1/So I'm going to tell @ChrisRock why he's incorrect. Also, how exhausting is it that people with fame think that everything that falls out of their mouth is gold and people like me with my tiny platform have to attempt to clean up their misinformation. newsweek.com/why-chris-rock…
2/When folx w/large platforms spread misinformation about policy w/o the basic understanding of how the Legislative, Executive, Judicial branches function it harms all of us (makes Putin happy!). That's not civics shaming, just don't place blame w/o understanding how it works.
3/(I also think Chris Rock forgot why Congress impeached Trump: BECAUSE HE SOLICITED FOREIGN INTERFERENCE IN THE 2016 ELECTION AND THEN OBSTRUCTED THE INVESTIGATION INTO HIM OVER AND OVER AGAIN. Chris, Trump isn't a "5-year-old", he's a CRIMINAL. Get it?) lawfareblog.com/revisiting-cri…
4/The impeachment of Donald Trump occurred between the dates of Dec 18, 2019 – Feb 5, 2020. On Dec 31, 2019 the Wuhan Municipal Health Authorities report a few pneumonia-like cases in Wuhan, China. It is not until Jan 3, 2020 that China officially notifies the WHO of an outbreak.
5/On Feb 3, The first U.S. coronavirus patient is discharged from the hospital. On Feb. 6, the day after impeachment ends, Trump has a conversation with Chinese President Xi. Trump told Woodward on Feb. 7 saying "This is deadly stuff." politico.com/news/2020/09/0…
6/The impeachment did not stop Trump from knowing that there was a virus, that it was deadly, and that action needed to be taken. Nancy Pelosi on the other hand was already pleading with Trump in February to take COVID seriously. That a larger financial response was needed.
7/Nancy Pelosi is not POTUS, Trump is. Nancy Pelosi couldn’t have ramped up production of PPE by invoking the Defense Production Act, only Trump could've. Nancy couldn't have implemented a nationwide mask mandate or a COVID-19 tracing and testing program, only Trump could have.
8/What are we going to do now? #VOTE
@chrisrock if you want to be helpful, please drop the misogyny and use your formidable platform and all of your connections and pled w/folx to #VoteEarly
Our democracy will either continue or end with this election. Please, please focus.
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