Posted on 03/23/2020 10:54:23 AM PDT by BradtotheBone
Former Vice President Joe Biden on Monday accused President Trump of dithering in the early days of the coronavirus, saying that a “failure of planning and preparation” by the White House has worsened the health and economic crises the nation faces. Speaking from a makeshift studio at his home in Delaware, Biden made his first public remarks about the coronavirus in nearly a week, addressing concerns from some on the left that he has been ceding the spotlight to Trump.
“My point is not simply that the president was wrong,” Biden continued. “My point is that the mindset that was slow to recognize the problem in the first place, to treat it with a seriousness it deserved, is still too much a part of how the president is addressing the problem.” Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar declared the coronavirus a public health emergency on Jan. 31, 10 days after the first case appeared in the U.S.
The former vice president accused the Trump administration of ignoring early warning signs about the pandemic and of downplaying the disease at critical points when the virus was primarily concentrated in China. “For too long, the warning signs were ignored,” Biden said. “For too long, the administration said the threats were under control, contained, or like the flu. The president said no one saw this coming. That’s just not accurate. Our intelligence officials were warning about the coronavirus threat in January. Just based on public information I had, I warned the threat was getting worse way back on January 27.”
I don’t remember Biden saying one word about this thing, until it became a crisis that Trump was handling.
So there is no indication he was any better at it; and the First thing that Trump publicly did, Biden criticized.
We now know that NOBODY in authority was saying this was a problem before January 24th, when WHO was STILL saying it was not a crisis, China was saying it did not spread human-to-human, and they had no real infections of hospital workers.
Less than a week later Trump was the first one to lock down travel — a move that WHO had earlier said was not necessary.
As to preparedness, Trump did mess up, he assumed that whatever Obama did after 2009 was actually effectual. We now know the CDC was lying about their test capabilities, and it’s hard to see how anybody can blame the President for not recognizing his briefings included false information from multiple sources.
I would love to have Trump publish the briefing he received on January 16, because that is the FIRST briefing the CDC gave him, and I bet it said “nothing to see here, we’ll monitor it, it’s what we do, and we are good at it”.
I will let him know how much he keeps repeating the CAUSE & the CURE
Even Patton, Churchill et al, had their ankle biters such as Biden. If we had the same media during WWII, can there be any doubt those ankle biters would have been the ones searched out by the media.
True leadership takes special people. Ankle biters...not so much.
Thank God for leaders.
Barf alert indeed.
It’s like the DemPanics were in cahoots with the Communist Chinese while the Rats were crying Russia Russia Russia and Impeach! What do they have to hide behind Door#3?
How much $$$$has Uncle Joe’s family taken from their good friends in China?
My theory is they are VERY CLEARLY preparing for Cuomo to step in if Biden shows the depth of his dementia.
But, how was Trump expected to have prepared for an event that happens once a century, if that?
So Italys death rate from the virus is what, 8 to 10%. In the US it is 1.2%. Not sure how Biden argues this one.
Election Betting Odds has him ahead of Trump. Ugh.
Biden can’t remember to zip up.
He should mount a flat screen back there, it would be like an IMAX.
No, he can’t and the rotten media won’t ask him. If we had an honest media, people like this crooked bum, and the Left, would be out of business in short order.
You’re right. Biden doesn’t have anything to offer. He’s irrelevant. He needs to stay home with his drawer full of wigs to sniff.
Democrats are using this pandemic to attack Trump instead of doing anything to try to ease the effect on people. I hope they remember this when they vote in November.
Biden is a bumbeling idiot and Dems are total idiots for voting a demented geezer.
The reason the democrat party is so dangerous is they all have the Biden brain.
Then, there is the DNC’s dream, an old and unhealthy white guy: Aneurysm Joe uttering Bidenglish!
Thanks to Oldeconomybuyer for He’s speaking Bidenglish!
Thanks to Paine in the Neck for Aneurysm Joe!
HaHa...Twitter suspended me for posting that same thing....
LOL ........ great minds think alike. How long is your suspension from that sewer.
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