Biden plans shadow coronavirus briefings

[brooklynite]

Politico

Joe Biden is planning a regular shadow briefing on coronavirus to start as early as Monday to show how he would handle the crisis and address what he calls the lies and failures of President Trump.

Biden gave a preview of what’s to come in a conference call with reporters Friday, where he listed a litany of false and misleading statements from Trump, who has been holding regular White House press conferences concerning coronavirus preparedness and response that have been broadcast live on all major networks.

[DarthDem]

1. BRILLIANT Idea

Just like the shadow government in the UK, or at least very similar. This is a terrific, terrific idea. Bravo to Biden and his team.

[SWBTATTReg]

2. Good for him. Embarrass our dumb as a rock, so called president, who is worthless.

Thank god for some people who are stepping up.

[BlueIdaho]

3. The Truth Would be Refreshing for a Change...

Every day Shitler revises yesterday’s lies with today’s new set of lies... and then the stock market tanks again.

[leftieNanner]

4. Yup

Down another 900 points! Gee I wish I had gotten that heads-up from Loeffler and Burr about selling my stocks.

[Cha]

5. Someone was asking where's Biden.. what's he doing? My

answer was..

Biden wrote this on January 27th.. ahead of the curve..

I'm sure he's working hard on our survival just because we can't see it..

Link to tweet

[Lulu KC]

6. LOVE IT!! n/t

And I noticed all over Twitter there are bots and trolls faulting him for not having it done sooner. Oy vey.

[cwydro]

7. Great idea.

Please let it happen.

[Wounded Bear]

8. Close as he can get to real time fact checking...

[Politicub]

9. He can have experts explain what it means to invoke

the war powers act, and how we could have already had factories retooling to crank out respirators.

There are so many things that need more explanation than Trump is able to give. Joe will never put his ego above national safety.

I live in Georgia, and my husband and I are following recommendations from Govs Cuomo and Newsome. Our Governor, the election-stealing Kemp, is about as useful as a potted plant. He is unable to convey the gravity of the situation, and instead will spend ten minutes talking about prayer and worship.

[murielm99]

12. If Kemp is a potted plant,

trump is poison ivy.

[CottonBear]

27. Hello there, my fellow Georgian!

My blue city is on 24/7 stay home/shelter in place orders except for essential businesses and essential personal errands/needs since this morning. The children are being schooled at home either by packets of schoolwork or online. We are doing our best.

Be safe and be vigilant.

[Sedona]

31. Greetings from Tucker GA!

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Hi neighbors. We should connect.

PM me if you want. I'm a Realtor working from home the best I can. Mr Sedona is currently laid off from the film industry.

Agree on Gov. potted plant.

Can you imagine how Stacy Abrams would have handled the plague. Jeez, we really missed out having her as our governor right now.

[dalton99a]

10. Excellent idea.

[RockCreek]

11. Wonderful!!!!! N/t

[oasis]

13. Debunking the Bamboozler.

[Thekaspervote]

14. He will make a great POTUS!!

[iluvtennis]

15. Cant wait. nt

[JDC]

16. Assume the Close!

[MontanaMama]

17. I love this idea.

Maybe he could invite doctors and other health experts on to give truth an actual platform. They could fact check the lies coming out of the WH. The MF would lose his gourd over that...that’s IF the MSM would cover it.

[Pillow talk]

18. biden will be on the airwaves more as well. Great!

[northoftheborder]

19. Yes that's the question...will it be covered by media

[jalan48]

20. Great idea. Don't let Trump control the message.

[Raven123]

21. Looking forward to them !!!

[captain queeg]

22. That would be great, just the facts

Then everyone but Fox would go there and let the Trumpdump blather on with one watching

[LiberalFighter]

23. I hope he does a response he would do if posed the question by Peter Alexander.

[greenman3610]

24. +1000

[mcar]

25. Glad to hear this

[Hekate]

26. Excellent. How can he get some air time?

[c-rational]

28. Wonderful news. The comparison could not be starker between a madman and an elder

statesman. Also, it will take the wind out of the dumpster's sail who is using these briefings in lieu of his rallies to pump his ego. Go Joe!

[DallasNE]

29. Normally I Would Recommend Against This

As we only have one President at a time.

But these are not ordinary times and we do not have an ordinary President. Indeed, honing in on the pandemic group that Obama formed in 2014 and Trump abolished in 2018 would do wonders for informing the American people.

[warmfeet]

30. How about a swap out,

like right now. I don't think we will survive this asshole.

[Jim__]

32. That's great! Here's what the adults have to say. - n/t

[mdelaguna]

33. Cuomo's been doing a good job at this too

[ananda]

34. Smart!

It will be good for Americans to see something
like this all the time, every damm day!

[Mr. Ected]

35. And, if God forbid Trump and Putin steal another election

I would hope that the Democratic Party would have a contingency plan in place that would retain this shadow government counterpoint to the Trump monologue.

You know damned well that if Uncle Joe sweeps the polls and wins a huge victory in November, Trump isn't shutting down his pulpit. He will continue to govern the MAGATS and encourage them to undermine the government in both legitimate and illegitimate ways.

Trump has changed America. He has shattered our institutions and laid waste to centuries of progress. And he has encouraged tens of millions of people to join him in his callous vandalism. This shit needs to stop. Americans need to be reminded of what responsible government looks like, or we may never be able to retrieve it.

[BigDemVoter]

36. GODDAMN THE MEDIA FOR REPORTING THOSE FUCKING LIES.

[Amaryllis]

37. Is there a transcript or audio of that briefing?

[calimary]

38. FAN-FREAKIN'-TASTIC!!!!!

DAYUM somebody’s really being shrewd in the Biden campaign.

This is BREATHTAKINGLY shrewd!

Dayum! Whoever’s coming up with these ideas is Freakin’ BRILLIANT! Outstanding strategy, and if I read it correctly, it will have Biden fact-checking everything trump just said!

Like they say in the Almond Joy commercials - “Indescribably Delicious!”

We sure could use that in the White House. We sure could use a president who surrounds himself with advisors who really ARE the best ‘n’ brightest, and takes their advice - assuming of course it’s a Biden advisor and not Biden himself.

And if it IS Biden himself generating ideas like this, even better!

[Vivienne235729]

39. That's smart. He'll be walking into a clusterfuck. I hope he will have

An extensive plan on prevention and containment.