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A delivery of #COVID19 test kits to WA State was seized & diverted by the federal gov’t.
They were forced to order them overseas due to Trump’s incompetence & still ongoing test shortages.
At today’s #TrumpPressConf he repeated—states are on their own.
bellinghamherald.com/news/coronavir…
They were forced to order them overseas due to Trump’s incompetence & still ongoing test shortages.
At today’s #TrumpPressConf he repeated—states are on their own.
bellinghamherald.com/news/coronavir…
The LA times reported about the federal government seizing, diverting & stockpiling medical supplies from overseas last week.
FEMA’s response: “Reports of FEMA commandeering or re-routing such supplies are false.”
#TrumpLiesAboutCoronavirus
latimes.com/politics/story…
FEMA’s response: “Reports of FEMA commandeering or re-routing such supplies are false.”
#TrumpLiesAboutCoronavirus
latimes.com/politics/story…
Oh. Look at that.
The governor of Illinois has been reduced to chartering flights from China in secret to avoid Trump’s authoritarian government from stealing medical supplies.
#TrumpGenocide
#TrumpLiedAmericansDied
rawstory.com/2020/04/illino…
The governor of Illinois has been reduced to chartering flights from China in secret to avoid Trump’s authoritarian government from stealing medical supplies.
#TrumpGenocide
#TrumpLiedAmericansDied
rawstory.com/2020/04/illino…
12/31: CDC first learns of cases in China
01/03: CDC Director informed the virus is spreading in Wuhan
01/03: Sec of HHS, Alex Azar, notifies the WH and instructs his Chief of Staff to share the Chinese report w/ the Nat’l Sec Council.
#TrumpKnew washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
01/03: CDC Director informed the virus is spreading in Wuhan
01/03: Sec of HHS, Alex Azar, notifies the WH and instructs his Chief of Staff to share the Chinese report w/ the Nat’l Sec Council.
#TrumpKnew washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
By mid-Jan, Robert Kadlec, a USAF officer/physician who also works as asst sec for preparedness/response @ HHS, instructed staff to draw up contingency plans to enforce the Defense Production Act. Aides were torn whether to implement the act, & nothing happened for many weeks.
01/18: Trump gets briefed by health officials while spending the weekend at Mar-a-Lago. He took a call from HHS Sec. Azar, but before the health secretary could brief him, Trump cut him off & criticized Azar for his handling of an aborted fed ban on vaping products.
#TrumpKnew
#TrumpKnew
(Thread) Trump and Coronavirus
I’ll offer a reason this is a problem for Trump, aside from what we know about how this will affect the economy, and how failing economies sink incumbent presidents seeking reelection.
Fascist leaders don't know how to deal with a real crisis.
I’ll offer a reason this is a problem for Trump, aside from what we know about how this will affect the economy, and how failing economies sink incumbent presidents seeking reelection.
Fascist leaders don't know how to deal with a real crisis.
1/ A difference between real and manufactured crises is that a manufactured crisis is controlled and doesn't get out of hand.
That’s why “Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia.” (1984)
In 2018, in preparation for the midterms, Trump tried to manufacture a border crisis.
That’s why “Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia.” (1984)
In 2018, in preparation for the midterms, Trump tried to manufacture a border crisis.
2/ Remember the Trump-FOX-GOP attempt to spread panic about dangerous warlike invaders? (Really they were homeless, poverty-stricken migrant families.)
A manufactured crisis allows the fascist leader to “protect” the people from their “enemies.”
A manufactured crisis allows the fascist leader to “protect” the people from their “enemies.”
Stock market is already down over 800 points today. Trump is to blame. No one can trust him. Because he’s a liar. #TrumpLiesAboutCoronavirus
Now down over 900 points today. Trump is to blame for this. He’s a liar. #TrumpLiesAboutCoronavirus
Dow now down over 1,000 points today. This was already the worst weeks since 2008 financial crisis. This is what happened when you leave a criminal who’s a pathological liar in charge. #TrumpLiesAboutCoronavirus
