"When he catches Fauci sounding out of sync with Trump, the chief of staff admonishes the doctor to 'stay on message,' officials said — and he has impressed upon Fauci, Birx and other health professionals that they should not opine on restrictions… " https://t.co/vZqTjDALeT
— Robert Costa (@costareports) August 8, 2020
This is really an excellent piece by @EdwardGLuce https://t.co/4pVRTaERKl https://t.co/kpNofm6tpv
— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) May 16, 2020
"A weeks-long testing delay that effectively blinded public health officials to the spread of the coronavirus in the US might have been avoided had federal agencies fully enacted their own plan to ramp up testing during a national health crisis." https://t.co/OyBv8Df3wu
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 9, 2020
Coronavirus: Intelligence warned Trump of pandemic in January. They couldn’t get him to do anything about it. https://t.co/Gz8XjMuxBg
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) April 1, 2020
.@Morning_Joe: Examining how the Trump admin. handled the first 70 days of the coronavirus crisis.https://t.co/OgdpCDlTWu
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) April 6, 2020
The federal government’s testing failures cost the US a month in preparing for and fighting the spread of COVID. Mammoth investigation by NYT team > https://t.co/9fPzI1AecC
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 28, 2020
Just left the Administration briefing on Coronavirus. Bottom line: they aren't taking this seriously enough.
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) February 5, 2020
Notably, no request for ANY emergency funding, which is a big mistake. Local health systems need supplies, training, screening staff etc. And they need it now.
"In 2018, the Trump admin fired the government’s entire pandemic response chain of command, including the WH management infrastructure. In numerous phone calls/emails with key agencies the only consistent response I encountered was distressed confusion." https://t.co/1PM8QZqqDb
— Denise Tate (@stateof_tate) February 5, 2020
From @gtconway3d and @carriecordero: What did Trump and Congress know about the coronavirus, and when did they know it? https://t.co/OF9H6uXgJe
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) March 25, 2020
When @realdonaldtrump was promising COVID would go away "like a miracle," the U.S government squandered its best chance to stop the disease.
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) March 30, 2020
Here's how.https://t.co/IRioKLgI8K
An example of one of the trademarks of Trump’s presidency – trusting foreign autocrats over his own intelligence advisors – actually costing American lives. https://t.co/tXskR6buk2
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) March 30, 2020
Trump was warned in January. Those saying he wasn’t are lying to try to cover his tracks. “Intel reports going back to January warned of coronavirus threat” | TheHill https://t.co/JuyAFrMcZI
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) April 1, 2020
A fact to remember.
— Kurt Andersen (@KBAndersen) April 1, 2020
"In a White House meeting, Kushner told people Cuomo was being an alarmist. 'I have all this data about ICU capacity. I’m doing my own projections, and I’ve gotten a lot smarter about this. New York doesn’t need all the ventilators.'" https://t.co/yFOBPBZFU9
Denial and dysfunction plagued the U.S. government for 70 days as coronavirus spread, with battles over testing, spending, travel limits & a national approach, per interviews with four dozen people involved. A dive w/@yabutaleb7 @gregpmiller @nakashimae https://t.co/MxFXCFe3we
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) April 4, 2020
“A review of federal purchasing contracts by The Associated Press shows federal agencies waited until mid-March to begin placing bulk orders of N95 respirator masks, mechanical ventilators and other equipment needed by front-line health care workers.” https://t.co/rCg9LeJeJI
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) April 5, 2020
The @POTUS owes an apology to every health care worker & first responder who doesn’t have equipment they need because of the months the admin squandered once the COVID-19 alarm was sounded. The impact of the delay on ventilators could be felt this week.https://t.co/kULH77aWoz
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) April 5, 2020
They knew in November. November. https://t.co/Ntji1jNtkN
— Michael Arceneaux (@youngsinick) April 8, 2020
Sad! 