Election Year... Democrats needed to do something to hurt Trump. They figure with a lockdown, people being unemployed and needing to rely on the government for money that people would forget about how well the US was doing before this virus. US had a 50 year unemployment low, the economy was doing great and what did the lockdown do? Spike the unemployment rate up so democrats can pretend high unemployment was Trump's fault, etc. Why is it Democrats states that remain in lockdown or want to keep their people in lockdown?
I've seen it here in North Carolina where the current governor is running an Ad about his opponent having rallies without masks and not social distancing. I was like come on this is getting ridiculous. No matter who wins the US Presidency in November, I have a feeling this will die down. If Biden wins, Dems can claim they stopped the virus that Trump and the Republicans couldn't(re-election tactic for 2024), if Trump wins again then they will try to impeach Trump again because corona virus didn't work. Any other year, 2020 would have been a normal year with all sports starting on time, March Madness happened, the NFL Draft took place in Vegas instead of virtual, etc. Since it's an election year and democrats are desperate to beat Trump, they will keep this going until the election while other countries have figured out how to slow it down and the American people are paying the price.
Dems again are blocking the new stimulus package because Republicans aren't letting them put their projects in the bill that have nothing to do with the virus and getting money to the American people. They did this the first time and delayed the $1200 checks for stuff they know wouldn't pass separately. So Trump had to use an executive order to get things done because congress wouldn't work together.