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White House Pushes U.S. Officials to Criticize China For Coronavirus Cover-Up
A State Department cable obtained by The Daily Beast says the U.S. and the American people are the greatest humanitarians the world has ever known.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-pushes-us-officials-to-criticize-china-for-coronavirus-cover-up?ref=scroll
As the number of coronavirus cases continues to grow at a rapid pace in the U.S., the White House is launching a communications plan across multiple federal agencies that focuses on accusing Beijing of orchestrating a cover-up and creating a global pandemic, according to two U.S. officials and a government cable obtained by The Daily Beast.
The cable, sent to State Department officials Friday, lays out in detail the circumstances on the ground in China, including data on coronavirus cases and deaths, the local business environment and transportation restrictions. But it also issues guidelines for how U.S. officials should answer questions on, or speak about, the coronavirus and the White Houses response in relation to China.
The talking points appear to have originated in the National Security Council. One section of the cable reads NSC Top Lines: [Peoples Republic of China] Propaganda and Disinformation on the Wuhan Virus Pandemic.
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One of the results of those internal deliberations appears to be a renewed focus on underscoring Chinas missteps. Two U.S. officials working on the administrations coronavirus response said the White House is pushing federal agencies to stick closely to the national security councils talking points, especially when senior officials take to the podium, to ensure continuity with President Trump.
These talking points are all anyone is really talking about right now, one official said. Everything is about China. Were being told to try and get this messaging out in any way possible, including press conferences and television appearances.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
sop
(9,946 posts)duforsure
(11,882 posts)And calls for their resignations should be started at once for their failures with this,not China.Every day both trump and pence trot out ignoring safe practices, lying their asses off , accusing others falsely, intentionally dragging their feet on things, and probably involved with others making money off this. They've failed the American people in this time of need, and why are they still over this? This will fail until someone replaces them over this, and my choice is Senator Warren, ASAP or we could be talking depression very soon from these two knuckleheads.
spanone
(135,636 posts)The Blame Game. That's all they've got.
mnmoderatedem
(3,706 posts)and it will work.
But we have the tapes. Almost endless blather about how it's no big deal, downplayed it all along, and as a result woefully unprepared. Need to get that footage out on the airwaves. Ad nauseam. Never stop.
It's like what they did with Benghazi, Hillary's emails, etc, except it actually has validity.
gibraltar72
(7,486 posts)they let world know Jan 3rd, He did nothing but lie from there on out.
tanyev
(42,360 posts)and we manage (if we manage) to get this crisis under control?
Idiots.