Subj : What Trump didn't do
To   : All
From : Dale Shipp
Date : Fri Apr 03 2020 01:06 am

Here is a recent post by George Conway, the husband of Trump's ardent
spokeswoman.  The two of them are about as far apart in their political
views as possible.

From George Conway:
[quote]
"For Trump supporters, let me make one thing VERY clear!

For the record NO ONE is blaming the President for the virus. Let me
repeat. Coronavirus is not Trump's fault.

Here's a detailed list of what we are blaming him for:

* Trump declined to use the World Health Organization's test like other
nations. Back in January, over a month before the first Co-vid19 case,
the Chinese posted a new mysterious virus and within a week, Berlin
virologists had produced the first diagnostic test. By the end of
February, the WHO had shipped out tests to 60 countries. Oh, but not our
government. We declined the test even as a temporary bridge until the
CDC could create its own test. The question is why? We don't know but
what to look for is which pharmaceutical company eventually manufactures
the test and who owns the stock. Keep tuned.

* In 2018 Trump fired Homeland Security Advisor Tom Bossart, whose job
was to coordinate a response to global pandemics. He was not replaced.

* In 2018 Dr. Luciana Borio, the NSC director for medical and
bio-defense preparedness left the job. Trump did not replace Dr. Borio.

* In 2019 the NSC's Senior Director for Global Health Security and
bio-defense, Tim Ziemer, left the position and Trump did not replace the
Rear Admiral.

* Trump shut down the entire Global Health Security and Bio-defense
agency. Yes, he did.

* Amid the explosive worldwide outbreak of the virus Trump proposed a
19% cut to the budget of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention
plus a 10% cut to Public Health Services and a 7% cut to Global Health
Services. Those happen to be the organizations that responds to public
health threats.

* In 2018, at Trump's direction, the CDC stopped funding epidemic
prevention activities in 39 out of 49 countries including China.

* Trump didn't appoint a doctor to oversee the US response to the
pandemic. He appointed Mike Pence.

* Trump has on multiple occasions sowed doubt about the severity of the
virus even using the word hoax at events and rallies. He even did it at
an event where the virus was being spread. Trump has put out zero useful
information concerning the health risks of the virus.

* Trump pretended the virus had been contained.

* Trump left a cruise ship at sea for days, denying them proper hospital
care, rather than increase his numbers in America.

Repeat. We do not blame Trump for the virus. We blame him for gutting
the nation's preparations to deal with it. We blame him for bungling
testing and allowing it to spread uninhibited. We blame him for wasting
taxpayer money on applause lines at his rallies (like The Wall). We
blame him for putting his own political life over American human life. I
hope this clears things up."
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