[SecondAmendment]

> Pausing the economy isn’t about fighting a virus but about fighting Trump.

Time for a thought experiment.

Would Fauchi & company have pushed for a shutdown if Hitlery™ was POTUS?

An honest answer to this question will tell you if this was motivated by public health concerns or politics ...

[Rurudyne]

Possibly. But the media would be blowing sunshine up our collective asses about what a good, nay, fantastic — and we should bow because we are not worthy (not worthy) — job she was doing standing between us and certain internment in mass graves.

[metmom]

Time for a thought experiment. Would Fauchi & company have pushed for a shutdown if Hitlery™ was POTUS? An honest answer to this question will tell you if this was motivated by public health concerns or politics ...

Actually, I think they would have.

All for our own good, of course.

The dems/libs are itching for reasons to take away our freedoms and liberty and impose a socialist/totalitarian state on us.

They would have gotten a lot f mileage out of this towards achieving that goal, so yes, I think it would have happened anyways.