DrLove
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This strikes me as a GREAT idea! ![eusa_dance :eusa_dance: :eusa_dance:](/styles/smilies/eusa_dance.gif)
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AMERICA (The Borowitz Report)āIn order to better coƶrdinate their efforts to combat the coronavirus, the nationās governors are considering the extraordinary step of forming a country.
The radical proposal is an unusual bipartisan effort, spearheaded by the Democratic governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer, and the Republican Governor of Ohio, Mike DeWine.
āMike and I were bidding against each other for masks and ventilators, and I was, like, āMike this is crazy,ā ā Whitmer said. ā āIt would be so much better if we just worked together and formed a country.ā ā
DeWine said that Whitmerās proposal of creating a country out of the fifty states āmade a lot of sense.ā
āIt was one of those moments where someone throws out a nutty idea and you think, āHold on, letās think on that for a second,ā ā he said.
While the idea of the fifty states coming together to form a country is still in the embryonic stage, DeWine said that the states would ideally create a āfederal governmentā led by a āPresident.ā
āWeāre all in agreement that it would be amazing to have a President right now,ā DeWine said.
A straw poll of the governors indicates that the front-runner for President of this yet-to-be-named country is one of their own: Governor Andrew Cuomo, of New York.
āAndrew keeps saying that he doesnāt want to be President,ā Whitmer said. āAnd Iām, like, āDude, you already are.ā ā
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NationĆ¢s Governors Consider Forming Country
āWe were bidding against each other for masks and ventilators, and I was, like, āThis is crazy,ā ā one governor said. ā āIt would be so much better if we just worked together and formed a country.ā ā