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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat did Joe Scar tell Schumer about Richard Burr this morning regarding coronavirus?
Im waking up watching Joe bleary-eyed. It seems like Joe said that theres a tape of Richard Burr felling constituents not to travel to Europe 3 weeks ago. Basically Joe was wondering out loud how the Trump admin was caught off guard if someone like Burr was giving warnings weeks ago.
Aquaria
(1,076 posts)Still waiting on details of t his one.
OrlandoDem2
(2,065 posts)PCIntern
(25,490 posts)Every clinician worth his or her salt KNEW when this thing erupted that it had the strong potential to be catastrophic.
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)Aquaria
(1,076 posts)OrlandoDem2
(2,065 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)If we knew it, the criminals who've taken over DC of course did, and more.
The most rabid trumpster we're acquainted with knows they've been lying from the beginning, though that didn't keep him from indulging his usual pleasures by telling my liberal Jew husband the pandemic is Obama's doing. He knows that isn't true either, but truth isn't the point.
barbtries
(28,769 posts)but my footprint on social media is miniscule. I've already posted twice to fb and once to twitter.
C_U_L8R
(44,990 posts)It was clear what was going on then. But he just called it a hoax. Gross incompetence.
Alacritous Crier
(3,813 posts)blm
(113,013 posts)and an economic crisis plan along with it.
Media and most of her senate colleagues ignored her.
barbtries
(28,769 posts)She is so great. She should be president. sigh.
2naSalit
(86,332 posts)Mike 03
(16,616 posts)CrispyQ
(36,424 posts)I'm glad they put the Con's comments in the audio.
bucolic_frolic
(43,062 posts)'not to minimize' the corona virus.
SlogginThroughIt
(1,977 posts)These stock market masturbators just cant see anything but their tickers. I mean it couldnt be that people are so concerned about the virus that it is affecting the economy could it?
MelissaB
(16,420 posts)Our public officials on both sides of the aisle should have stepped up.
wcollar
(176 posts)Big donors maybe?
Somebody should be checking what they did on the stock market after this meeting..................
malaise
(268,715 posts)Sickening -criminal
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)the health of the people.
mountain grammy
(26,598 posts)In my opinion, criminal. But, that's what we get with a criminal president.
barbtries
(28,769 posts)There is another more detailed thread. you can listen to the NPR story here: https://www.npr.org/2020/03/19/818192535/burr-recording-sparks-questions-about-private-comments-on-covid-19
I am livid right now. He's one of my 2 disgusting republican senators and I cannot stress enough, NC grows the worst fucking republicans alive right now.
bucolic_frolic
(43,062 posts)so they could alert their money managers to short the market. 10,000 points on the downside is a payday.
spanone
(135,795 posts)While trump was downplaying it in public
CRIMINAL
WhiteTara
(29,692 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,396 posts)Also People: *cluelessly vote Republican*