Democrats Downplayed Coronavirus: A Timeline

Objective Journalist ^ | 4-5-2020 | Objective Journalist

[j.cam]

The story is that President Trump downplayed Coronavirus, even declaring it a hoax while the Democratic politicians, mainstream journalists, and medical experts understood the magnitude of the problem from the end of January to March before we began social distancing. This is fiction retconned by the Democratic Party and their biased media. First, Trump never called the virus a hoax. He called the politicization of the virus by the Democrats and their biased media a hoax. The Democrats at Snopes point this out although they blame Trump for the confusion. However, it seems to me those news "journalists" who misunderstood what Trump said, wanted to misunderstand what Trump said.

[j.cam]

As Democrats try to use hindsight to retcon history and blame President Trump for the natural disaster, here are is a annotated timeline showing how the Democrats "downplayed" the Coronavirus from January to March leading up to social distancing.

[ifinnegan]

Post the whole article.

[Fungi]

2009, New York Democratic senator Chuck Schumer brags that he cut funding to fight the Swine Flu pandemic: https://710wor.iheart.com/featured/mark-simone/content/2020-03-09-2009-watch-chuck-schumer-brag-that-he-cut-funding-to-fight-the-pandemic/#.XofkXPs69mI.facebook

2009, New York Democratic senator Chuck Schumer brags that he cut funding to fight the Swine Flu pandemic: https://710wor.iheart.com/featured/mark-simone/content/2020-03-09-2009-watch-chuck-schumer-brag-that-he-cut-funding-to-fight-the-pandemic/#.XofkXPs69mI.facebook

2015, the “hero” governor of NY, Andrew Cuomo, is warned that NY does not have enough respirators for a respiratory virus pandemic. Rather than buying respirators, the hero appoints a death panel and spends the money on progressive programs like the failed solar panel project: https://www.health.ny.gov/regulations/task_force/reports_publications/docs/ventilator_guidelines.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0mw80C57yxgyOfh8AzFoUkiXpQfGdTEODeuOp_NvBjurfqc8ZFb_FLHas

January 21, Dr. Fauci says the virus is not a serious threat: https://dailycaller.com/2020/04/03/flashback-fauci-coronavirus-us-threat-trump/

January 31, Trump implements a travel ban on China and is bashed by Democrats and their biased media. https://dailycaller.com/2020/03/20/flashback-how-the-press-covered-trumps-china-travel-ban/

Feb 6, Despite Coronavirus warnings, the “hero” governor of NY does not cancel the Chinese New Year Parade for the Year of the Rat. Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer and Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio lead the petri dish of a parade. Thousands attend. How many New Yorkers, especially Chinese American New Yorker’s, were infected by the parade? https://wcbs880.radio.com/articles/thousands-attend-new-year-parade-in-chinatown

February 24, Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits San Francisco China Town and encourages people to come visit: https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/nancy-pelosi-visits-san-franciscos-chinatown/2240247/

February 25, the Democratic Governor of Louisiana, John Bel Edwards, and Democratic Mayor of New Orleans, LaToya Cantrell, go ahead with Mardi Gras celebrations: https://www.wdsu.com/article/mardi-gras-2020-heres-live-coverage-from-the-wdsu-team/31080327

March 2, Democratic Mayer of New York Bill de Blasio with the Democratic “hero” governor Andrew Cuomo says that the facts of Coronavirus are reassuring, and New Yorkers should calmly go about their normal lives. He disagrees with the laughing governor who said he THINKS New York has the best healthcare system in the world. De Blasio says he KNOWS New York has the best healthcare system in the world: https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1243597923671257088

March 2, de Blasio tweets a recommendation for a movie his Twitter followers should go out and see: https://twitter.com/BilldeBlasio/status/1234648718714036229

March 3, Pelosi introduces the “No Ban Act” to end the travel ban on China: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2214

March 7, NY City Democratic Health Commissioner Oxiris Barbot tells New Yorkers to take the subway and go out and enjoy life: pic.twitter.com/28mhwdBCK4

March 11, Dr. Fuaci explains the importance of the travel ban:

“’Whenever you look at the history of outbreaks, what you see now in an uncontained way, and although we are containing it in some respects, we keep getting people coming in from the country that our travel related, we’ve seen that in many of the states that are now involved,’ Fauci continued, adding ‘And then when you get community spread it makes the challenge much greater.’

“Fauci went on to say that ‘we will see more cases and things will get worse than they are right now,’ and that how much worse it gets depends on ‘contain[ing] the influx of people who are infected coming from the outside, and the ability to contain and mitigate within our own country.’” https://www.mediaite.com/news/coronavirus-chief-dr-fauci-asked-if-worst-is-yet-to-come-yes-bottom-line-it-will-get-worse/

Other medical experts agree: https://dk.usembassy.gov/experts-agree-that-travel-restrictions-are-critical-to-helping-curb-the-spread-of-the-coronavirus/

March 12, Trump implements a travel ban of 26 European countries. The European Union, Democrats, and their biased media disapprove: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/12/trump-bans-travel-from-europe-here-what-you-need-to-know.html

March 12, Biden opposes the China and European travel bans despite health experts agreeing and saying it saved lives: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=2ahUKEwjYkqGZls_oAhUgCTQIHXVxDDEQFjAAegQIBBAB&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fjoebiden%2Fstatus%2F1238254697695326209%3Flang%3Den&usg=AOvVaw0giv5ZApOZEcKeFeOdM98n

April 3, Biden now backs the China travel ban he previously labeled racist and xenophobic https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/03/politics/joe-biden-trump-china-coronavirus/index.html?utm_medium=social&utm_term=image&utm_content=2020-04-03T20%3A46%3A42&utm_source=twCNNp

[Steely Tom]

"You are intentionally misunderstanding me."

Tom Hagen to Jack Woltz, The Godfather (novel)

[falcon99]

After watching the daily WH virus briefing it is no wonder the media is as bad as it is and why there is so much “confusion” Much is because of the fact that the media is corrupt and nothing but propagandists for the Democrast and thus parrot the Democrat talking points. But as much is the fact that the media don’t understand words and cannot put together an intelligent sentence. The WH press corps is a pathetic group of reporters (they are not journalists) who don’t understand the simplest statements from the podium, don’t comprehend reason and have a total inability to think. They don’t comprehend that the reason for the briefings is to get information to the American people and not to give them an opportunity to preen for the cameras and ask gotcha questions and try to make the Administration look bad. They are so stupid that they don’t understand that they make themselves look like idiots.

[God luvs America]

bkmk

[Fungi]

Well said.

[Jewbacca]

Missing a few:

Biden’s 31 January response to Trump’s 31 January 2020 ban of Chinese air travel:

“This is no time for Donald Trump’s record of hysteria and xenophobia - hysterical xenophobia - and fearmongering to lead the way instead of science.”

Nancy Pelosi’s 31 January 2020 response to the Covid travel restrictions: “The Trump Administration’s expansion of its outrageous, un-American travel ban threatens our security, our values and the rule of law. . . .With this latest callous decision, the President has doubled down on his cruelty and further undermined our global leadership, our Constitution and our proud heritage as a nation of immigrants.. . In the Congress and in the Courts, House Democrats will continue to oppose the Administration’s dangerous anti-immigrant agenda. In the coming weeks, the House Judiciary Committee will mark-up and bring to the Floor the NO BAN Act to prohibit religious discrimination in our immigration system and limit the President’s ability to impose such biased and bigoted restrictions. We will never allow hatred or bigotry to define our nation or destroy our values.”

https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/13120-2

And then there is this:

Donald Trump, State of the Union Speech, 4 February 2020:

"Protecting Americans' health also means fighting infectious diseases. We are coordinating with the Chinese government and working closely together on the coronavirus outbreak in China. My administration will take all necessary steps to safeguard our citizens from this threat."

Nancy Pelosi's response:

[j.cam]

She is such a witch!

[j.cam]

Thank you!

[SMARTY]

We have been doing without a media for a long time.

People who do the news are all infatuated with themselves and with the sound of their own voices.

They can’t deliver a line without striking a pose, making face or otherwise lending THEIR editorial position on what they say.

And they only ‘say’ the news because if they actually understood what they ‘said’, they wouldn’t contradict themselves or misspeak so often.

If they try to wing it, (even worse), you can always tell because they are incapable of making a proper sentence with a subject and predicate.

It’s impossible to take them seriously because they don’t enter or leave the camera frame without making sure you are aware of their names.... AS IF it’s about them!! It’s a cult which they made and perpetuate for themselves.

It’s so nerve wracking at the local level that you could cry... all that cutesy banter and ‘conversational’ hype. I mean, GROW UP you guys!

Don’t even mention the weather news people! If you tune in THERE for the temp, forget it. I’ve had to tune in and wait 8 to 10 minutes before they even GET to the temp. They’re too busy giggling and carrying on like HS sophomores. Sheesh!

[romanesq]

Nancy Pelosi tried to undo the Travel Ban for her ChiCom comrades in March.

Wow!

[SunkenCiv]

• IHME model lowers its projected number of U.S. deaths

[mountn man]

This WAS NOT said at the state if the union on Feb. 4.
NOTHING about Corona was mentioned on Feb. 4

This quote is from Trumps message on March 11

[Lakewood]

It most certainly was in the SOTU address.

[SueRae]

Bkmk

[FreedomPoster]

Definitely from 2020 SOTU.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-state-union-address-3/

[Dragonfly]

Thank you for those links. Excellent information!

[mikeus_maximus]

ping

[Jewbacca]

“This WAS NOT said at the state if the union on Feb. 4.
NOTHING about Corona was mentioned on Feb. 4”

You are wrong.