Thread by @SteveGuest

Ron Klain repeatedly got it wrong for Joe Biden.

On Biden & his handling of the 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic Klain:

"We did every possible thing wrong... It is purely a fortuity that this isn’t one of the great mass casualty events in American history."

And in response to the coronavirus, Ron Klain repeatedly provided wrong and terrible advice.

On January 27, 2020, Klain praised China:

“I think what you’d have to say about China is, it’s been more transparent and more candid than it has been during past outbreaks.”

On January 28, 2020 Ron Klain said, “I wouldn’t [ban Chinese travelers from arriving in the U.S.]. I think that’s premature.”

February 11: Ron Klain: “A serious epidemic – now, the coronavirus may be that, it may not be that. The evidence suggests it's probably not that.”

February 11: Ron Klain: “Obviously the administration can’t do nothing. Indeed, they are far from doing nothing.”

February 13: Ron Klain: “We don't have a COVID-19 epidemic in the US but we are starting to see a fear epidemic. Kudos to [Mayor Bill de Blasio] (and others) for standing against that.” He was encouraging people to go shopping or out to eat in Chinatown.

February 27: Ron Klain: “Here’s one more thing everyone should do. They should, tonight, go down to Chinatown in their city and buy dinner or go shopping there. What we see inevitably, what we’re seeing already, is … people staying away out of needless fears about coronavirus.”

In February 2020, Klain went on Pod Save America and downplayed the coronavirus.

“No reason to yet to be fearful, no reason really panic or anything like that”

Ron Klain would be a disaster for America.