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"On Fox News, Vice President Pence says he was present at Jan. 28 briefing..." (Original Post) Nevilledog Sep 2020 OP
All other knives in the drawer are sharper. dchill Sep 2020 #1
Wow. Well played you cunning potted plant you underpants Sep 2020 #2
Yupper, Wellstone ruled Sep 2020 #3
Isn't that edhopper Sep 2020 #4
Yeah underpants Sep 2020 #5
Did he say whether he was awake during the briefing? gratuitous Sep 2020 #6
What enough people are not pointing out is that Joe Biden's OpEd was in USA Today malaise Sep 2020 #7
I've seen trumpers saying this is somehow proof Biden is involved in releasing the virus. Nevilledog Sep 2020 #8
ROFL malaise Sep 2020 #9
Too many "Wait....wut?" moments from his cult members. Nevilledog Sep 2020 #10

gratuitous

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6. Did he say whether he was awake during the briefing?
Thu Sep 10, 2020, 12:52 PM
Sep 2020

And to this day, President Trump has still turned his back on this "biggest national security threat." Are Pence, O'Brien, and the rest of the toadies in this administration incapable of getting Trump to focus on national security, or have they likewise checked out, leaving the American people on their own?

malaise

(268,949 posts)
7. What enough people are not pointing out is that Joe Biden's OpEd was in USA Today
Thu Sep 10, 2020, 01:13 PM
Sep 2020

on January 27th.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/01/27/coronavirus-donald-trump-made-us-less-prepared-joe-biden-column/4581710002/
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Joe Biden: Trump is worst possible leader to deal with coronavirus outbreak
President has blithely tweeted that 'it will all work out well.' Yet the steps he has taken have only weakened our capacity to respond.
Joe BidenOpinion contributor

The possibility of a pandemic is a challenge Donald Trump is unqualified to handle as president. I remember how Trump sought to stoke fear and stigma during the 2014 Ebola epidemic. He called President Barack Obama a “dope” and “incompetent” and railed against the evidence-based response our administration put in place — which quelled the crisis and saved hundreds of thousands of lives — in favor of reactionary travel bans that would only have made things worse. He advocated abandoning exposed and infected American citizens rather than bringing them home for treatment.

Trump’s demonstrated failures of judgment and his repeated rejection of science make him the worst possible person to lead our country through a global health challenge.

The outbreak of a new coronavirus, which has already infected more than 2,700 people and killed over 80 in China, will get worse before it gets better. Cases have been confirmed in a dozen countries, with at least five in the United States. There will likely be more.
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No doubt this is why Robert O'Brien "...told Trump that coronavirus would be the biggest national security threat to his presidency".

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