I won't sit back and watch residents who live in counties under Stay at Home orders get sick because local leaders cannot see the risks of #COVID19 and push to reopen prematurely.
Today I am announcing consequences for counties that do not abide by the law to remain closed.
NEW AD: President Obama and VP Biden understood the threat of pandemics—and they built an apparatus to protect Americans.
Can you guess what happened when @realDonaldTrump came along?
Scotland didn't have the ability to do anything until March 25th, two days after the lockdown began when the UK gov granted them the powers to act through the Coronavirus bill.
A @SenAlexander staffer has tested positive for COVID-19, so he will self-quarantine for 14 days. (h/t @cgrisales)
So if you're keeping track at home, Alexander will chair a Senate hearing on "getting back to work" from home.
And 3 of the 4 witnesses are self-quarantining too.
If the UK Treasury stops furlough payments for workers in Scotland because our @scotgov is advising we still Stay Home. Then that really does highlight what a shite union this is. They're basically saying you either risk your lives, or we will just impoverish you.
The President is melting down on Twitter, posting a mountain of disinformation on his account and giving life to conspiracy theories -- and you would not know it by checking the homepages of major news organizations.
@sima_kotecha Welcome to the England of Farage and the ERG. Not bothered by facts or information , just mired in xenophobia and racism. The same people who will be out flaunting social distancing, demanding Weatherspoons is reopened and wanting care workers and nurses from overseas thrown out.
This important & terrifying article describes how tech/big data billionaire colleague of Mercer, Peter Thiel, was influenced by William Rees-Mogg's book The Sovereign Individual which describes how the “cognitive elite” will rise to power and influence
https://t.co/RwfWWre4ti