exact reason.

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@Umkcmom - Trump enabled all of the lockdown BS with his emergency declaration. This started the money flow that paid for all of the fuckery.

https://www.ncsl.org/state-federal/trump....

This schmovid crap needs to go. Had orthopedic appoint today. As I am going in I see a freak with face diaper and I was like good God make it stop. Then there on the front door a "LOW" schmovid risk sign. Wait for it.... yep on the office door is a CDC statement that everyone in a medical facility should wear a diaper. F if I am! Then in the paperwork it states "There is no guarantee of results." Well why am I here? What a bad day.