Need For Strong Federal Leadership During The Coronavirus Crisis

Ohio governor Mike Dewine has been a shining example of bold leadership during the coronavirus crisis. This post is not about him.

This post is about Florida governor, Ron Desantis. His laissez-faire attitude was at first very puzzling to me until he stated, "When I talked to the president. "

Ah, there it was.

I love how the gov'nor tried to blame the city of New York for the influx of new cases of the virus into his state.

...says the man that singlehandedly allowed thousands upon thousands of spring breaker to party hardy on his Florida beaches for weeks before sending them merrily home potentially carrying their newly acquired Corona back with them...

According to Governor Desantis there are 190 flights from New York City to Florida every day. Each one with at least one coronavirus carrier on it.

What he conveniently left out is that the carrier is just as likely to be someone from Florida coming back home. I say this because there are twenty some large airports in Florida. That wasn't mentioned. People coming home.

And, since he did not say commercial flights. Some flights could be Fed-Ex, UPS, military.

Why mis-lead when you can lead?

Governor Desantis also pushed the idea that Shelter in Place is asinine. Granted, it is the Sunshine State and perhaps he feels that two thirds of the counties having the virus isn't enough to justify Shelter in Place.

But Ohio has initiated Shelter in Place with only a little of over half (46 of 88) counties with coronavirus cases.

Just saying.

While I personally believe Ohio has won the battle of the 'De' governors, others might believe just the opposite.

This is the exact reason that Federal leadership is so important. Some states are vigorously fighting the war on the virus, while other states seem like they are being forced to take any action at all.

The line is drawn on president Trump.

As he has repeatedly stated, he - while stating no facts (the statement that he is a smart man seems to be contrary to his other statements on the virus outbreak) - pushes his agenda that the coronavirus is clearly closer to media hoax than real.

Every pro- this is serious- comment that comes out of mouth seems like he is being prodded by his mom to speak.

Now, it seems, come hell or high water, Trump is pushing for the start of return to work starting April 7th.

Is this the strong Federal leadership that we need, or the beginning of the Walking Dead?

How Trump will be remembered will be based on the answer to that very question very soon

But like any good con man, Trump instead of leading us through this coronavirus crisis is hedging his bet. He is betting that everything is going to ok.

Eventhough I believe even if everything turns out alright it will be inspite of Trump's leadership.

I also believe he'll take credit for it.