I don't follow the logic of this. People all over the world have died as a result of a novel China virus during this pandemic. It's unclear what exactly any politician could have done differently. Old Joe certainly has no ideas. Trillions have been spent on the effort. If we are going to start blaming politicians, then look to the numbers and figure out in which states the most deaths have occurred. Those states are controlled by dems like Cuomo who not only failed to contain the virus but attempted to destroy the economy. In April, Fauci confirmed that Trump implemented the suggestions that he made to him. Blaming Trump is just an extension of fake Russia collusion etc. In fact, there are folks who want people to die because they hate Trump more than they care about their fellow citizens. That is pretty sad.
From The Hill:
Anthony Fauci on Monday sought to squash any notion of a fissure between himself and President Trump, saying at the opening of a coronavirus task force briefing that the president repeatedly and immediately backed social distancing recommendations from Fauci and other public health officials despite the economic pain.
“The first and only time that I went in and said we should do mitigation strongly, the response was, ‘yes, we’ll do it,’” Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told reporters in the White House briefing room on Monday evening.
I don't follow the logic of this. Of course you don't. No surprise there...
People all over the world have died as a result of a novel China virus during this pandemic. It's unclear what exactly any politician could have done differently. Yes, people have died all over the world, but America has more than 25% of all the deaths in the entire world and only 4% of the world's population. That alone should tell you something, but it probably won't. If you want to know what any politician could have done differently, all you need to look at the results in other countries where the politicians took immediate action rather than denying the reality of the pandemic for months as Trump has done.
If we are going to start blaming politicians, then look to the numbers and figure out in which states the most deaths have occurred. Those states are controlled by dems like Cuomo who not only failed to contain the virus but attempted to destroy the economy. Pathetic. A pandemic is a national crisis! The White House did not have a pandemic response team for nothing, until Trump fired most of it's members, that is. In a pandemic of this magnitude, individual states require federal assistance which they either never received or far too late due to Trump playing politics. Trying to pass the buck to the Governors is just one more example of Trump's inability to lead.
New York is one of the most populated areas in the country, which, logically, made it easy for the virus to spread very fast. Cuomo did as much as he could to contain the virus but was up against a near impossible task. It took him some time but he ultimately succeeded. He, at least, tried. On the other hand, Republican lead States like Texas and Florida could and should have leared from what happened in New York but they never did. Keeping the state open and ignoring good advise made it possible for the virus to spread and look where they are now.
So, yes we can hold politicians accountable. Trump does it himself. He blames the Chinese politicians, the Democrats and some of the Governors he dislikes. So why can't Trump himself be held accountable? I'd love to hear Richard's answer to that one, but I fear I will be in for a very long wait.
In April, Fauci confirmed that Trump implemented the suggestions that he made to him. April was
three months too lateBlaming Trump is just an extension of fake Russia collusion etc. No... claiming it is part of the (not so) "fake" Russian collusion is only Trump's standard way of shifting blame to others.
In fact, there are folks who want people to die because they hate Trump more than they care about their fellow citizens. That is pretty sad.Again, it's simply not true and it's a pretty sick argument to make.
From The Hill:
Anthony Fauci on Monday sought to squash any notion of a fissure between himself and President Trump, saying at the opening of a coronavirus task force briefing that the president repeatedly and immediately backed social distancing recommendations from Fauci and other public health officials despite the economic pain.
“The first and only time that I went in and said we should do mitigation strongly, the response was, ‘yes, we’ll do it,’” Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told reporters in the White House briefing room on Monday evening.
"Backing" Fauci's recommendations in a White House meeting is something different as actually doing something about it. For months, Trump refused to wear a mask or tell people to wear one (which is and always was the main recommendation) and time after time he has disagreed with Fauci in public! Fauci never told Trump the virus would magically disappear or called it a hoax.
For Trump it's always money over people!
