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Curtis Hertel Jr.: “The executive order clearly does not prevent anyone from…”

Featuring: Curtis Hertel Jr., Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Michigan, District 7

Episode 14 - Getting a Hold of Government w/ Senator Curtis Hertel Jr.

Published April 13, 2020 | Video Starts at 18:45

There was a misunderstanding at one of the stores, one store in Michigan where one person was denied buying a car seat because what somebody misread in the executive order. Now that The executive order clearly does not prevent anyone from buying a car seat. Okay, you talking about a car seat for kids? Yeah. Okay. That got so VIRAL that Meghan McCain and Senator Ted Cruz were tweeting about it across the country from one store. (18:45–18:49)

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Asserts that the executive order does not prohibit the purchase of car seats.

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“Ed on my staff has actually become an expert in unemployment because that's the most often call that we get.”
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“The fact that government's still here. I know that some people see government as a limiting agent during this, but we can also be a helpful…”
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“What we're doing is working. When you look at the curve, there are two numbers that come out every single day.”
Episode 14 - Getting a Hold of Government w/ Senator Curtis Hertel Jr. | Uploaded April 13, 2020 | 12:20-12:30
“Those numbers originally were doubling every two or three days. Now it's taking more than a week for those to double.”
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“If you look at the last week, we've been around the same number, which is suggesting a plateau.”
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“For every case that there is tested positive, there are somewhere between 12 and 100 cases out in the community.”
Episode 14 - Getting a Hold of Government w/ Senator Curtis Hertel Jr. | Uploaded April 13, 2020 | 13:53-14:02
“ICELAND is testing 13% of their population right now.”
Episode 14 - Getting a Hold of Government w/ Senator Curtis Hertel Jr. | Uploaded April 13, 2020 | 14:10-14:15
“In a country like ours, we're unlikely to ever get to that number [13% testing].”
Episode 14 - Getting a Hold of Government w/ Senator Curtis Hertel Jr. | Uploaded April 13, 2020 | 14:21-14:25
“There was a misunderstanding at one of the stores, one store in Michigan where one person was denied buying a car seat because what somebody…”
Episode 14 - Getting a Hold of Government w/ Senator Curtis Hertel Jr. | Uploaded April 13, 2020 | 18:35-18:45
“Sparrow Hospital is two to three blocks from the capitol building.”
Episode 14 - Getting a Hold of Government w/ Senator Curtis Hertel Jr. | Uploaded April 13, 2020 | 21:51-21:55
“The legislature and the governor have worked well together.”
Episode 14 - Getting a Hold of Government w/ Senator Curtis Hertel Jr. | Uploaded April 13, 2020 | 23:47-23:51
“Working well with the federal government.”
Episode 14 - Getting a Hold of Government w/ Senator Curtis Hertel Jr. | Uploaded April 13, 2020 | 24:30-24:32
“I talked to Congresswoman Slotkin, who's my congresswoman, on a regular basis.”
Episode 14 - Getting a Hold of Government w/ Senator Curtis Hertel Jr. | Uploaded April 13, 2020 | 24:31-24:37
“Accurate jobs, provide accurate information to people. Yeah. And we try not to slant it.”
Episode 14 - Getting a Hold of Government w/ Senator Curtis Hertel Jr. | Uploaded April 13, 2020 | 31:01-31:07
“We want to give people as much real information as possible. We know there's information that's not accurate out there.”
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