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Let's be blunt: Trump's depraved attack on the IG at HHS displays a mindset that could lead to more deaths.

It's *hospitals* who told the IG that they badly need lifesaving equipment. Yet all Trump can hear is an effort to make *him* look bad.

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Here's why this is so galling.

The IG report consists of *hospitals making their own constructive suggestions* on how government can help them *save more lives.*

Why doesn't Trump *want* to learn from this in order to avert as many deaths as possible?

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It's worth stressing that this is *why we have IGs.*

They alert us not just to wrongdoing, but also to governing failures, so we can *fix them.*

But Trump simply refuses to admit error. And as @NoahBookbinder points out, in this case lives are at stake:

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@NoahBookbinder By the way:

Much of what these hospitals are reporting about equipment shortages is Trump's fault.

As NYT reports, the supply chains are beset by "confusion bordering on disarray."

And @GovPritzker bluntly says states must now "bid against each other."

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HHS secretary Alex Azar "directly warned Trump of the possibility of a pandemic during a call on Jan. 30, the second warning he delivered to the president about the virus in two weeks. The president...responded that Mr. Azar was being alarmist."

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"Trump fumed as he watched the stock market crash after Dr. Messonnier’s comments. Furious, he called Mr. Azar when he landed at around 6 a.m. on Feb. 26, raging that Dr. Messonnier had scared people unnecessarily."

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"The number of infections in the US started to surge through Feb and early March, but the admin did not move to place large-scale orders for masks and other protective equipment, or critical hospital equipment such as ventilators. Pentagon sat on standby'

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NEW:

In an interview, @GovInslee shared deeply alarming new details about the failure by Trump and the federal government to deliver needed medical supplies.

“We could use a stronger voice out of the White House to mobilize this nation,” Inslee told me:

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@GovInslee New details from @GovInslee.

He was shocked to learn that a manufacturer of key test equipment had *not* been contacted by the feds, and was thus reluctant to ramp up production, because there was no indication it would be paid for!

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@GovInslee Here's a truly alarming scenario, suggested by @GovInslee.

If and when the curve flattens, we're going to need *more* testing, not less. That's because without it, resuming normalcy risks a second wave.

Trump's failures have left us behind on this, too.

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A damning new CNN scoop reports that administration officials sounded the alarm about pandemics last year.

The administration's response?

The China cover-up held us back!

But a look at the timeline shows that this excuse is a sick joke.

New piece:

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The China-covered-it-up excuse is ludicrous:

* Intel officials sounded loud warnings in January

* HHS chief Azar tried to warn Trump but was mocked by Trump aides as "alarmist"

* The vast bulk of the failures happened after deaths started mounting

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Let's make this simple.

We know how to fight pandemics.

The government is full of officials who know how to fight pandemics.

Those officials *actually did* spot this one early. They sounded alarms.

What *didn't* happen is Trump taking it seriously.

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