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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Orange Blob in front of his "Mission Accomplished" sign
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/05/11/administration-keeps-bragging-that-us-testing-now-is-better-than-south-koreas-was-months-ago/Dems should juxtapose that sign with the number of 70,000 dead and going up.
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The Orange Blob in front of his "Mission Accomplished" sign (Original Post)
kairos12
May 2020
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RainCaster
(10,866 posts)1. That's over 80,000 now
The winning just goes on...
Bernardo de La Paz
(48,994 posts)2. USA is 39th (thirty-nineth) in testing per 1000
Hav
(5,969 posts)3. Good article about this absurd and immature bragging
The crucial part outlined in the article is the heavy testing early on to contain the disease while Trump was still wasting time talking about hoaxes and playing golf.
If he wants to make comparisons, he can look at all the fatalities as the cost for his complete failure to manage this crisis.
VOX
(22,976 posts)4. 45's gone full Orwell.
And he doesnt even knows who Orwell is.
But were definitely in freedom is slavery territory.
kairos12
(12,852 posts)5. Orwell, isn't that the popcorn guy?
VOX
(22,976 posts)7. Absolutely! 1984 with butter is my fave!
tblue37
(65,328 posts)6. It's amazing that the WH incompetents didn't realize that those banners would be compared
to W's "Mission Accomplished" fiasco.