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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBarack Obama Speaks Out After Mitch McConnell Tells Him To Keep His 'Mouth Shut'
Former President Barack Obama on Wednesday urged a better government response to the coronavirus pandemic, just days after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told him he shouldve kept his mouth shut about the issue.
McConnell also called Obama classless for criticizing President Donald Trump.
Obama hasnt publicly criticized Trump by name and didnt do so on Wednesday.
Instead, he urged better policy decisions to fight the infections and protect people from the economic fallout as he shared a Vox report with expert ideas on countering the COVID-19 virus.
Link to tweet
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https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/barack-obama-coronavirus-decisions-045613039.html
cilla4progress
(24,791 posts)"going high...".
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)DTomlinson
(411 posts)You get the point.
blakstoneranger
(333 posts)I heard a radio talk show host state that there was oval office talk of trump wanting to arrest brennan and other intelligence officials for espionage. They also suggested to barr that they wanted obama arrested for espionage. They are preparing a HUGE lie to feed to the public to create a hillary-email scandal. It's not true, they know it, but they want to create a huge scandalous story to connect to biden along with the investigation of his son hunter, hoping that by election they will have turned enough undecideds away from biden. McConnel wants to leave obama out of it because he knows it's all bullshit. And he will as long as he shuts up!
stillcool
(32,626 posts)about 'leaving Obama out of it'. What he needs left out of it is the plethora of information about Russian connections with the GOP.
Cyrano
(15,075 posts)Mitch won't put up with this kind of shit on his plantation.
A white motherfu^$er telling a black man to shut up. How much more obvious can it be?
demigoddess
(6,645 posts)way bigger.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)And he cares.
wnylib
(21,731 posts)he wouldn't be buddies with the trash in the WH.
Volaris
(10,278 posts)Dear sweet bleeding jesus in heaven, does that man know how to throw some fuckin shade.
I wouldnt want him mad at me, is all I'm sayin lol.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)and it's wonderful to see and hear him speaking out. If nothing else, it'll drive little donnie off the edge, much like the 2011 WH Correspondents Dinner did. I, for one, will be delighted to see Chump's head explode after being critiqued by BHO.
Six117
(205 posts)NT
lame54
(35,343 posts)CaptYossarian
(6,448 posts)Mitch just found out that President Obama only bows to important people.
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)ancianita
(36,207 posts)Cha
(297,935 posts)President Obama.. he's Helpful!
IronLionZion
(45,615 posts)I like this one: 6) Let people go outside
Because if the lefty socialists open up parks and allow people outdoors, you know a lot of Trumpsters will then stay home out of spite. People think having more parks open will cause more people to go outside, but people already go outside when we've had enough and need some fresh air and sunshine anyway. So it would allow more space to social distance. Urban high rise apartments get way too hot in the summer. Tension get high and bad things happen.
liberalla
(9,274 posts)So it's very low risk. I found that very interesting, and I'm going to be much more comfortable going outside.
and I liked point #7) Just spend the damn money!
Great article - well worth the read.
Experts' 7 best ideas on how to beat Covid-19 and save the economy
Trump could do a lot more
llmart
(15,565 posts)The article said:
"A study of more than 1,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases in other Chinese cities could only document one case of outdoor transmission."
I do agree that it looks like it's a very low risk outside, but I wouldn't go so far as to take a 1,000 person study in China as gospel. I go to my local park every day, but I still socially distance myself from others. However, I don't wear a mask on my walk.
paleotn
(17,997 posts)Leith
(7,814 posts)Again, sticking to the facts, using lots of passive voice, without mentioning names, no insults, the real President got his point across, no muss no fuss.
Translation:
You dithered around for too long. It's time that you covidiots got your shit together and did something useful.
csziggy
(34,139 posts)He was too mellow to lay into those who criticized him.
ETA - I didn't realize how appropriate this clip was when I first posted it!
Leith
(7,814 posts)I watch it every couple of months and it cracks me up every time.
Key & Peele's "Aliens" is my favorite. In fact, I'm gonna go watch it again right now.
csziggy
(34,139 posts)whathehell
(29,102 posts)Collimator
(1,639 posts)in handling all manner of situations with class and nobility. There is a world of people who respect him and Trump is the laughingstock of the world.
And to resort to sarcasm: God Forbid Obama should say something as constructive and common-sense as "make better policy decisions". Way to inflame the masses, Barry! What crazy, radical, anti-American rhetoric! Lock that man up, please! The knots in Mitch's pearl strand can't take the strain.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He is so superior in every possible way. The contrast is glaring. What I wouldn't give to have him back.
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)1st degree burn.
Warpy
(111,417 posts)That's the type of shoot from the lip reply I invariably come out with that has kept me far away from elective office, that and the fact that I went through the 60s and the skeletons in my closet are still partying.
McConnell has been taking orders from his sugar daddy Deripaska so long he's forgotten what country he lives in and what the government is supposed to do.
KS Toronado
(17,419 posts)Study claimed transmission would be a twelfth of what it currently is. Think about that, instead of 86,600 deaths it would be 7,200, and could possibly be going back to work safely right now. RepubliCONS refuse to wear them and our politicians seem afraid to tell people to, why I'll never understand.
summer_in_TX
(2,767 posts)turns out that adding a layer of nylon (repurposed old pantyhose, anyone?) can boost the ability of the mask to filter out very small particles.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/04/22/840146830/adding-a-nylon-stocking-layer-could-boost-protection-from-cloth-masks-study-find
KS Toronado
(17,419 posts)viruses better than N95 masks. My home made masks have a pocket to slip them in and then a flap to cover sliding into the pocket. So I get 3 layers of cloth and 1 paper. Wish I knew how to post pictures........
WhiteTara
(29,730 posts)I used the hepa filter in a vacuum bag.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)That's what they were saying back when. The nurses and doctors needed them, so they were urging people not to buy them, adding that they did nothing to prevent the spread. It's astounding that every issue the administration faces, is responded to with lies. Big lies. They went so far as to say that masks could cause more harm than good, one reason being when wearing a mask you touch your face more. Some day, all those lies will be strung together to tell the tale of a nation gone mad.
TheFourthMind
(343 posts)D_Master81
(1,823 posts)Part of me, actually a lot of me, was hoping for double birds. But I guess this is the way to go
Locrian
(4,522 posts)>>Obama hasnt publicly criticized Trump by name and didnt do so on Wednesday.
why? what's he waiting for? Come on - get in the game! He's still the most popular politician - and it's obvious who is smarter, better in every way.
Kick. His. Fuc***ing. Ass
stillcool
(32,626 posts)when he's ready to say something he will. I don't expect it will be tit-for-tat, kick-ass, name-calling bullshit.
Locrian
(4,522 posts)but he damn well better get visible and out there to provide a contrast to the idiot.
We cannot allow trump to control the narrative and not provide a counter to it.
(Even if trump keeps punching himself in the face)
stillcool
(32,626 posts)Locrian
(4,522 posts)ok - got you. you sit this one out and the rest of us will bust our ass
great strategy. winning. bye now.
lpbk2713
(42,772 posts)As a former president and as a citizen Obama would be in error if he didn't comment on it.
Edit: And the Shrublet's silence is deafening.
tclambert
(11,087 posts)Blue Owl
(50,547 posts)n/t
magicarpet
(14,202 posts).... take one stick of dynamite and shove it down your throat,... take the other stick and shove it up your ass. Then light both fuses simultaneously.
keithbvadu2
(37,008 posts)As Moscow Mitch lies about Obama not leaving a pandemic plan.
Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)Obama knows class and shows it. World of difference. I cannot believe we went from greatness and class to the current crop of shit Republicans back to back like this. What did we do wrong to deserve that kind of punishment?
Chemisse
(30,821 posts)Even when I want him to let loose with a stream of FUs, I am grateful that he never ever does.
He is an amazing man in so many ways.