March 5, 2020

Shawn Langlois, Responds to Trump/Pence Coronavirus Claims

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-blames-obama-for-coronavirus-testing-problems-2020-03-04?mod=home-page

President Trump blames Obama for coronavirus testing problems
Published: March 4, 2020 at 6:06 p.m. ET
By Shawn Langlois

‘The Obama administration made a decision on testing that turned out to be very detrimental to what we’re doing, and we undid that decision a few days ago so that the testing can take place at a much more accurate and rapid fashion. That was a decision we disagreed with. I don’t think we would have made it, but for some reason it was made. But we’ve undone that decision.’
That’s President Donald Trump deflecting the criticism his administration has been facing over its response to the coronavirus.

The comments were made during a meeting with airline executives at the White House on Wednesday. Here’s a clip: (available at web link above)
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Still, Trump’s deflection came under fire from his critics.

Tommy Vietor
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@TVietor08
There's clear evidence of how Trump has mishandled the #coronavirus response. CDC cuts. Eliminating the NSC global pandemic coordinator. Mike Pence's entire existence. Don't just repeat his bullshit attempts to blame Obama. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/03/here-are-17-ways-the-trump-administration-bungled-its-coronavirus-response/ …

Here are 17 ways the Trump administration bungled its coronavirus response

This list doesn't include Donald Trump Jr.'s claim that Democrats wanted the virus to spread and kill Americans.
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