1. Yesterday, I was told by a GOP source that a political consultant sent a memo around GOP leadership (like @GOPLeader) "framing" COVID-19 to change subject. The source - PISSED that #GOP was STILL playing games -told me GOP pols were going to start calling it "Chinese Virus"..
2... intent of this games playing - a frigging GAME while people are dying - was to make democrats lash back & then they could change the subject by screaming "Oh, calling us racists? Oh, playing politics? WE care, dems care about blah blah." @SpeakerPelosi - dont fall for it...
3...I didn't do anything with my info until Tucker Carlson jumped the gun. He used "Chinese virus" last night - apparently he either got the memo or heard from someone who got it - & I came in at about 9:30 laying out what was coming, and why this was incredibly destructive...
4...so, all of you @GOP about to use the political consultants' language "framing" so you can change the subject (was it you, Frank?) and act all outraged, I say this: How can we trust any of you - @GOPLeader @TuckerCarlson etc - if you dont know what the damn thing is CALLED?...
5...is it racist? Uh-uh. Not biting. It's scientifically ignorant, epidemiologically meaningless, and an attempt to again make this about ANYTHING but a health care crisis killing people. All other reporters - find the damn memo. And then pound people like @GOPLeader with these..
6...questiins: @GOPLeader (and @senatemajldr is he starts up.) Why don't you know the name of the virus? Do you know the difference between the disease name & virus name? Why are you using words that are scientifically meaningless? Should HCoV-NL63 be called "American virus"...
