The @realdonaldtrump "No Apologies" Tour (Part Trois):
“You can’t handle the truth!”
Republicans are unnerved by the fact that the pandemic is not respecting their political narrative, which asserts that the coronavirus is nothing more than left-wing hysteria over a “bad flu.”
“You can’t handle the truth!”
Republicans are unnerved by the fact that the pandemic is not respecting their political narrative, which asserts that the coronavirus is nothing more than left-wing hysteria over a “bad flu.”
How unnerved are they? They are so unnerved they are trying to prevent the public from learning the true facts relating to the spread of the coronavirus. Governor Greg Abbott of Texas didn’t like the fact that a hospital in Houston was reporting on the diminishing availability of
ICU beds. The Governor was faced with a tough choice: come up with more beds or tell the hospital to stop publishing the diminishing number of available beds. Guess what choice Governor Abbott made? See Texas Chronicle, Claiming confusion, Texas Medical Center changes how it
reports ICU capacity amid COVID-19. (“Abbott had expressed displeasure to hospital executives with negative headlines about ICU capacity, sources familiar with the talks said.”)
To similar effect is this jaw-dropping story in Axios, “GOP congressman calls on White House to
To similar effect is this jaw-dropping story in Axios, “GOP congressman calls on White House to
disband coronavirus task force.” Per Axios,
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) on Thursday called for the White House to dissolve its coronavirus task force so that health officials like Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx are prevented from contradicting many of President Trump’s "stated
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) on Thursday called for the White House to dissolve its coronavirus task force so that health officials like Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx are prevented from contradicting many of President Trump’s "stated
goals and actions" when it comes to the economy.
That’s right; a GOP Representative wants to tell the scientists to “shut up” so that they don’t provide public health guidance that contradicts Trump’s lies about the state of the economy. Orwellian! Where does the GOP find
That’s right; a GOP Representative wants to tell the scientists to “shut up” so that they don’t provide public health guidance that contradicts Trump’s lies about the state of the economy. Orwellian! Where does the GOP find
these people? @jimcramer @tomkeene @SquawkCNBC @andrewrsorkin @carlquintanila @riskreversal @ScottWapnerCNBC @threadreaderapp unroll
