The Greatest Cover-Up

[kentuck]

There will be a reckoning. Those politicians, like Mitch McConnell, Mario Rubio, Mitt Romney, and the many others that have supported this cover-up, will stand in judgement. They have stood by silently with their support as Donald Trump has told one lie after another about his role in this epidemic crisis.

First, it was just a "Democratic hoax", like the Russia investigation and like the Ukraine scandal. By the way, his call was not "perfect". It was a criminal and traitorous act.

Then, there were the people on the cruise ship. He did not want them in the country. He liked the "numbers just where they are", he said. He did not want the number of people with the virus to go up.

Then, there were 15 people with the virus. He told America that the number would soon be zero.

He lied about why he cut the program that monitored pandemics around the world. He called it "obsolete". He thought it was a good way to save money. And all the Republican leaders stood behind him.

He was warned by Intelligence of the dangers of the epidemic and he dragged his feet. He refused to activate the Defense Protection Act that could have required immediate production of equipment to handle the epidemic.

He failed to initiate tests for the virus. He chose to make it a political issue. In the most dire time for our country, he chose to divide us into groups, those that support his re-election and those that do not. It is the most shameful and disgraceful action by a President in our country's history.

Now, he wants to cover it up. He wants America to believe that he was on top of this problem from the very beginning. He wants to repeat over and over what a great job he is doing. He told America that he did not "accept any responsibility at all".

He refuses to accept the advice of doctors and scientists or experts in the field. He believes he knows more than all of them. He alone, will decide when America is safe from this pandemic. And the Republican leaders still remain silent.

The Watergate cover-up was a trivial matter compared to what is going on with the Trump White House. The lies continue with each passing day. Other than outright rebellion, the only solution seems to be the November election. There will be a reckoning.

[malaise]

1. Get thee to the greatest page

This coverup is criminality on steroids - it may well be genocide

[wnylib]

19. That's exactly what it is.

[SummerSnow]

32. Depopulation too.

[spanone]

2. K&R...

[SheltieLover]

3. K)&R

Well stated!

[UpInArms]

4. Jan. 24 briefing .... they knew and covered it up.... and still voted to acquit tRump

On February 5

They knew that he was incapable of doing the right thing ... and they were also incapable of doing the right thing.

I hate them all.

[TheRickles]

5. Will it be deemed unsafe to hold an election in November?

I wouldn't put it past them.

[not_the_one]

21. They are working on THAT, as we speak/type.

Rest assured, they ARE going to try. And they will make it seem to be the only obvious and safe choice. The democrats will be HARMING America if we get to have our election. And a sizeable portion of the populace will accept it as the smart choice.

THAT is how they roll.

The question is, just how far are we willing to go to stop them?

[Turin_C3PO]

24. It would have to be Congress

to change Election Day. And you know that Pelosi wouldn’t let that shit ride.

[Jarqui]

6. A part of me is wondering whether dragging their heels on dealing with this

is intentional to purge the poor (either through illness or discourage from voting) who would be more inclined to support Democrats. As usual, the wealthy are more likely to survive as they can afford medical care or the bucks to avoid getting the virus (ie hang out at the cottage or an island).

I worry about the stimulus being used by Trump to help himself politically in battleground states.

[Master_Monstruwacan]

8. This is exactly what I have been saying

They want us to die.

[PatSeg]

44. Well, in the process

they will be purging a lot of their own supporters from voting. It is republicans who are more likely to ignore or trivialize coronavirus warnings and as such, are more likely to get sick.

[UCmeNdc]

7. K&R

[duforsure]

9. Trumps projecting the opposite of the truth with this

Because he knows it's ruining any chance he might of had getting re-elected. He knows this exposes his refusal and failure to act, but what if it's because Putin was and still is behind his actions now refusing to help American people now, and Putin wants our economy destroyed.

[groundloop]

20. This is tRump's "WAR" and he's going to use it to full advantage for reelection

People who don't know any better (and I'm not talking about fox 'news' viewers either) see his daily 'briefings' and get the impression that tRump is looking presidential. One example - my uncle, who in September hated tRump with a passion, has recently said "I think he's doing a pretty good job".

We, the Democratic Party, Joe Biden, and all Congressional candidates need to do a hell of a lot better job of exposing all of tRump's lies throughout this disaster and not make it look like we're taking advantage of a bad situation. If approached in the wrong way this could bite us in the ass.

[Brainfodder]

29. The death number in the USA is going to be so high it would have made Bin Laden blush?

I await the end of his pressers, what's the # it's going to take?

1M+ deaths is likely hit next month!



Thanks to community spread, we are #1 in cases!

Visit JHU's Global Cases website often, if confused.

Good Luck!

Check it out, Greenland even has 9 cases now!

[2naSalit]

10. K&R

[bucolic_frolic]

11. Republicans could have removed Trump. Republicans OWN this. /nt

[Javaman]

12. I agree, but I think the greatest cover up in modern history is...

making a huge portion of the population think that the orange asshole actually has brains and empathy.

[marble falls]

13. And all it takes will be for us to show up with our vote.

[albacore]

14. I strongly disagree...

I believe that people will be so busy trying to get their lives back that esoteric concepts like "justice" will fade entirely.

Once trump is gone, people will forget, and any media that tries to sift through this giant pile of shit will be ignored. Especially if reading about complicated things is involved.

Unkind? Cynical?

Nope, I just look at our history.

Dubya wasn't investigated after he left, and god knows he should have been.

[llmart]

18. +1000

This is the hard truth that I believe most DU'ers don't want to face.

Dubya gave everyone a little check which had to be considered income and taxed a year later and people thought they'd actually gotten some help when in reality it was only an advance.

Trump's handlers have put his ugly mug on TV every single night when they learned that he was losing support for his handling of the virus and suddenly his poll numbers have surged.

The media has all but forgotten about the name "Biden" for now.

I'm afraid Democrats are not understanding how easily a massive amount of Americans can be manipulated.

[ancianita]

25. +1000

[RobinA]

27. Agree

This will be history the minute it's over. Witness his approval rating now, in the thick of it. I firmly believe he will win reelection.

[vapor2]

34. justice

will hold this crime family accountable at some point. There is talk of involuntary manslaughter charges and I believe that the Lt Gov of NYSD will continue her quest for justice. I just fear Barr will stop at nothing to shield this monster but maybe his day of reckoning will soon arrive. I have to believe that we are a nation of laws so keep the faith!

[albacore]

35. My faith has been shaken many times. If trump gets justice, I'll be overjoyed. nt

[AllaN01Bear]

15. always bob , weave , distract and sputter sputt sputt. oh , i forgot eavade .

[Stuart G]

16. K and R no additional info.

[wendyb-NC]

17. Thank you, well said

The one in the oval office and the republicans on capitol hill are all greed driven traitors.

[Scalded Nun]

22. While agree 100% that there SHOULD be a reckoning, I am not sold on the probability...

that there WILL one. I have been screaming at the walls, in public and in posts for over 3 years now hoping folks will wake up, see this treasonous turd for what he is, and bind together to remove his sorry ass from the position he does not deserve.
Unfortunately, I do not see any of that. His racist, hate-filled, equally treasonous followers just will not let go of their evil bonds to this despicable blight on humanity.
After everything that has gone on these last few years he still retains a possibility of reelection. That speaks worse for our citizens than it does for him.
I will do everything I can do ensure he is defeated in November, but I fear that his reckoning may only come in future history books.

[CountMyVote4Reality]

23. +1

Scrupulous as ever. Thank you, KT.

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

36. Welcome to DU, n/t

[SWBTATTReg]

26. k, you NAILED it!

[calimary]

28. Really disturbing that we have EXACTLY the WRONG individual in our White House.

The EXACT WRONG person.

Worst pick possible. For the worst possible time. At the worst possible time.

[LiberalBear]

30. Channeling a true American....Chief Joseph

I am tired of fighting against stupidity and greed. Friends and colleagues are sick. Sarah and Fred are sick. Tim is dead. The old men and women are all at risk. It is the young who say, 'Yes' or 'No" in the ER now as we expedite our incompletely trained young medical students to face the enemy, ill-prepared now, as we are short of and losing the experienced medical professionals who have cared for us under preventable circumstance. It is scary, and we have no protective masks, we have no ventilators. The little children are left at home as their moms and dads courageously go to the front lines unprotected to save who they can, not knowing if they will contract the virus and leave their children orphan. Americans, some of them, have traveled away from the epicenters only to spread potential death to others, thinking this pandemic is but a politically motivated hoax. No one knows where or when this will end. I want to have time to look for and share my life with friends and family. I want to reach out to see how many of them are well. I fear I may find more among the sick or dead. Hear me, my friends! I am tired. I know you are tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands we must fight on and expose stupidity and greed flowing like puss from the inhuman mouths of the market makers, government inside traders, the "right to lifers"....up until it hits their pocket book, the peddlers of the prosperity gospel, the propagandists out for profit, the stable genus who seemingly can't understand a relevant testing amount is not an absolute number but a number as a percentage of a country's total population. We must ban together, and we must excise from power those who would place their own financial benefit over that of their fellow man. The true character of America has been put in play, one cannot sit on the fence for this one, your are either an American how stands for LIFE, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for ALL or you are a traitor. I know what side I am on.

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

37. Thank you LiberalBear, and welcome to DU n/t

[Karadeniz]

31. He needs to be sued: criminal negligence or whatever will work

[wiggs]

33. Omarosa was right..."It's not going to be OK." nt

[bfjd4u]

38. there's no evidence for that at all

What makes anybody think there's going to be some redressing of wrongs here? This POS trump and his family have been engaged in the family business of fucking everybody for decades and getting away with it. What's different now? Has some superhero with magical anti-trump powers appeared to save everyone?

[SergeStorms]

39. No one has ever made anything stick to Trump.

He always weasels out of it, one way or another. He's tied things up in court his entire life. He lies from both sides of his mouth, the upper lip, the lower lip, and that big stupid hole in the middle, and many people believe him. They're not the most intelligent people, to be sure, but they still vote and they vote for him! It makes absolutely no sense at all, but it happens. How are we going to change that? Can we change that? Nothing Democrats have tried so far has worked. He still has that immovable "base" of morons, and they can't be reached. We've tried.

Any ideas here?

[MyMission]

40. History will vilify him, Not vindicate him

And revisionist history will try to exonerate and excuse him.

"In the year 2020 the world was hit by a pandemic. Governments responded, some quickly and comprehensively, others slowly and ineffectively.
The US president at the time was a businessman who'd somehow been elected to office. He'd dismantled provisions and protocol put in place for such an event. He publicly minimised the virus early on, when he should have been taking measures to protect and treat the US population. He pushed for business's to reopen as medical experts and most state governor's were cautioning, restricting social interactions and looking out for the welfare of those in their state. The president seemed to be concerned only with the economy and his bid for reelection later that year. He failed miserably as a leader, and was defeated by numbers never before seen. (It is interesting to note that many more of his constituents died during the pandemic. They were mostly older, and did not heed recommendations for social distancing and isolation, and therefore more prone to succumb to the illness. Some hypothesized that if he had not been responsible for the deaths of many of his supporters he would have been elected to a second term, however this was proved to be false, based on the numbers and simple math)."

Gee that was fun and cathartic to write!

[HuskyOffset]

41. A small correction

When quoting, instead of "a Democratic hoax", I'm pretty sure I've only seen Republicans write "a Democrat hoax". "Democratic" is correct grammar, but Republicans haven't been able to grammar correctly for a number of years, so the correct way to quote the incorrect grammar in print is "a Democrat(sic) hoax". The '(sic)' tells the reader that it's the person you're quoting making the mistake and not you.

This is all on top of the actual reality that people raising the alarm about covid-19 aren't perpetuating a hoax of any kind, but rather has the intelligence to listen to the doctors and scientists who have been raising alarm bells since late 2019.

[kentuck]

42. Point taken.

Thanks.

[Catch2.2]

43. But will there?

Sadly I feel there will be no consequences. Trump and the Republicans will get away with all this, even if Biden wins in November. I'm afraid the "It's time to unite the country and move on" line will be used. These criminals need to be in jail. Sadly, I don't think much will be done. I hope I am wrong.

[BigOleDummy]

45. Thinking its ....

.... getting closer than we may want to think ...."Other than outright rebellion," as the poster said. We are in living in unprecedented times. We have one of the two major political parties doing everything it can to totally abolish the constitution, who seem to want if not a monarchy a authoritarian/theocratic/oligarchic government. The repuglican party is actively, and quite out in the open mind you ... no shame in their game .... destroying everything we as a nation stand for. From rigging/stealing elections to actively seeking foreign intrusion in those elections. From giving the rich and powerful more riches and power to doing everything they can to keep the rest of us in poverty, ignorant and powerless. The corruption of that "party" is right in our face and we........ we do nothing.

Yes our chump in chief is a total halfwit. Yes he's a monster in human form. Yes.......... he's a useful tool for countries that mean us no good. And yes he has no morals, empathy or shame. BUT, all of that would be beside the point if it wasn't for his enablers and sycophants in the senate and thankfully only a few in the house.

I worry about my countries future for the first time in my 64 years.

[bucolic_frolic]

46. Trump will deny all problems and responsibility

It's what corporations often do. He's just a corporate hack.

[Alwaysna]

47. I suspect individuals from Wall Street are applying pressure because ...

The rich bastards aren't making enough cash.
I've also wondered if he taking his marching orders from Putin as Putin's goal has been to destroy the USA and cause chaos from the inside out.

[SWBTATTReg]

48. There will a reckoning and it won't be pretty. Especially when good people died from these ...

mistakes and misguided actions on the part of republicans. They can run, they can gaslight, but in the long run, there will be no place far enough, not dark enough, not deep enough for them to hide.

Scumbags. The spotlight is shining very brightly on these on these thugs, everyone of them.

rump most of all. He and his enablers will face the wrath of the American people as they should. Not just being voted out, but in committing acts of inhumanity against the American people. They will pay.

[duforsure]

49. If it gets exposed trump has demanded red state Govs

To help him hide the numbers by not reporting them, like he accuses others are doing , it will only make more people run from supporting him any more. I do suspect he is actively doing this now, and it will come out if he has. He always accuses others of what he's done or is doing.