# Pitting Max\_S **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 8, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-max-s/959074 "2022-02-08T00:26:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 120
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-max-s/959074/120 "2022-02-17T21:52:38Z")
From the _Why Republicans are destined to fail_ thread. Max has requested cites on the deficiency of the Trump Administration’s Covid-19 response and @Ziberian has responded at length. > [@Why the republicans are destined to fail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-republicans-are-destined-to-fail/958919/282): > > These should get you started… Compiled by redditor u/Toxic\_Gorilla. Here’s a list of Trump’s failings in regard to the COVID-19 pandemic, all sourced. Spring 2018: [Trump disbanded the pandemic response team assembled under President Obama during the ebola outbreak of 2014](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-fire-pandemic-team/). July 2019: [The Trump admin let go of Linda Quick, a CDC epidemiologist stationed in Beijing whose role was designed to help China detect and respond to outbreaks.](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china-cdc-exclusiv/exclusive-u-s-axed-cdc-expert-job-in-china-months-before-virus-outbreak-idUSKBN21910S) January 2020: [The Department of Health and Human Services…](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/timeline-trump-administration-s-response-coronavirus-n1162206) I didn’t come over here to pit Max….this time. I’m posting in this thread to make a prediction as to Max’s response. I predict that Max reviews this page of links, finds ONE claim that is incorrect or disputed, and focuses his entire response on that one item. Because……to be fair, Hitler was a terrific dancer. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-max-s/959074)._