Trump Needs to Stay the Hell Out of New Jersey
One of the many, many things that I hate about Trump is his belief that the rules don’t apply to him. Case in point: he is ignoring the mandatory quarantine in New Jersey so that he can play golf at his resort in Bedminster this weekend.
We will forego a discussion of the amount of taxpayer funds being paid into his companies every time he plays golf at one of his resorts. Instead we will concentrate on his arrogant belief that he can do whatever the hell he wants whenever the hell he wants wherever the hell he wants.
Here in NJ, we have been through hell and back. Once the epicenter of the pandemic, everyone in NJ has either had the virus or knows someone who has had the virus. And most of us know at least one person who died from the virus. But we managed to flatten the curve after much pain and suffering. We were locked in our homes for months. Thousands lost their jobs. Lines at food pantries stretched for miles. Store were closed. Public spaces were closed. There was a curfew. I’ve never seen the roads so empty. It was frightening.
And now we are tentatively opening back up. Always with the threat that if infections and deaths start to rise again, we will be locked in our homes again. To ensure our safety, the governor has imposed a mandatory 14 day quarantine on anyone coming to NJ from another state with a…
