Posted on 06/14/2021 8:31:58 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
During an interview with former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Fox News host Chris Wallace attempted to excuse the inaction of the Biden administration over the Wuhan lab leak by suggesting Trump and Pompeo did nothing for a year.
“You also criticized President [Joe] Biden for not pushing hard enough on China to look for the origins of the coronavirus,” Wallace charged, adding “But I want to again go back to your administration and the record there.”
Wallace continued, “President Trump and his team, including you, had almost a year after the COVID-19 first came on the scene to really press Beijing on what the origins were when the evidence was much fresher… What did President Trump and his administration, including the secretary of state, do to press China harder to get the evidence on where the COVID-19 virus came from because we still don’t know?”
A reminder that it was the Biden administration that SHUT DOWN an ongoing investigation initiated by Pompeo’s State Department, and it was the Biden administration that kept repeating there would be no more talk of any lab leak theory, until fresh intelligence, gleaned from Pompeo’s State Department investigation provided a new impetus to look harder at the Wuhan lab as the origin of the pandemic.
Pompeo, who has pushed for more extensive investigation into China’s cover-up since the get go, refused to go along with Wallace’s nonsense.
“Chris, the predicate of your question is all wrong,” he replied, adding “We have a really good idea what happened here. There is an enormous amount of evidence that there was a leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. There’s a pile of evidence 100 feet high. I have high confidence that that’s the case.”
“We pressed the Chinese communist party really hard,” Pompeo continued, adding “We withdrew from the WHO, which had become politicized. This administration chose to get back into that. I don’t know what tools they think they’re going to use. But we were serious in this endeavor. We made it clear that there would be real consequences for the Chinese Communist Party.”
“We got very close to being able to make a laydown case for what actually happened and how this virus came to kill millions of people around the world and destroy billions of dollars in wealth. We know enough now. The coverup continues and it’s time for accountability,” Pompeo urged.
Wallace directly asked “Do you that the virus came from a lab leak from the Wuhan Institute?”
“I do,” Pompeo replied.
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The 10-year-old level of “logic” continues. “He did it too! Nyah nyah!”
OMG - Wallace CONDEMNED any attempt at insinuating that Wuhan was responsible and actively reported DENIALS even as Trump claimed otherwise.
But now wants to blame Trump for HIS failure of reporting?
BS
The snake attempts to strike again!!!!!!
“Do you that the virus came from a lab leak from the Wuhan Institute?”
Odd quote.
I am not watching Fix News until they get rid of propagandists like Chris Wallace.
I have held to my guns. As long as Chris Wallace is employed by Fox News I will not watch it for anything. Have not watched since November 4th when I realized they were part of the coverup.
Thank God I don’t watch that stupid chit and see that Weasel’s mug.
Like father, like son.........Scumbag.......................
For over a year - the lying leftists said the Virus was not leaked.
Now they say it was. And it’s Trump’s fault.
President Trump handled Covid expediently, far better than government usually handles emergencies. And that’s a fact. Check out the sequence below - the dates which prove my point. Wallace is way off base - as usual!
EARLY TIMELINE OF CARONAVIRUS ENTRY TO USA
December 31, 2019: China reports the discovery of the coronavirus to the World Health Organization. And on same day,
December 31: Chinese officials in Wuhan in China’s central Hubei province confirmed dozens of cases of pneumonia from an unknown cause
January 3, 2020: CDC Director Robert Redfield sent an email to the director of the Chinese CDC, George Gao, formally offering to send U.S. experts to China to investigate the coronavirus.
January 5: CDC Director Redfield sent another email to the Chinese CDC Director, George Gao, formally offering to send U.S. experts to China to investigate the coronavirus outbreak,
January 6: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a level I travel notice for Wuhan, China due to the spreading coronavirus.
January 7: The CDC established a coronavirus incident management system to better share and respond to information about the virus.
January 11: The CDC updated a Level 1 travel health notice for Wuhan, China.
January 11: China reported its first known death from an illness caused by the coronavirus. The patient was a 61-year-old man in Wuhan.
January 14: WHO said there may have been human-to-human transmission of the virus, Reuters reported.
January 15: Li Qun, head of the Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) emergency center, claims the risk of human-to-human transmission is “low,” the Journal reported.
January 17: After 12 days, the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission started giving daily updates on new cases of the coronavirus.
January 17: The CDC began implementing public health entry screening at the 3 U.S. airports that received the most travelers from Wuhan – San Francisco, New York JFK, and Los Angeles.
January 18: Despite the presence of the caronavirus, Wuhan holds a “potluck” banquet for 40,000 “families” to try and break a world record, the New York Times reported. There were no warnings or restrictions about the new virus.
January 20: Dr. Fauci announces the National Institutes of Health is already working on the development of a vaccine for the coronavirus.
January 21: The CDC activated its emergency operations center to provide support to the coronavirus response.
January 21: The United States announced its first confirmed coronavirus case — a man in his 30s in Washington state
January 23: China placed Wuhan, a city of 11 million people, under quarantine orders. All flights and trains departing from the city were canceled, and buses, subways and ferries within the city were suspended. Wuhan is finally locked down, however about 5 million people had already fled the city, many, undoubtedly carrying the virus.
January 23: The CDC sought a “special emergency authorization” from the FDA to allow states to use its newly developed coronavirus test.
January 25: Chinese New Year – millions of Chinese from all over the world return to their homeland to celebrate this important holiday in the Chinese tradition. They later returned to their residences, spreading the virus all over the world. There was no warning issued from the Chinese government.
January 27: President Trump tweeted that he made an offer to President Xi Jinping to send experts to China to investigate the coronavirus outbreak.
January 27: The CDC issued a level III travel health notice urging Americans to avoid all nonessential travel to China due to the coronavirus.
January 27: The White House Coronavirus Task Force started meeting to help monitor and contain the spread of the virus and provide updates to the President.
January 29: The White House announced the formation of the Coronavirus Task Force to help monitor and contain the spread of the virus and provide updates to the President.
January 30: WHO declared the outbreak a global public health emergency as more than 9,000 cases were reported worldwide, including in 18 countries beyond China.
January 31: The Trump Administration: 1. Declared the coronavirus a public health emergency.
2. Announced Chinese travel restrictions.
3. Suspended entry into the United States for foreign nationals who pose a risk of transmitting the coronavirus. President Trump bans Travel from China, declares a national emergency, and orders 1st Quarantine in 50 Years. At this point in time there is one only reported death attributed to Caronavirus in the US.
February 2: The CDC expanded enhanced entry screening to eight major airports across the nation.
February 4: President Trump vowed in his State of the Union Address to “take all necessary steps” to protect Americans from the coronavirus.
February 5: The Trump Administration and health officials briefed lawmakers on the Federal Government’s coronavirus response efforts.
February 9: The White House Coronavirus Task Force briefed governors from across the nation at the National Governors’ Association Meeting in Washington.
I met his father in 1970 when we had an earthquake in Calexico that damaged the Port of Entry. I have to say that I was NOT impressed. He was an arrogant jackass.
I totally agree with you. Not much difference with Chris- the apple didn’t fall far from the tree.
Amen! 👍
Wish more people would dump them 🤬
He;s an EVIL DEMOCRAT!
They could hire all Lou Dobbs and Tucker Carlson clones, and I still wouldn’t tune in.
Please.
I’m trying to forget these people exist.
I come on FR to hear the truth, not to be reminded about what an a-hole Chris Wallace is.
When Wallace goes on Fox, I go off.
I clearly remember that any suggestion from President Trump regarding a possible leak from the Wuhan lab was swiftly shot down by the Main stream media. They ridiculed him and called Trump a Xenophope; Pelosi went to Chinatown and encouraged people to shop there and eat at heir restaurants, etc.
The usual response from the MSM networks, i.e. CBS, ABC, NBC, MSNBC and CNN was that Trump was a dope and a bigot. Wallace should be ashamed of himself.
I clearly remember that any suggestion from President Trump regarding a possible leak from the Wuhan lab was swiftly shot down by the Main stream media. They ridiculed him and called Trump a Xenophope; Pelosi went to Chinatown and encouraged people to shop there and eat at heir restaurants, etc.
The usual response from the MSM networks, i.e. CBS, ABC, NBC, MSNBC and CNN was that Trump was a dope and a bigot. Wallace should be ashamed of himself.
Stalists lie. Always
It’s “Orwellian”.
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