Why the republicans are destined to fail

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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.

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.

January 2020: The Department of Health and Human Services deployed several federal workers to help Americans evacuated from China… without the proper training or protective gear.

February 2020: Trump downplayed the threat of COVID-19 in multiple public statements, dissuading Americans from acting vigilantly.

March 2020:

• Trump repeatedly lied and made promises he didn’t keep as COVID-19 continued to spread.

** On March 6, he assured us that the CDC’s testing kits were both plentiful and reliable.

** Then he said that leading health insurance companies would be waiving co-pays for coronavirus treatments.

** Later that same week, he promised that we would soon see COVID-19 testing “on a very large scale basis”. Two weeks later, we’re STILL seeing shortages of basic testing supplies.

• When asked on March 13, he refused to take any responsibility for the scarcity and faultiness of the CDC’s testing kits - you know, the ones he assured us were both abundant and “beautiful” the week before.

• Oh, and he falsely put the blame on Obama era regulations that never actually existed.

• Trump refused for weeks to invoke the Defense Production Act to demand companies to produce more ventilators. He finally caved last Friday.

• To date, he refuses to lift his ban on human fetal tissue research, which would prove invaluable in our efforts to concoct a coronavirus cure or treatment.

From another source:
– He could have not shut down the government agencies established specifically to respond to medical crises like this
– He could have begun stockpiling medical equipment & supplies in January 2020 when experts told him to, which would have prevented the shortages down the road
– He could have started testing, tracking & vaccine programs in January 2020 instead of putting the US months behind by doing nothing
– He could have publicly supported common-sense health measures instead of politicizing the virus response

And a couple more lists;
https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/jbd6lo/totally_under_control_new_secretlyfilmed/g8vpw1y/

https://www.vox.com/2020/6/8/21242003/trump-failed-coronavirus-response