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Johonny

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2. There was no toilet paper, there were food lines

Reply to EarlG (Original post)

Fri Mar 15, 2024, 11:02 AM

Mar 15

Flour was sold out everywhere, forget buying paper towels, the oil commodities collapsed, job loss was historic, ICUs were full, schools went remote, airline travel industry collapsed, tourist industry collapsed . . . You could go on.

Meanwhile in March when it was clear not enough (essentially nothing) had been done to restrict the virus and it would become a pandemic, Trump didn’t prepare the country, he pretended everything was great. He had 4+ months to prepare.

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Pic Of The Moment: So Let Me Get This Straight [View all] EarlG Mar 15 OP

. dalton99a Mar 15 #1

There was no toilet paper, there were food lines Johonny Mar 15 #2

He had his priorities right... bsiebs Mar 15 #4

Yes. Thanks for asking. Oopsie Daisy Mar 15 #3

Yup BumRushDaShow Mar 15 #5

Mass fucking graves and goddamn dead bodies on ice in New York. SoFlaBro Mar 15 #6

traitortrump did everything to make it worse... Hermit-The-Prog Mar 15 #7

K&R orangecrush Mar 15 #8

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 15 #9

The statistics of his criminal negligence are a disgrace. Justice matters. Mar 15 #10

This isn't a question, it's about evoking the memory of Ronald Reagan. sop Mar 15 #11

wasnt better off under raygun , the 2 shrubs and donnie dingdong. AllaN01Bear Mar 15 #12

Never let facts get in the way of an effective political myth. sop Mar 15 #15

Well Donny you almost died from Covid. yellowcanine Mar 15 #13

Yes meadowlander Mar 15 #14

My stocks are up a ton over the last year, a ton! I don't vote based on solely something like that, but everything OverBurn Mar 15 #16

I really enjoy these pic of the moment posts --- thanks. willamette Mar 16 #17

Sometimes you ask a question . . . Aussie105 Mar 16 #18