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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,711 posts)
Sun May 3, 2020, 08:29 PM May 2020

Larry Kudlow gets testy after CNN airs video of him saying in Feb. the coronavirus was 'contained'

Back in February, White House National Economic Council director Larry Kudlow announced that the coronavirus was “contained.” In fact, it was “pretty close to airtight,” he claimed.

Two months later and, well, let’s just say it didn’t play out that way.

CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday showed the clip to Kudlow, asking him, “is there a disconnect between what people such as you who want things to be better than they are, so as to help the economy, are saying, and what people in the health field are saying?”

Kudlow was clearly peeved.

“For the umpteenth time I will say, my quote then was based on the actual facts which at the time there were only 40 or 50 cases and it was contained,” he said, touting the same refrain his boss has often repeated, that the travel restrictions “boldly” placed on China made a huge difference.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/larry-kudlow-unravels-after-cnn-airs-video-of-him-saying-in-february-that-the-coronavirus-was-contained-2020-05-03?siteid=yhoof2&yptr=yahoo

Aw you poor baby.

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Larry Kudlow gets testy after CNN airs video of him saying in Feb. the coronavirus was 'contained' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2020 OP
Tee-hee. They ought to cut to tapes during trump pressers. captain queeg May 2020 #1
We only have 1,100,000 cases and totally have it contained SoonerPride May 2020 #2
Myeah but Nancy Pelosi was break dancing in the streets of SF at the time Shermann May 2020 #3
Republicans are further . .. Iliyah May 2020 #4
Kudlow sounds like he's drunk. Must be a defect in the audio. - n/t Jim__ May 2020 #5
Kudlow is either clueless, stupid or lying.. honest.abe May 2020 #6
Or wasted. belpejic May 2020 #7
There were probably thousands of cases in this country by then, and Crunchy Frog May 2020 #10
If 'contained', why did Trump release it? keithbvadu2 May 2020 #8
RF was WRONG Cha May 2020 #9
Clearly, Ludlow Doesn't Get What An Epidemic Is? ProfessorGAC May 2020 #11
This is in line with his economic predictions. Almost 100% wrong!! n/t retread May 2020 #12

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
2. We only have 1,100,000 cases and totally have it contained
Sun May 3, 2020, 08:34 PM
May 2020

It’s locked into the United States and isn’t floating off into space.

Total containment!

honest.abe

(8,610 posts)
6. Kudlow is either clueless, stupid or lying..
Sun May 3, 2020, 09:02 PM
May 2020

or all of the above.

Any fool knows just because there were only 50 cases does not mean a virus is contained. A virus pandemic has to start somewhere. Even one case can explode to millions.

Crunchy Frog

(26,574 posts)
10. There were probably thousands of cases in this country by then, and
Mon May 4, 2020, 02:36 AM
May 2020

there were already people dying.

The reason there were "only 50 cases" was that there was no testing available because the CDC fucked up, and Trump wanted to maintain the fiction that it wasn't here for as long as possible.

ProfessorGAC

(64,827 posts)
11. Clearly, Ludlow Doesn't Get What An Epidemic Is?
Mon May 4, 2020, 05:15 AM
May 2020

One does not consider an epidemic contained before it actually hits.
He's been wrong about everything in the past, so we're not surprised he was wrong again.
He's always been stupid, so...ibid!

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