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Unfortunately, it is quite a lot worse than this, if today's Politico reporting is accurate, that Trump intentionally did not want more testing, to keep the rep
by cmurf 7y ago
Unfortunately, it is quite a lot worse than this, if today's Politico reporting is accurate, that Trump intentionally did not want more testing, to keep the reported number of infected low, to make him look like he's doing a good job, and increase his re-election chances.
https://twitter.com/nprfreshair/status/1238186469690429440 https://twitter.com/nprfreshair/status/1238186469690429440
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/12/814881355/white-house-knew-coronavirus-would-be-a-major-threat-but-response-fell-short https://www.npr.org/2020/03/12/814881355/white-house-knew-co...
If true, it's not politics. It's unethical and immoral, it is a dereliction of duty and oath to protect people.
- bradknowles 7y agoNope. It’s outright murder. Premeditated. With malice aforethought. Perhaps even on the scale of genocide.
- speedplane 7y ago> if ... accurate, that Trump intentionally did not want more testing, to keep the reported number of infected low, to ... increase his re-election chances. ... it's not politics. It's unethical and immoral... I'm no fan of Trump, but that's loading on too much. It's just bad instincts and leadership, no one could know how this would unfold.
- krageon 7y ago> no one could know Did we not have a big example already? Anyone who didn't know is in a literal coma.