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ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
Mon Apr 6, 2020, 11:32 AM Apr 2020

Trump vs. Biden on coronavirus: The timeline is utterly damning

It’s now clear that this stark contrast could define the 2020 campaign. Democrats are unveiling new ads highlighting Trump’s serial failures to take the coronavirus seriously. Meanwhile, the Trump campaign is urging surrogates to claim, laughably, that Trump is “leading the nation” in the “war against coronavirus,” and to cast the former vice president as “the opposition in that war.”

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Trump, Jan. 22: The president tells CNBC that “we have it totally under control” and “it’s going to be just fine.”

Top Biden adviser, Jan. 22: Ron Klain, a Biden adviser who managed the 2014 Ebola response, co-writes a piece excoriating Trump for “brashly” dismissing coronavirus as “under control,” while calling for “expertise” to “guide critical decisions” and noting “reasons for great concern.”

Trump, Jan. 24: Trump praises and gives thanks to China for its efforts to contain the coronavirus, and adds: “It will all work out well.”

Biden, Jan. 27: Biden publishes an op-ed in USA Today hitting Trump for “shortsighted policies" that "have left us unprepared for a dangerous epidemic,” and warning that the coronavirus “will get worse before it gets better.”

Trump, Jan. 30: Trump says at a rally in Michigan: “We think we have it very well under control.”

Biden, Jan. 31: Biden tells reporters in Iowa that “science” must “lead the way,” adding: “We have, right now, a crisis with the coronavirus.”

Biden, Feb. 1: Biden tweets: “We are in the midst of a crisis with the coronavirus. We need to lead the way with science.”

Trump, Feb. 2: Trump goes on Sean Hannity’s show and claims: “We pretty much shut it down, coming in from China.” Trump extols our “tremendous relationship” with China, and adds: “We did shut it down, yes.”


https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/06/trump-versus-biden-coronavirus-timeline-is-utterly-damning/
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Trump vs. Biden on coronavirus: The timeline is utterly damning (Original Post) ehrnst Apr 2020 OP
K&R...Trump is a monster who put he reelection ahead of the well being of the American people. Demsrule86 Apr 2020 #1
I want him to live a long, long time..... ehrnst Apr 2020 #3
Me too...hopefully in prison or being hounded by trial and charges so his money is gone and his Demsrule86 Apr 2020 #6
Kick & recommended. William769 Apr 2020 #2
Joe Biden has Ron Klain.. trump has pence, dr brix & Cha Apr 2020 #4
Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2020 #5
That would make a real good campaign ad BidenBacker Apr 2020 #7
 

Demsrule86

(68,347 posts)
1. K&R...Trump is a monster who put he reelection ahead of the well being of the American people.
Mon Apr 6, 2020, 12:16 PM
Apr 2020

Now thousands are dead...who knows how many more will die. Trump is the worst president ever to have sullied the office. I hope he rots in hell.

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ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
3. I want him to live a long, long time.....
Mon Apr 6, 2020, 02:12 PM
Apr 2020

Then rot in hell.

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Demsrule86

(68,347 posts)
6. Me too...hopefully in prison or being hounded by trial and charges so his money is gone and his
Mon Apr 6, 2020, 07:39 PM
Apr 2020

worthless kids are working for a living.

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Cha

(295,899 posts)
4. Joe Biden has Ron Klain.. trump has pence, dr brix &
Mon Apr 6, 2020, 06:52 PM
Apr 2020

wait for it.. Kushner.

trump played golf, staged rallies, and blamed the CV on a "Democratic HOAX" for 70 days.. now he's trying to Bullying is way out it. Not Gonna Happen.

Thank you for this, ehrnst

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primary today, I would vote for:
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BidenBacker

(1,089 posts)
7. That would make a real good campaign ad
Mon Apr 6, 2020, 11:49 PM
Apr 2020

Could show the two men on a split screen and then go back and forth showing dates and what each said at the time.

Biden vs Buffoon.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
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