Cornyn: Trump 'let his guard down' on coronavirus

[sabra]

Source: The Hill

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) said Monday that President Trump “let his guard down” on the coronavirus, in some of the toughest comments yet from a GOP lawmaker about the president’s handling of the virus after Trump announced his positive test late Thursday night.

“I think he let his guard down, and I think in his desire to try to demonstrate that we are somehow coming out of this and that the danger is not still with us — I think he got out over his skis and frankly, I think it’s a lesson to all of us that we need to exercise self discipline,” Cornyn told the Houston Chronicle editorial board.

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Cornyn said Trump’s policy responses like shutting down travel from China and supporting coronavirus aid packages “demonstrated the seriousness of the virus,” the Chronicle reported, but he also said Trump’s rhetoric sometimes “creates confusion.”

“He tries to balance that with saying, ‘Well you know, we got this.’ And clearly we don’t have this,” Cornyn said. “I think the biggest mistake people make in public life is not telling the truth, particularly in something with as much public interest as here because you know the real story is going to come out.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/519670-cornyn-trump-let-his-guard-down-on-coronavirus

[BootinUp]

1. I think it's more like he invited Covid to a tea party

Nt

[still_one]

2. Let his guard down? He has done that since the very beginning. He is a danger to the people around

him, the American public, and the country

[OverBurn]

3. When was his guard ever up, dumbass.

[flibbitygiblets]

4. Hahahaaaaaaaa! Yeah, that's what happened. The ONE TIME he didn't wear a mask..BOOM! Got the COVID

Jackass.

[jayfish]

5. "in some of the toughest comments yet from a GOP lawmaker"

Oh yes! ...scathing!

[unblock]

6. Because that's what you look for in a commander-in-chief.

[Miguelito Loveless]

7. Let his guard down?

He doused himself in gasoline and ran around naked in a cigarette lighter testing facility.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

8. I thought Trump was supposed to be a germaphobe?

If so, he clearly can't even do that right.

[patphil]

9. You first have to put your guard up before you can put it down.

This guy's been walking around with a target on his maskless face ever since the beginning of the pandemic.
It was only a matter of time before he got nailed by Covid-19.

Now he wants to pretend he's okay and go back to business as usual.
He's a danger to himself and everyone around him.
It's 25th Amendment time.

[RicROC]

10. Trump's just lazy.

He didn't let his guard down with COVID, he's just lazy and thought he could shove the work onto the governors. The Dems did the job....Repubs killed their own people.

[nevergiveup]

11. Cornyn must be getting some bad poll numbers.

[Paladin]

12. Wow. Cornyn acting like he has some balls?

This won't last.