Posted on 04/21/2020 9:48:18 AM PDT by Kaslin
New White House strategic communications director Alyssa Farah already has her work cut out for her. One of her first orders of business was to correct fake news reports that Surgeon General Jerome Adams was "sidelined" from public appearances after some comments he made last week about how the coronavirus affects minority communities.
"Avoid alcohol, tobacco and drugs,” Adams told minorities during a coronavirus task force briefing. "We need you to do this, if not for yourself, then for your abuela. Do it for your granddaddy. Do it for your Big Mama. Do it for your Pop-Pop."
PBS reporter Yamiche Alcindor, who has made a habit out of asking outlandishly partisan and hostile questions at the task force briefings, asked Adams if he was aware that his remarks had "offended" some viewers, per her perusal of Twitter. Adams earnestly explained that he was only using language that has been used in his own family, and meant no disrespect.
"I have a Puerto Rican brother-in-law," he explained. "I call my Grand Daddy 'Grand Daddy.' I have relatives who call their grandparents 'Big Mama.' So that was not meant to be offensive, that is the language that we use and that I use and we need to continue to target our outreach to those communities."
Still, according to the media, the White House intentionally limited Adams's TV appearances this week following the furor. Here was Politico's proof: "The surgeon general received multiple requests for high-profile media appearances last week that the White House didn't accept, said two people with knowledge of some of those requests."
Farah quickly put the rumor to rest, asking Politico why they hadn't reached out to her for a comment. She likely would have qualified as a "person with knowledge."
Other social media users noted that they just saw Adams on TV Friday night.
But it wouldn't be a day that ends in "y" if the media wasn't trying to stir up drama for the Trump administration.
LOL!
Understand, but you are talking to an ‘old cottonpicker’ who could not make a living picking cotton!!! Poor picker!
And she probably would consider it racist!!
From her questions I would consider ‘her’ to be racist!!! So there!!! LOL! :^)
To be fair to Adams, it wasn’t just him.
The problem is bureaucracy and the bureaucrats who hold the public they claim to serve in contempt.
I love Jerome ! He’s perfect for the job !
I absolutely love when the media tries to call black dude racist
It’s beyond hilarious
I have seen no evidence that Adams holds the public in contempt. This field is not his specialty.
This thing has been a crap sandwich from day 1 and many people (including Adams) have been thrust in front of cameras to assure the public before hoards of idiot reporters asking “gotcha” questions or repeatedly asking for questions for which we had no definitive answers.
The press conference dances have been painful to watch at times as have many interviews. The irony is that people like Steve Bannon or Peter Navarro have been just as accurate as the “experts” with M.D. behind their name in their speculation.
Here are some simple facts.....
We know the virus impacts the elderly more than the young
We know the virus impacts obese people more severely than thin people
We know the virus impacts those with preexisting illness far more severely
If any person, regardless of color, falls into these categories they stand a better chance at a negative outcome.
We know that our social justice obsessed mediacrats and the usual cast of idiots has to find something to shame the nation for, but this is the dumbest thing in the world.
Are they claiming that a “virus” is racist?
The French, Germans — and you are all dangerously WRONG about that!
Masks (even home-made ones) are very effective in limiting the spread of the disease. Health officials in S. Korea and other Asian nations attribute their much better numbers to the widespread use of masks in public (S. Korea — 5 deaths/million; USA 135 deaths/million).
Western health officials lied to us about civilian use of masks — and I was saying that from the very beginning. They’re walking that lie back now. Masks make a difference. Masks will help us all get back to normal sooner.
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