I love John Ransom’s threads. Thank you for posting.
“Non-essential doesn’t mean “surplus,” it means not necessary to maintain minimal Government operation. A lot of non-essential Government employees perform duties that are important, even if they aren’t urgent.”
But “essential”—that includes all the guys necessary to put up Barrycades and then arrest people who use public land. In a certain twisted way, I understand how Zero thinks they are “essential.”