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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 20 Mar 2020

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Cat Rakowski  🌻

      1. If we judge by the lowest of low bars, then Trump is doing slightly better in the last week (at least acknowledges problem is real) but it's still a disaster. One big problem is Trump isn't even using a lot of powers he has, like getting factories to make medical supplieshttps://twitter.com/catrakowski/status/1240966771336785920 …

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      Cat Rakowski  🌻Verified account @catrakowski
      Sen. @GaryPeters says Michigan is ready to begin the process of turning shuttered car factories into manufacturing centers for masks, other PPE, and hospital beds, but he needs the President to trigger the Defense Production Act to start that process. @Morning_Joe
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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 20 Mar 2020

      2. The president has a lot of power. Governors like Cuomo and mayors of cities can only take up so much slack because they don't have the full resources of the federal government -- i.e. Trump could order the Army Corps of Engineers to build makeshift hospitals.

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    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 20 Mar 2020

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Aaron Rupar

      3. Trump keeps loading off stuff that the Federal government is best equipped to do on the Governors. That's a real problem. There is a power vacuum at the top:https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1240672799099887616 …

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      Aaron RuparVerified account @atrupar
      TRUMP passes the buck: "Governors are supposed to be doing a lot of this work ... the federal government is not supposed to be out there buying vast amounts of items, and then shipping. We're not a shipping clerk. As with testing -- the governors are supposed to be doing it." pic.twitter.com/UiwKIttBPr
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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 20 Mar 2020

      Jeet Heer Retweeted Alec MacGillis

      4. Beyond Trump's unwillingness or inability or incapacity to be a forceful leader, his management style remains chaotic. He continues to allow Jared Kushner to run a shadow "team" that is mucking up the government response.https://twitter.com/AlecMacGillis/status/1240700004202766337 …

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      Alec MacGillisVerified account @AlecMacGillis
      "Kushner’s team is causing confusion among many officials involved in the response, who say they are unsure who is in charge given Kushner’s dual role as senior adviser and Trump family member." https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/kushner-coronavirus-team-sparks-confusion-plaudits-inside-white-house-response-efforts/2020/03/18/02038a16-6874-11ea-9923-57073adce27c_story.html …
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    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 20 Mar 2020

      5. So, Trump's not up for the job. But America absolutely needs a competent leader at the top who can deploy federal resources. What's the solution? The way forward, I think, is for the Democrats to push for a Coronavirus Czar.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 20 Mar 2020

      6. Normally, appointing a Czar is a bad idea (it's autocratic, not responsive to political constituencies). But given the current situation we need a walk-around for Trump's incompetence. He's not up for the job and there has to be a leader.

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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 20 Mar 2020

          7. The Dems could use leverage they have because Trump needs their stimulus votes (and also bipartisan cover in an emergency).

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        3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 20 Mar 2020

          8. Who could be the Coronavirus Czar? Perhaps Ronald Klain (who oversaw the Ebola crisis). But imagine Elizabeth Warren in that role. I make the case here:https://www.thenation.com/article/society/warren-coronavirus-czar-trump/?nc=1 …

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        2. Grudgie the Whale‏ @grudging1 20 Mar 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          We desperately need him to stop being out front. Desperately.

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        3. Noel‏ @noelblampied 20 Mar 2020
          Replying to @grudging1 @HeerJeet

          He misses his rallies, the daily press conferences give him some of that joy back. He's not going to give them up.

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        1. don't touch the belly it's a pointy trap‏ @aeolist 20 Mar 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          plus it's actually something i could see him go for. big splashy announcement, someone else to go on TV and say good things about him, a scapegoat if things go really badly.

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        2. Murbs' Sox - #TheSquad #BidenHarris2020‏ @MurbsSox 20 Mar 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          But, if Trump doesn’t cede his power to the Czar it’s pointless. (narrator: he won’t cede his power)

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        3. sdf (Stu)‏ @sdfStu 20 Mar 2020
          Replying to @MurbsSox @HeerJeet

          Yeah this is my reaction as well — and he certainly wouldn't cede his platform(s); which is to say, he would absolutely regularly say/tweet things in direction contradiction to the "Czar," and make claims that are not remotely true, and thus completely defeat the purpose

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        1. Dandy Roddick‏ @Dandy_Roddick 20 Mar 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Jared's on it, Jeet.

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        1. Evil Tracey‏ @eviltracey 20 Mar 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Wasn’t Mike Pence doing that? Or supposed to be doing that?

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        1. mcc‏ @mcclure111 20 Mar 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          I thought Trump already did that and it was Pence. Or do you mean the Democrats getting to pick the czar

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