It’s true that the Founding Fathers would shudder at Trump’s remarks on presidential authority and that the states have, so far, acted within their powers. But they would also shudder at the #I95 cabal of northeastern states essentially forming their own secessionist government.
Comparisons will be made with the secession of the South (which prompted the Civil War). It’s not that bad (yet) - this is more like the Hartford Convention of 1814/15, when Northeastern states, furious with President Madison’s conduct in the War of 1812, organised as a block.
Another similarity is that back then the Northeast called the War of 1812 ‘Mr Madison’s War’. Now it is calling #COVID2019#TrumpVirus’.
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