Who to Blame or Give Credit

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Dan Crenshaw tweets the best defense of Trump's handling of the virus I've seenPosted on 4/17/20 at 12:42 pm
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Dan Crenshaw tweets the best defense of Trump's handling of the virus I've seen

Responding to a mentally ill WaPo columnist who wrote:quote:
the Trump toll, when we are done, will likely include tens of thousands of unnecessary deaths, massive unemployment, trillions of dollars more in debt and trillions of dollars in lost wealth not to mention emotional hardship and educational disruption




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STOP. REWRITING. HISTORY.

Instead of attempting to spin the public into a hateful, frightened frenzy, let’s try reporting some facts with the correct context. Here’s what that might look like:

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On March 3rd, the day after you claim Trump should have shut our economy down, this is how the WHO downplayed the virus:

“COVID-19 spreads less efficiently than flu, transmission does not appear to be driven by people who are not sick”

LINK https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/ ... march-2020

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Would the America public really have accepted millions of jobs destroyed for a virus that had infected just 102 people by March 2? Especially considering Italy would not lock down until March 10th, Spain on March 14th, and the UK on March 23?

A bit of context is in order here.
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I want to respond to this particular comment:

“Because we did not act earlier to ramp up testing at a massive scale and prepare our health-care system, social distancing — shutting down most of the economy — was required.”
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Not sure where the magic COVID-19 testing switch is. The truth is that long-standing regulations - in place for decades - prevented us from doing so.

LINK https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2 ... ronavirus/
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Additionally, you falsely state that social distancing should have been a “last resort.” But this has no basis in fact. Experts have long said flattening the curve via social distancing is the only way to prevent the initial case spike that would overwhelm hospitals.
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First, you argue that we should have shut down the economy weeks before we did. Then, you argue that the shut down, resulting job loss, and economic devastation are his fault too.

Which is it? You can’t have it both ways.
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Your analysis makes it seem like our government deliberately decided not to buy more PPE. The truth is there was a global production shortage when China began stopping exports, and demand soared. This is still happening.

LINK https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-exp ... direct=amp

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While you argue that Trump ignored early warning signs, you ignore the headlines that ran on the pages of your paper in January and February. Here are a couple:

Why we should be wary of a fast government response to coronovirus.

How our brains make Corono virus seem scarier than it is.

Get a grip America. The flu is is much bigger threat than corono virus for now.

When it’s all said and done, this bad-faith analysis isn’t fact-based and lacks important context. Hating Trump is not an excuse for lazy argumentation and emotional reasoning.

Now, more than ever, we need critical thinking and productive deliberation.

[Pine Mt Beagles]

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You are one sick sorry excuse, defending a child molesting, raping ,thieving ,murder neither you or trump has no place in American society.

[Rabbithoundjb]

PMB with people like you there will be NO AMERICAN society.

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Proof that "Trump Derangement Syndrome" though less contagious, is more dangerous than Covid-19.
Its most contagious to folks who refuse to work or are dependent on someone else to feed them. Government workers and EBT card holders.

Pelosi and her band of parasites insisted, before they would approve a plan to fund laid off workers and keep small business afloat, added millions to The Kennedy Center for the Arts, and NPR.
After receiving the loot, the Kennedy Center laid off their work force.
Its Trumps fault, according to CNN. He should have known the democrats were lying and he signed the Bill anyway.