georgephillip
Diamond Member
Suppose "The Con" had decided his best chance at reelection required embracing mask wearing:
"First, masks would have sold out nationwide within days.
"Trump would have then used the Defense Production Act to fast track the manufacturing of more.
"Entrepreneurs would have wasted no time producing masks with the stars and stripes, the Confederate flag, and 'Trump/Pence 2020.'
"Cops would have preferred 'Punisher' masks.
"And of course, the red MAGA mask would soon have become even more prolific than the familiar cap."
Had conservatives decided to make mask wearing patriotic last spring, it is virtually certain America would have seen far fewer excessive deaths from Covid-19.
The US economy would be stronger than today
If so, would that have produced a second Trump Administration?
"Would Trump have still lost the election?
"This one’s a toss up.
"A lot of folks have pinned his loss on the social and economic ravages of COVID, so if the pandemic had been less severe, maybe the vote would have been closer, maybe much closer, or even flipped.
"And what kind of trade is that last scenario: more lives saved but Trump gets a second term?"
DECEMBER 11, 2020
What If Trump Had Worn (and Marketed) a Mask?
"First, masks would have sold out nationwide within days.
"Trump would have then used the Defense Production Act to fast track the manufacturing of more.
"Entrepreneurs would have wasted no time producing masks with the stars and stripes, the Confederate flag, and 'Trump/Pence 2020.'
"Cops would have preferred 'Punisher' masks.
"And of course, the red MAGA mask would soon have become even more prolific than the familiar cap."
Had conservatives decided to make mask wearing patriotic last spring, it is virtually certain America would have seen far fewer excessive deaths from Covid-19.
The US economy would be stronger than today
If so, would that have produced a second Trump Administration?
"Would Trump have still lost the election?
"This one’s a toss up.
"A lot of folks have pinned his loss on the social and economic ravages of COVID, so if the pandemic had been less severe, maybe the vote would have been closer, maybe much closer, or even flipped.
"And what kind of trade is that last scenario: more lives saved but Trump gets a second term?"
DECEMBER 11, 2020
What If Trump Had Worn (and Marketed) a Mask?