Washington Examiner – by Paul Bedard
President Trump, moving with haste to slow the spread of the coronavirus, is preparing a plan to mobilize the National Guard to help enforce a two-week quarantine of the public if his tough-love efforts so far fail.
The unprecedented action would require everyone to “stay at home,” according to a source knowledgeable of the evolving plan.
The effort, which is still being mulled and wouldn’t be announced until early next week if needed, would urge that all businesses, except grocery stores and pharmacies, be closed.
It comes on the heels of other insider reports that the president is considering grounding all U.S. passenger flights to force a halt in people interacting and moving around the country.
Senior officials have said that dozens of radical ideas are being considered and that the president and his virus task force are moving quickly to protect the nation.
Trump has praised the public for following the rules he has put in place, but the new plans are an acknowledgment that many people are not taking the warnings seriously.
In some areas, the National Guard has already been called out to enforce “stay in place” orders, a model of what Trump is considering.
In Washington, D.C., the Guard has been activated. The city on Friday extended school closings until the end of April.
Wisconsin has also activated the Guard, and it is in use in Florida, New Jersey, and Arizona.
In California, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a statewide order for all residents to stay at home until further notice. He has also put the National Guard on notice.
Illinois did the same, and there are also parts of New York on shutdown.
The federal government has been reluctant to order a “stay in place” order. But officials have said that the administration has been briefing Congress, states, and industry leaders about a potential shutdown that could start next week and after the president taps the Stafford Act that some say allows a national quarantine.
The goal, said officials, is to stop the spread of the virus and potential deaths.
The unknown: The administration hopes that the number of cases of the coronavirus does not surge too much.
A knowledgeable source said that Department of Homeland Security officials are telling states that it is ready to mobilize the National Guard and dispatch them with U.S. military and first responders.
The goal is to have them dispatched before any call for a national quarantine. The reason: Stop looters and other violence.
They will announce this as soon as they have troops in place to help prevent looters and rioters and will announce before the end of the weekend.
Memo to National Guard: watch out for that bear trying to eat my nosey neighbor half a mile down the road…oh, and GPS doesn’t always work out here…too much interference from rock minerals…Bwahahahahahahahahahah!
“his virus task force are moving quickly to protect the nation.“
His “virus task force”?
Bahahahahaha! LMAO!
Where do they come up with this stuff?
Any thoughts on this people?
Yea, I didn’t know it was just an “exercise”. I thought it was a “pandemic”.
In that case, let me put my work-out clothes on. Maybe get Richard Simmons to assist. Is it a 30 minute exercise? I hate long work-outs.
Starting at about 1:02 in this link the context is clarified. To me it sounds as though the reference is to China. I saw a commentor in the video refer folks to the vid link I’ll leave for context. So, to me it doesn’t appear Trump is saying to Pompeo, he should have let us know as if Pompeo knew but Trump didn’t.
The “exercise” term is very telling though.
Yes Katie, I too went to that news conference to check context and it does give the impression that the reference is to China. I ‘m a bit confused with the use of the term ‘live exercise’
I do notice their social distancing fail 🙂
Something stuck in my head about what pompeo said about disinformation. Go to 14 minute 30 second mark and listen carefully.
Hahaha! They still think we should trust them as an “HONEST” and “RELIABLE” source and not rely on any other free thinking person around the world.
WOW………
Hey everyone, just believe in the statements of expertly known liars. Don’t listen to the truthers.
Unfrigginbelievable…..
planned as Katie noted…scroll down to my comment ….see #7….
https://occamsrazorterrorevents.weebly.com/blog/coronavirus-hoax-jan-2020
A must see. I’m convinced this is a script playing out of which we must re-write.
Katie, I started watching this last night. I am going to look at the rest now.
30 min and 30 sec mark #7: “Governments and the private sector should assign a greater priority to developing methods to combat mis- and disinformation prior to the next pandemic response.”
https://www.globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-new-world-order-something-rotten-state-denmark/5706464