"The Feds Have Seceded From The States"

As I type this, the US has 311,637 cases.

The USA, the most "advanced" country in the world (not healthcare then) has 4.25% of the world population and 25% of coronavirus cases.
The incompetent and dishonest handling of this crisis by Trump multiplied the cases by a factor of 6. The US should have only 50000 cases so far

— spot_trader (@spot_trader) April 4, 2020

Pres Trump, asked by @JDiamond1 why he hasn't asked states without stay at home orders to do so, says: If I saw a "massive breakout," I would come down "very hard" on those states.

Jeremy: Isn't the key to get out in front of outbreaks?

Trump said, "No. Not in that case."

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) April 4, 2020

We must consider the fact that Donald Trump is INTENTIONALLY harming Americans & the Country—willfully negligent.

He is doing this on purpose.

Reporters & Americans just need to know ‘why’.

Donald Trump is possibly the most successful terrorist Americans have ever experienced

— Jack Hutton (@jackhutton) April 4, 2020

There are people in the country who watch this insane man and think to themselves, "I sure am glad he's leading this country through the worst health crisis in history." https://t.co/sm94MrChLV

— digby (@digby56) April 4, 2020

The networks really need to pull the plug on these things. This is getting way too dangerous. He's telling people to get these drugs and start using them to prevent COVID. It's beyond irresponsible to transmit this misinformation in the middle of an epidemic. https://t.co/Ag8Cjhi11Y

— digby (@digby56) April 4, 2020

NEW: Trump praised Abbott's new 5-minute coronavirus testing machines. But the feds are only planning to send states up to 15 each, leaked emails show. My latest, with @dvergano: https://t.co/EYN8Z4fbuP

— Stephanie M. Lee (@stephaniemlee) April 3, 2020

Update: HHS confirms that the agency only ordered 5,500 tests in the first week for states — “because we wanted to leave market share for hospitals and other healthcare providers to purchase through the commercial sector.” https://t.co/EYN8Z4fbuP

— Stephanie M. Lee (@stephaniemlee) April 4, 2020

FEMA just took the only ventilators Colorado was able to buy out from under us. The federal gov is trying to kill democrat states. It's *all* political now. The feds have seceded from the states. And taken everything. Republicans need to stand with us. Trump will screw them next.

— Let us not talk falsely now (@jbwilsonii) April 4, 2020

I'm getting tons of this stuff every time I note that Trump is making unproven claims about the drug's effectiveness and inaccurate claims that we're certain the drug won't kill anyone. It's wild! I've never before encountered medication trolls. pic.twitter.com/WOn4rJEALf

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 4, 2020

Sadly, tragically all too true😔 pic.twitter.com/wAsombzxlo

— Jeanne Brennan (@jeanneenabottle) April 5, 2020

I don’t know how it’s possible to sit in that briefing room without screaming. The letter was an urgent plea to save the sailors’ lives. https://t.co/AVfULcWmx1

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) April 4, 2020

My friend says we're living through the stuff that happens right before the story in a dystopian novel begins.

— June Casagrande (@JuneCasagrande) April 4, 2020