Posted on 04/20/2020 9:56:57 AM PDT by John Semmens
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo) has introduced legislation called the Justice for Victims of COVID-19 Act. If passed, this bill would enable victims of the virus to sue the Chinese Government for damages. "There is overwhelming evidence that the Chinese Communist Party's lies, deceit, and incompetence caused COVID-19 to transform from a local disease outbreak into a global pandemic. We need to empower Americans and other victims around the world to recover damages."
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn) disagreed and insisted that "Trump, not China is to blame for the coronavirus global pandemic. For more than three years I've had the chance to observe the depredations wreaked on this country by Trump. He is the most unqualified and dangerous person to ever hold the office of president. Clearly, Trump is the greater threat. Even if the virus came from China—some are persuaded that the US Army started the contagion in the Wuhan Province of China, a clear act of war, in my opinion—Trump has only made it worse by his blunders over the past three months. If the Republican senators had not blocked his conviction on the impeachment charges we wouldn't be in the mess we're now in."
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) sided with Murphy, charging that "Trump's poor response is the cause of all the suffering in this country. His repeated attempts to blame China and to punish the World Health Organization (WHO) for siding with China are despicable."
Angered at WHO for repeating the Chinese Governments false statements about the virus, President Trump has temporarily paused US subsidies to WHO pending further investigation of their role in disseminating Chinese propaganda on this issue.
Pelosi labeled this pause "illegal and dangerous. The United States' contributions are WHO's largest source of income. President Trump has no authority to stop the flow of this money without congressional approval—which can't be attained right now because we're all sheltering-in-place away from Washington. Luckily, I have a year's supply of fifty different flavors of Ben and Jerry's ice cream sequestered in my $5,000 super-duper cold freezer in my basement. Faced with the choice of risking my life by traveling to DC to conduct congressional business and staying safe and well-fed on my favorite food...well, it's a no brainer decision."
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php?topic=398715.0
The DNC & their MSM cronies echo the CCP line. They want their investment in the DNC to pay and this is one way to do it. 20 years of working for Dianosaur Frankenstein (her Commie chauffeur) $5 billion solar company Dirty Harry Reed that almost caused a revolution, $1.5 Billion to baby Biden China deal, and we don’t know why the whole extent. All I can say is R. I. C. O. Including the WHPress Association for sneaking in 2 CCP operatives & CNN which always echoes the CCP line shielding them as does congress (D).
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