politicususa--2020-02-28--Trump Throws A Fit Because Nobody Took His Coronavirus Press Conference Seriously

Donald Trump ’ s press conference on Wednesday did nothing to calm the fear that many Americans have about the coronavirus outbreak that has now reached U.S. shores .
As PoliticusUSA ’ s Sarah Jones noted earlier on Thursday , the stock market is having its worst week since the financial crisis – a sign that just about nobody is confident in Trump ’ s ability to manage this global health crisis .
On Thursday , the president threw a fit that his made-for-TV coronavirus press conference wasn ’ t viewed favorably by the public , blaming the media for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it was .
“ It would be really nice if we could be recognized by the press fairly , ” Trump whined .
“ I gave a press conference yesterday that was really a very good press conference , and some people thought it was great.
” He added , “ Basically it was a calming press conference .
It was a conference to say we ’ re doing well.
” We ’ re almost all better now , but we do things and it would be really nice if we could be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you know what , it would be really nice – if we do something wrong , we get criticized by the press .
But I gave a press conference yesterday that was really a very good press conference , and some people thought it was great and most of you people saw it .
It was covered live .
One of the advantages is that I get covered live all the time .
And I like that better because they can ’ t chop it up … I ’ d rather be live @ @ @ @ @ @ @ press conference and basically it was a calming press conference .
It was a conference to say we ’ re doing well .
Trump ’ s reality TV presidency is crumbling under the coronavirus crisis There ’ s a mantra that if someone has to explain a joke after the fact , then it really wasn ’ t that funny in the first place .
In the same way , if Trump has to explain a day later that his press conference was calming , chances are it actually wasn ’ t calming @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his presidency , Trump was hoping that he could rely on reality TV stunts to make it look like he ’ s doing his job .
But as the disease spreads and the stock market crashes , the American people are seeing right through it .
Donald Trump ’ s reality television presidency is crumbling under the weight of a global health crisis .

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Donald Trump’s press conference on Wednesday did nothing to calm the fear that many Americans have about the coronavirus outbreak that has now reached U.S. shores.
As PoliticusUSA’s Sarah Jones noted earlier on Thursday, the stock market is having its worst week since the financial crisis – a sign that just about nobody is confident in Trump’s ability to manage this global health crisis.
On Thursday, the president threw a fit that his made-for-TV coronavirus press conference wasn’t viewed favorably by the public, blaming the media for not raving about how “calming” it was.
“It would be really nice if we could be recognized by the press fairly,” Trump whined. “I gave a press conference yesterday that was really a very good press conference, and some people thought it was great.”
He added, “Basically it was a calming press conference. It was a conference to say we’re doing well.”
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Trump is furious that people didn’t like his coronavirus press conference as much as he did. #ctl #p2 pic.twitter.com/JdAs0ijLbW — PoliticusUSA (@politicususa) February 28, 2020
Trump said:
We’re almost all better now, but we do things and it would be really nice if we could be recognized by the press fairly. And you know what, it would be really nice – if we do something wrong, we get criticized by the press. But I gave a press conference yesterday that was really a very good press conference, and some people thought it was great and most of you people saw it. It was covered live. One of the advantages is that I get covered live all the time. And I like that better because they can’t chop it up … I’d rather be live. But it was a very good press conference and basically it was a calming press conference. It was a conference to say we’re doing well.
Trump’s reality TV presidency is crumbling under the coronavirus crisis
There’s a mantra that if someone has to explain a joke after the fact, then it really wasn’t that funny in the first place.
In the same way, if Trump has to explain a day later that his press conference was calming, chances are it actually wasn’t calming at all.
Like the rest of his presidency, Trump was hoping that he could rely on reality TV stunts to make it look like he’s doing his job. But as the disease spreads and the stock market crashes, the American people are seeing right through it.
Donald Trump’s reality television presidency is crumbling under the weight of a global health crisis.
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politicususa--2020-02-28--Whistleblower Reveals How Trump Is Causing US Spread Of Coronavirus

A whistle-blower has revealed that Trump sent U.S. health workers to examine quarantined coronavirus Americans without protective gear or training .
In a portion of a complaint filing obtained by The New York Times that has been submitted to the Office of the Special Counsel , the whistle-blower , described as a senior leader at the Department of Health and Human Services , said the team was “ improperly deployed ” to two military bases in California to assist the processing of Americans who had been evacuated from coronavirus hot zones in China and elsewhere .
“ I soon began @ @ @ @ @ @ @ team and deployed staff members expressing concerns with the lack of H.H.S .
communication and coordination , staff being sent into quarantined areas without personal protective equipment , training or experience in managing public health emergencies , safety protocols and the potential danger to both themselves and members of the public they come into contact with , ” the whistle-blower wrote .
The exposed healthcare workers were walking around a military base , flying commericial , and stay at a local hotel .
None of them had proper protective gear or training .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ they were supposed to be taking their temperature three times a day .
This sort of mismanagement of a public health emergency is how a crisis becomes a pandemic .
Trump is more worried about the stock market than the health of the American people .
The president ’ s inept , incompetent , and careless administration undoubtedly spread the coronavirus in the United States .
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A whistle-blower has revealed that Trump sent U.S. health workers to examine quarantined coronavirus Americans without protective gear or training.
The New York Times reported:
In a portion of a complaint filing obtained by The New York Times that has been submitted to the Office of the Special Counsel, the whistle-blower, described as a senior leader at the Department of Health and Human Services, said the team was “improperly deployed” to two military bases in California to assist the processing of Americans who had been evacuated from coronavirus hot zones in China and elsewhere.
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“I soon began to field panicked calls from my leadership team and deployed staff members expressing concerns with the lack of H.H.S. communication and coordination, staff being sent into quarantined areas without personal protective equipment, training or experience in managing public health emergencies, safety protocols and the potential danger to both themselves and members of the public they come into contact with,” the whistle-blower wrote.
The exposed healthcare workers were walking around a military base, flying commericial, and stay at a local hotel. None of them had proper protective gear or training. The workers also were not told that they were supposed to be taking their temperature three times a day.
This sort of mismanagement of a public health emergency is how a crisis becomes a pandemic. Trump is more worried about the stock market than the health of the American people. The president’s inept, incompetent, and careless administration undoubtedly spread the coronavirus in the United States.
Donald Trump is causing, not preventing, a public health emergency.
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politicususa--2020-02-27--Trump Isn’t Listening To Scientists On The Coronavirus

Dr. Celine Gounder said that the muzzling of health officials tells her that Trump isn ’ t listening to his scientists on the coronavirus .
Dr. Gounder said on MSNBC ’ s Deadline : White House , “ I ’ m extremely concerned because that means the white house is not listening to its best scientists .
They are more concerned about political messaging .
Fauci has served under Ronald Reagan , both Bushs , and was never prevented from speaking out in this way .
During the HIV epidemic , he was able to say what he needed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump is more worried about trying to pump up the stock market with happy talk than he is a matter of public health and safety .
Any president should be listening to the scientists , but Trump is placing politics and his own political interests ahead of the health of the nation .
The president ’ s behavior is not surprising .
During the impeachment trial , Rep. Adam Schiff warned that Trump would behave in exactly such a way .
A pandemic is getting closer , and Trump is ignoring the science @ @ @ @ @ @ @ campaign .
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Dr. Celine Gounder said that the muzzling of health officials tells her that Trump isn’t listening to his scientists on the coronavirus.
Dr. Gounder said on MSNBC’s Deadline: White House, “I’m extremely concerned because that means the white house is not listening to its best scientists. They are more concerned about political messaging. Fauci has served under Ronald Reagan, both Bushs, and was never prevented from speaking out in this way. During the HIV epidemic, he was able to say what he needed to say to bring it under control.”
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Dr. Celine Gounder says on Deadline: White House that the Trump administration is not listening to their best scientists on the coronavirus. pic.twitter.com/4DGBLLunwz — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 27, 2020
Trump is more worried about trying to pump up the stock market with happy talk than he is a matter of public health and safety.
Any president should be listening to the scientists, but Trump is placing politics and his own political interests ahead of the health of the nation.
The president’s behavior is not surprising. During the impeachment trial, Rep. Adam Schiff warned that Trump would behave in exactly such a way. A pandemic is getting closer, and Trump is ignoring the science in a bid to save his reelection campaign.
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politicususa--2020-02-27--Joe Biden Hints That Kamala Harris Could Be His VP

THIS IS THE NEWS WE WANT .
Joe Biden is considering Kamala Harris , among other women , as his VP .
Daryon Jackson , who was formerly Senator Kamala Harris ’ political strategist , flagged video on Thursday of former Vice President Joe Biden saying he was looking for a VP who matched his ideals like Kamala Harris or another woman .
Jackson then noted that it sounded like Harris was his top pick .
Watch both clips he posted here : “ I ’ ve been begun thinking about that in terms of both women , women of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ color .
But also , on others who share my philosophic view of what to do , ” the Democratic candidate for president said .
Asked if Kamala Harris would fit that bill , Biden said , “ I think so.
” Biden said he hadn ’ t spoken with Harris yet , and he was considering a list of women .
Jackson pointed out that it sounded like Harris was Biden ’ s top choice : “ I think so , but again I ’ ve not spoken to Kamala Harris about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ me to do that .
But I think Kamala Harris is someone — but look , there ’ s a number of women who – ” Biden then refused to name the women , saying he ’ d get into real trouble to do so .
But he said he ’ s beginning to talk about it with his close associates .
The man who co-authored the original Violence Against Women Act ( that ’ s Joe Biden ) is doing the absolute right thing in contemplating a woman VP , especially Kamala @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he didn ’ t name names ) .
The women in this country are beyond fed up after three plus years of Trump triggering memories of predators like Trump and general Republican assaults on their dignity , rights , and autonomy .
The Brookings Institute wrote last week , “ The most profound change in American politics today and in the years to come will result from a massive movement of women into the Democratic Party .
As this realignment takes place Hillary Clinton may well go down in history as this century @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Furthermore , if you want to see the Trump effect in action , in 2018 women opting for Democrats jumped to 19 points from 13 in 2016 , “ In 2016 , Clinton led Trump by 13 points ( 54 % to 41 % ) , but in the 2018 midterm elections women opted for Democratic rather than Republican congressional candidates by 19 points ( 59 % to 40 % ) .
More important for the long term , the Democratic margin over the Republicans in party identification grew from six points in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) to nearly twenty in 2017 ( 56 % to 37 % ) .
” When Harris dropped out of the race , women repeatedly expressed their sense of defeat and loss .
They ’ re still doing it now on social media .
Diana Butler Bass wrote of Elizabeth Warren taking on Bloomberg at the debate , “ When she yelled ‘ This is personal ’ to MB , she was yelling what millions of women want to yell to Trump ’ s face since the Access Hollywood tape .
Every woman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ THIS IS PERSONAL ’ and watch him fall back on his heels with no response .
That ’ s why we marched .
Why we ’ ve voted .
Why we ’ ve organized .
THIS IS PERSONAL.
” Candidates who ignore how women are feeling since Trump got elected do so at their own peril .
Add in the Kavanaugh confirmation hearing and the smearing and abuse of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford , and you have some very , very fed up women .
After Harris dropped out , many women @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Klobuchar , but neither are gathering the delegates needed so far , which is only creating a further loss of morale .
Warren , with her policy chops and a history of going to battle out of genuine care for the people of this country should be a natural winner , but she is trailing behind Sanders among the progressives .
The Democratic Party is going to need fired up women voters in 2020 .
They make up the majority of the party and while it ’ s seldom acknowledged in the media @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and they are the fight .
Chairman of the Dem Coalition Jon Cooper tweeted , “ Raise your hand if you think a @ JoeBiden/ @ KamalaHarris ticket would mop the floor with Trump/Pence , ” and within an hour had 1.7 thousand retweets .
Kamala Harris would fire up women in the Democratic base .
Bigly .
Women need a fighter in the White House , and with Joe Biden who fought for women before it was cool and Kamala Harris , they would be assured that they would matter policy-wise and @ @ @ @ @

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THIS IS THE NEWS WE WANT. Joe Biden is considering Kamala Harris, among other women, as his VP.
Daryon Jackson, who was formerly Senator Kamala Harris’ political strategist, flagged video on Thursday of former Vice President Joe Biden saying he was looking for a VP who matched his ideals like Kamala Harris or another woman. Jackson then noted that it sounded like Harris was his top pick.
Watch both clips he posted here:
Sounds like Kamala Harris is probably Joe Biden’s top pick for Vice President. pic.twitter.com/XKzxjDn6Yf — Daryon Jackson (@daryongeronimo) February 27, 2020
“I’ve been begun thinking about that in terms of both women, women of color, Latinos, and men of color. But also, on others who share my philosophic view of what to do,” the Democratic candidate for president said.
Asked if Kamala Harris would fit that bill, Biden said, “I think so.
Biden said he hadn’t spoken with Harris yet, and he was considering a list of women.
Jackson pointed out that it sounded like Harris was Biden’s top choice:
“I think so, but again I’ve not spoken to Kamala Harris about that and it’s presumptuous of me to do that. But I think Kamala Harris is someone — but look, there’s a number of women who –”
Biden then refused to name the women, saying he’d get into real trouble to do so. But he said he’s beginning to talk about it with his close associates.
The man who co-authored the original Violence Against Women Act (that’s Joe Biden) is doing the absolute right thing in contemplating a woman VP, especially Kamala Harris (and other women, but he didn’t name names).
The women in this country are beyond fed up after three plus years of Trump triggering memories of predators like Trump and general Republican assaults on their dignity, rights, and autonomy.
The Brookings Institute wrote last week, “The most profound change in American politics today and in the years to come will result from a massive movement of women into the Democratic Party. As this realignment takes place Hillary Clinton may well go down in history as this century’s equivalent of Al Smith.”
Furthermore, if you want to see the Trump effect in action, in 2018 women opting for Democrats jumped to 19 points from 13 in 2016, “In 2016, Clinton led Trump by 13 points (54% to 41%), but in the 2018 midterm elections women opted for Democratic rather than Republican congressional candidates by 19 points (59% to 40%). More important for the long term, the Democratic margin over the Republicans in party identification grew from six points in 1994 (48% to 42%) to nearly twenty in 2017 (56% to 37%).”
When Harris dropped out of the race, women repeatedly expressed their sense of defeat and loss. They’re still doing it now on social media. Diana Butler Bass wrote of Elizabeth Warren taking on Bloomberg at the debate, “When she yelled ‘This is personal’ to MB, she was yelling what millions of women want to yell to Trump’s face since the Access Hollywood tape. Every woman I know wants to yell at Trump ‘THIS IS PERSONAL’ and watch him fall back on his heels with no response. That’s why we marched. Why we’ve voted. Why we’ve organized. THIS IS PERSONAL.”
Candidates who ignore how women are feeling since Trump got elected do so at their own peril. Add in the Kavanaugh confirmation hearing and the smearing and abuse of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, and you have some very, very fed up women.
After Harris dropped out, many women took comfort in Elizabeth Warren or Amy Klobuchar, but neither are gathering the delegates needed so far, which is only creating a further loss of morale. Warren, with her policy chops and a history of going to battle out of genuine care for the people of this country should be a natural winner, but she is trailing behind Sanders among the progressives.
The Democratic Party is going to need fired up women voters in 2020. They make up the majority of the party and while it’s seldom acknowledged in the media, they brought 2018 to the Democrats and they are the fight.
Chairman of the Dem Coalition Jon Cooper tweeted, “Raise your hand if you think a @JoeBiden/@KamalaHarris ticket would mop the floor with Trump/Pence,” and within an hour had 1.7 thousand retweets.
Kamala Harris would fire up women in the Democratic base. Bigly. Women need a fighter in the White House, and with Joe Biden who fought for women before it was cool and Kamala Harris, they would be assured that they would matter policy-wise and they would be believed.


politicususa--2020-02-27--Trump And Pence Launch Propaganda War To Muzzle Health Officials On Coronavirus

Trump requires all health officials to get approval from Mike Pence on any statements about the coronavirus .
Via The New York Times : The White House moved on Thursday to tighten control of coronavirus messaging by government health officials and scientists , directing them to coordinate all statements and public appearance with the office of Vice President Mike Pence , according to several officials familiar with the new approach .
The vice president ’ s first move appeared to be aimed at preventing the kind of contradictory statements from White House officials and top government health officials that have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Even during his news conference on Wednesday , Mr. Trump rejected the assessment from a top health official that it was inevitable that the coronavirus would spread more broadly inside the United States .
Trump and Pence are showing that they are more concerned with managing the political message than providing the public with vital information about a potential health epidemic .
The White House is muzzling doctors and setting up a propaganda system , to get the stock market back on track because that is the only thing that they really care @ @ @ @ @ @ @ optics and minimize political fallout .
The White House lies to the American people on a daily basis , but with the public health at stake , the administration is more interested in spreading propaganda than keeping people healthy .
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Trump requires all health officials to get approval from Mike Pence on any statements about the coronavirus.
Via The New York Times:
The White House moved on Thursday to tighten control of coronavirus messaging by government health officials and scientists, directing them to coordinate all statements and public appearance with the office of Vice President Mike Pence, according to several officials familiar with the new approach.
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The vice president’s first move appeared to be aimed at preventing the kind of contradictory statements from White House officials and top government health officials that have plagued the administration’s response. Even during his news conference on Wednesday, Mr. Trump rejected the assessment from a top health official that it was inevitable that the coronavirus would spread more broadly inside the United States.
Trump and Pence are showing that they are more concerned with managing the political message than providing the public with vital information about a potential health epidemic.
The White House is muzzling doctors and setting up a propaganda system, to get the stock market back on track because that is the only thing that they really care about. Trump wants to manage the optics and minimize political fallout.
The White House lies to the American people on a daily basis, but with the public health at stake, the administration is more interested in spreading propaganda than keeping people healthy.
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politicususa--2020-02-27--Pelosi Questions Trump’s Mental State During Press Conference

Speaker Pelosi said that Trump ’ s remark about the market dropping due to the Democratic debate was so strange that you really have to wonder .
Pelosi responded to Trump ’ s claim that the market drop was due to the Democratic debate , “ The President said something so strange that you really have to wonder .
He said the reason why the market dropped is because of the debate the other night .
Well , the market had dropped eighteen hundred points before the debate the other night .
The market dropped while he was speaking yesterday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s not be silly about what that is.
” Pelosi is wondering about Trump ’ s mental state because he is making bizarre statements that aren ’ t in any way connected to reality .
Only a crazy person would blame a market drop on an event that was yet to happen .
Donald Trump is grasping .
He is staking his entire reelection campaign on the economy and the stock market .
The market is heading for its worst week since the financial collapse , and the economy is showing signs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ economy goes , Trump is gone , which is why the president is making statements that are causing the Speaker of the House to question his mental health .
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Speaker Pelosi said that Trump’s remark about the market dropping due to the Democratic debate was so strange that you really have to wonder.
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WATCH: @nancycordes asks @SpeakerPelosi if she's concerned about stock market dips in response to #coronavirus fears: "We don't like seeing the market drop…we hope that this will have a turn around, but it can not affect how we address the issue." pic.twitter.com/akCMxleXJY — Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) February 27, 2020
Pelosi responded to Trump’s claim that the market drop was due to the Democratic debate, “The President said something so strange that you really have to wonder. He said the reason why the market dropped is because of the debate the other night. Well, the market had dropped eighteen hundred points before the debate the other night. The market dropped while he was speaking yesterday at his press conference, so let’s not be silly about what that is.”
Pelosi is wondering about Trump’s mental state because he is making bizarre statements that aren’t in any way connected to reality.
Only a crazy person would blame a market drop on an event that was yet to happen. Donald Trump is grasping. He is staking his entire reelection campaign on the economy and the stock market.
The market is heading for its worst week since the financial collapse, and the economy is showing signs of a serious slowdown.
If the economy goes, Trump is gone, which is why the president is making statements that are causing the Speaker of the House to question his mental health.
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politicususa--2020-02-27--Trump’s Coronavirus Presser Backfires As Stocks Head For Worst Week Since Financial Crisis

President Trump ’ s Wednesday coronavirus press conference did nothing to comfort Wall Street , and in fact seems to have spooked it as stocks “ head for worst week since financial crisis , ” CNN Business reported Thursday morning .
“ US stocks fell into correction territory on Thursday as a weeklong selloff continued because of the coronavirus outbreak .
All three major US indexes are now on track for their worst week since the financial crisis.
” Stocks reacting negatively to the scare of a pandemics is normal , but no one in their right mind can sell @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as even remotely comforting .
Trump could barely articulate words , and seemed to not even be paying attention .
He passed the buck to Mike Pence , and much time was spent stroking egos with flattery and praise , instead of actually comforting the American people or the precious stock market .
The Trump administration has ricocheted from stumble to bumble to outright failure so far , and it ’ s causing a panic so large that Speaker Pelosi announced the House would come up with a plan and she urged Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ let go while Senator Elizabeth Warren sent a concerned letter asking why two Trump administration heads contradicted the CDC ’ s recommendation .
Pelosi was referring to the fact that Trump hasn ’ t filed the parts of government that deal with a pandemic crisis .
Rachel Maddow , citing reporting from Pulitzer Prize winning science journalist Laurie Garrett , reported that Trump “ fired the government ’ s entire pandemic response chain of command back in 2018 and never replaced them with anyone.
” “ One of the national security jobs the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the position at the national security council that ’ s supposed to take point on all global health security matters .
There used to be someone in that job.
” On Tuesday , Trump ’ s acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf revealed that he was completely unprepared during a Senate hearing on the coronavirus , “ Wolf couldn ’ t accurately state the number of coronavirus cases in the United States .
He guessed fourteen .
The real number is thirty-five.
” Wolf was so frighteningly ill-prepared that even Sen. John Kennedy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also didn ’ t know how the virus was spread and instead kept repeating vague comments about “ human-to-human , we ’ ve seen that.
” When asked how it was transmitted , he couldn ’ t explain and kept repeating “ human-to-human , ” which is stunningly vague .
Wolf was also unable to name the mortality rate , and would not confirm that we have enough respirators .
Wolf actually though the questions about respirators and masks were about the Department of Homeland Security team , not the American people .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ admitted we do not have enough masks for the American people .
This stunning level of incompetence is not normal , nor is it meant as political criticism .
Both Republican and Democratic administrations have managed to competently handle health crises in the past .
This is just part of what people normally rely upon the government to do .
Then on Wednesday , Trump ’ s Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar – a former drug company executive and pharmaceutical lobbyist ( drain that swamp ) – refused to assure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for all : So , vaccines for the rich only , masks for the Trump administration but not enough for our citizens , and probably not enough respirators .
Not exactly the stuff of stability .
Trump , concerned first and foremost with the stock market ’ s negative reaction to his failure to prepare for a pandemic , quickly tried to cover that failure up by suddenly replacing Azar with Mike Pence , who as governor of Indiana actually enabled the biggest HIV outbreak in the state due to his refusal to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , most of Trump ’ s heads are currently “ acting ” heads , which is how he has managed to gut the entire government and replace it with political stooges whose only qualification is often being the best cheerleader for Trump .
Azar was reportedly blindsided by Trump ’ s actions ( more proof that the people in Trump world really would benefit from reading a few things about how Trump treats everyone , and no , they are not exempt ) , because cowardly Trump once again never told him he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hates Trumpitis , the chaos and the instability , but Wall Street loves the deregulating Republicans .
And of course , that clustermuck was followed up with a humiliated Azar claiming he was still in charge .
Basically , Trump gutted the government , filled it up with even more swamp but this time totally incompetent swamp , and is running it with the mentality of Mean Girls .
It should surprise no one that the market is headed toward its worst week since the Bush financial crisis .
Donald Trump is no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .

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President Trump’s Wednesday coronavirus press conference did nothing to comfort Wall Street, and in fact seems to have spooked it as stocks “head for worst week since financial crisis,” CNN Business reported Thursday morning.
“US stocks fell into correction territory on Thursday as a weeklong selloff continued because of the coronavirus outbreak. All three major US indexes are now on track for their worst week since the financial crisis.”
Stocks reacting negatively to the scare of a pandemics is normal, but no one in their right mind can sell the President’s press conference yesterday as even remotely comforting.
Trump could barely articulate words, and seemed to not even be paying attention. He passed the buck to Mike Pence, and much time was spent stroking egos with flattery and praise, instead of actually comforting the American people or the precious stock market.
Trump can't even pretend like he is paying attention or understanding what is being said. pic.twitter.com/D4Mh38mOyA — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 27, 2020
The Trump administration has ricocheted from stumble to bumble to outright failure so far, and it’s causing a panic so large that Speaker Pelosi announced the House would come up with a plan and she urged Trump to bring back the pandemic experts he let go while Senator Elizabeth Warren sent a concerned letter asking why two Trump administration heads contradicted the CDC’s recommendation.
Pelosi was referring to the fact that Trump hasn’t filed the parts of government that deal with a pandemic crisis. Rachel Maddow, citing reporting from Pulitzer Prize winning science journalist Laurie Garrett, reported that Trump “fired the government’s entire pandemic response chain of command back in 2018 and never replaced them with anyone.”
“One of the national security jobs the president emptied and never bothered to refill is the position at the national security council that’s supposed to take point on all global health security matters. There used to be someone in that job.”
On Tuesday, Trump’s acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf revealed that he was completely unprepared during a Senate hearing on the coronavirus, “Wolf couldn’t accurately state the number of coronavirus cases in the United States. He guessed fourteen. The real number is thirty-five.”
Wolf was so frighteningly ill-prepared that even Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) was outraged.
.@SenJohnKennedy to @DHS_Wolf: "You're supposed to keep us safe and the American people deserve some straight answers on the coronavirus and I'm not getting them from you." Full video here: https://t.co/HXd04ox0eb pic.twitter.com/b5UbSOmn1f — CSPAN (@cspan) February 25, 2020
Wolf also didn’t know how the virus was spread and instead kept repeating vague comments about “human-to-human, we’ve seen that.” When asked how it was transmitted, he couldn’t explain and kept repeating “human-to-human,” which is stunningly vague. Wolf was also unable to name the mortality rate, and would not confirm that we have enough respirators.
Wolf actually though the questions about respirators and masks were about the Department of Homeland Security team, not the American people. After Kennedy pushed him, Wolf finally admitted we do not have enough masks for the American people.
This stunning level of incompetence is not normal, nor is it meant as political criticism. Both Republican and Democratic administrations have managed to competently handle health crises in the past. This is just part of what people normally rely upon the government to do.
Then on Wednesday, Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar – a former drug company executive and pharmaceutical lobbyist (drain that swamp) – refused to assure that the eventual vaccine would be affordable for all:
Here's the clip of Azar not assuring Rep. Schakowsky a covid-19 vaccine will be affordable to all. pic.twitter.com/Z8aNd4wLWj — Michael McAuliff (@mmcauliff) February 26, 2020
So, vaccines for the rich only, masks for the Trump administration but not enough for our citizens, and probably not enough respirators. Not exactly the stuff of stability.
Trump, concerned first and foremost with the stock market’s negative reaction to his failure to prepare for a pandemic, quickly tried to cover that failure up by suddenly replacing Azar with Mike Pence, who as governor of Indiana actually enabled the biggest HIV outbreak in the state due to his refusal to believe science. Why Pence? Well, most of Trump’s heads are currently “acting” heads, which is how he has managed to gut the entire government and replace it with political stooges whose only qualification is often being the best cheerleader for Trump.
Azar was reportedly blindsided by Trump’s actions (more proof that the people in Trump world really would benefit from reading a few things about how Trump treats everyone, and no, they are not exempt), because cowardly Trump once again never told him he was being replaced.
The stock market hates Trumpitis, the chaos and the instability, but Wall Street loves the deregulating Republicans.
And of course, that clustermuck was followed up with a humiliated Azar claiming he was still in charge.
Basically, Trump gutted the government, filled it up with even more swamp but this time totally incompetent swamp, and is running it with the mentality of Mean Girls. It should surprise no one that the market is headed toward its worst week since the Bush financial crisis.
Donald Trump is no Barack Obama or even George W Bush.


politicususa--2020-02-27--Trump Blindsided His HHS Secretary With Pence Replacement On Coronavirus

Trump never told his HHS Secretary Alex Azar that he was replacing him with Mike Pence as the leader of the Coronavirus response .
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar , who has been leading the coronavirus task force , was blindsided by the White House decision to put Vice President Pence in charge of the response to the virus outbreak , according to five people familiar with the situation , who said Azar learned of the decision only moments before the Wednesday evening press conference .
Pence is scheduled to run a coronavirus task force at HHS on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plans said .
One senior administration official said Pence was going to HHS to lead the meeting , instead of the White House , “ as a show of support to Azar.
” Somebody had to take the fall for the stock market plummet , and Trump decided that Mike Pence is the person who can reassure Wall Street .
The problem is that the decision to replace Azar with Pence is the latest to reveal that Trump is everything that Wall Street hates .
Trump is chaos , instability , and erratic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the guts to tell his own staff when they are being demoted .
Mike Pence isn ’ t going to lead a market rally .
Suddenly , deciding that Pence is the guy to run the Coronavirus response does not make Trump look competent and in charge .
A pandemic is looming , and Trump is showing that he is in completely over his head .

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Trump never told his HHS Secretary Alex Azar that he was replacing him with Mike Pence as the leader of the Coronavirus response.
The Washington Post reported:
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, who has been leading the coronavirus task force, was blindsided by the White House decision to put Vice President Pence in charge of the response to the virus outbreak, according to five people familiar with the situation, who said Azar learned of the decision only moments before the Wednesday evening press conference.
Pence is scheduled to run a coronavirus task force at HHS on Thursday, two sources familiar with the plans said. One senior administration official said Pence was going to HHS to lead the meeting, instead of the White House, “as a show of support to Azar.”
Somebody had to take the fall for the stock market plummet, and Trump decided that Mike Pence is the person who can reassure Wall Street. The problem is that the decision to replace Azar with Pence is the latest to reveal that Trump is everything that Wall Street hates. Trump is chaos, instability, and erratic decisionmaking.
Trump doesn’t have the guts to tell his own staff when they are being demoted. Mike Pence isn’t going to lead a market rally. Suddenly, deciding that Pence is the guy to run the Coronavirus response does not make Trump look competent and in charge.
A pandemic is looming, and Trump is showing that he is in completely over his head.


politicususa--2020-02-27--Trump Melts Down And Blames The Democratic Debate For Stock Market Plummet

Trump admitted the real reason why he held the Coronavirus press conference as he blamed the stock market plummet on the Democratic debate .
Trump said , “ I think the financial markets are very upset when they look at the Democrat candidates standing on that stage making fools out of themselves , and they say we have to have a president like this , and there ’ s always a possibility .
It ’ s an election , you know , who knows what happens ?
I think we ’ re going to win .
I think we ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but when they look at the statements made by the people standing behind those podiums , I think it has an effect , yes.
” The stock market plunge happened before the Democratic debate .
The markets crashed due to the global spread of the virus and the lacking response of the Trump administration .
Trump is trying to make it sound like the stock market is the US economy , and Democrats speaking on the national stage spooked the markets , not the growing threat of a global pandemic .
Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to attempt to blame Democrats for a stock market plummet on his watch .
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Trump admitted the real reason why he held the Coronavirus press conference as he blamed the stock market plummet on the Democratic debate.
Trump said, “I think the financial markets are very upset when they look at the Democrat candidates standing on that stage making fools out of themselves, and they say we have to have a president like this, and there’s always a possibility. It’s an election, you know, who knows what happens? I think we’re going to win. I think we’re going to win by a lot, but when they look at the statements made by the people standing behind those podiums, I think it has an effect, yes.”
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Trump again absurdly blames a stock market slide that mostly happened Monday on a Democratic debate that took place Tuesday night pic.twitter.com/TtRcU9moLZ — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 27, 2020
The stock market plunge happened before the Democratic debate. The markets crashed due to the global spread of the virus and the lacking response of the Trump administration. Trump is trying to make it sound like the stock market is the US economy, and Democrats speaking on the national stage spooked the markets, not the growing threat of a global pandemic.
Trump is melting down and using absurd reasoning to attempt to blame Democrats for a stock market plummet on his watch.
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politicususa--2020-02-27--Trump Proclaims Mike Pence A Healthcare Expert And Puts Him In Charge Of Coronavirus

Trump said that Mike Pence is a healthcare expert as he put the vice president in charge of the US response to the Coronavirus .
A lot of states do , when Mike was governor , Mike Pence , of they ’ ve established great health care .
They have a great system there .
A system that a lot of the other states have really looked to and changed their systems .
They wanted to base it on the Indiana system .
He ’ s very good .
And he ’ s really very expert at the field .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ I ’ m going to be announcing exactly right now that I ’ m going to be putting our vice president Mike Pence in charge .
And Mike will be working the professionals and doctors and everybody else that ’ s working .
The team is brilliant .
I spent a lot of time with the team over the last couple weeks .
They ’ re totally brilliant .
The we ’ re doing really well and Mike will be in charge and he ’ ll report back to me .
He has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there are roughly six people left working as high-level officials who aren ’ t “ acting ” in their current roles , it shouldn ’ t be a surprise that Trump picked Pence to run the Coronavirus response .
The country should probably consider itself lucky that Trump didn ’ t give the gig to Jared Kushner .
Mike Pence is not a healthcare expert , and if he is going to be leading the response , America could be in for a lot of trouble .
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Trump said that Mike Pence is a healthcare expert as he put the vice president in charge of the US response to the Coronavirus.
Trump said:
A lot of states do, when Mike was governor, Mike Pence, of they’ve established great health care. They have a great system there. A system that a lot of the other states have really looked to and changed their systems. They wanted to base it on the Indiana system. He’s very good. And he’s really very expert at the field.
And what I’ve done is I’m going to be announcing exactly right now that I’m going to be putting our vice president Mike Pence in charge. And Mike will be working the professionals and doctors and everybody else that’s working. The team is brilliant. I spent a lot of time with the team over the last couple weeks. They’re totally brilliant. The we’re doing really well and Mike will be in charge and he’ll report back to me. He has a certain talent for this.
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Trump proclaims Mike Pence a healthcare expert and puts him in charge of the Coronavirus response. pic.twitter.com/OMUfKLTJP4 — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 26, 2020
Since there are roughly six people left working as high-level officials who aren’t “acting” in their current roles, it shouldn’t be a surprise that Trump picked Pence to run the Coronavirus response. The country should probably consider itself lucky that Trump didn’t give the gig to Jared Kushner.
Mike Pence is not a healthcare expert, and if he is going to be leading the response, America could be in for a lot of trouble.
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politicususa--2020-02-26--Trump Terrified After SC Democratic Debate Sets Viewership Record

More than 21 million Americans watched the Democratic primary debate in South Carolina including a record viewership number on CBSN .
Via a press release from CBS : CBS News delivered the largest single-network broadcast of a Democratic presidential debate this cycle , according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Tuesday , Feb. 25 .
The CBS News Democratic debate was watched by 15.34 million viewers across CBS , BET and BET Her from 8:00 PM to 10:08 PM .
It was CBS ’ strongest Tuesday night of the season .
A record 14.78 million viewers with 3.85 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the debate on the CBS Television Network .
BET and BET Her , subsidiaries of ViacomCBS , delivered an additional 556,000 viewers with 210,000 in the advertiser-desired adults 25-54 demographic .
CBSN , CBS News ’ 24/7 digital streaming news service , set new all-time viewership records on Tuesday , Feb. 25 .
CBSN drew a record 21.8 million streams and 15.1 million unique viewers for the day .
On OTT platforms , the average watch time was 90 minutes per viewer for the day .
The number of viewers for a debate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new record .
The ratings prove that the American people are getting extremely interested in the competitive and candidate filled Democratic primary .
Trump should be terrified because as the networks are tuning out his publicity stunts , viewers are paying attention to the men and women who could potentially replace him .
Donald Trump dominated the media cycle in 2016 , but four years later , it is a Democratic primary and potentially contested convention that is generating the election headlines .
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More than 21 million Americans watched the Democratic primary debate in South Carolina including a record viewership number on CBSN.
Via a press release from CBS:
CBS News delivered the largest single-network broadcast of a Democratic presidential debate this cycle, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Tuesday, Feb. 25.
The CBS News Democratic debate was watched by 15.34 million viewers across CBS, BET and BET Her from 8:00 PM to 10:08 PM. It was CBS’ strongest Tuesday night of the season.
A record 14.78 million viewers with 3.85 million adults in the 25-54 demographic watched the debate on the CBS Television Network. BET and BET Her, subsidiaries of ViacomCBS, delivered an additional 556,000 viewers with 210,000 in the advertiser-desired adults 25-54 demographic.
CBSN, CBS News’ 24/7 digital streaming news service, set new all-time viewership records on Tuesday, Feb. 25. CBSN drew a record 21.8 million streams and 15.1 million unique viewers for the day. On OTT platforms, the average watch time was 90 minutes per viewer for the day.
The number of viewers for a debate on a single network stream is a new record. The ratings prove that the American people are getting extremely interested in the competitive and candidate filled Democratic primary.
Trump should be terrified because as the networks are tuning out his publicity stunts, viewers are paying attention to the men and women who could potentially replace him.
Donald Trump dominated the media cycle in 2016, but four years later, it is a Democratic primary and potentially contested convention that is generating the election headlines.
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politicususa--2020-02-26--Obama Asks TV Stations To Drop Anti-Biden Ads Using His Voice

Former President Obama has asked South Carolina TV stations to stop running anti-Biden ads from a pro-Trump super PAC that use his voice .
The ads , which aim to depress African-American votes in Saturday ’ s South Carolina Democratic primary , are funded by the pro-Donald Trump super PAC Committee to Defend the President .
They began airing Tuesday in the state , where Biden is relying on a strong showing to revive his struggling campaign .
In the ads , a clip from Obama ’ s reading of his 1995 memoir “ Dreams from My Father ” is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s record on race .
“ This despicable ad is straight out of the Republican disinformation playbook , and it ’ s clearly designed to suppress turnout among minority voters in South Carolina by taking President Obama ’ s voice out of context and twisting his words to mislead viewers , ” Obama spokeswoman Katie Hill said in a statement .
“ In the interest of truth in advertising , we are calling on TV stations to take this ad down and stop playing into the hands of bad actors who seek @ @ @ @ @ @ @ electorate.
” A pro-Trump super PAC is trying to help Bernie Sanders in South Carolina by using Obama ’ s voice in anti-Biden ads in an effort to keep African-Americans from showing up at the polls to vote for Biden .
Bernie Sanders has the Russians helping him , Trump helping him , and his own formidable campaign .
It is good to see Obama step up and not allow his voice to be used to divide the Democratic electorate .
Barack Obama hasn ’ t , and will not , endorse anyone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not going to allow Trump and his supporters to use his words to mislead voters in South Carolina .
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Former President Obama has asked South Carolina TV stations to stop running anti-Biden ads from a pro-Trump super PAC that use his voice.
According to Bloomberg:
The ads, which aim to depress African-American votes in Saturday’s South Carolina Democratic primary, are funded by the pro-Donald Trump super PAC Committee to Defend the President. They began airing Tuesday in the state, where Biden is relying on a strong showing to revive his struggling campaign. In the ads, a clip from Obama’s reading of his 1995 memoir “Dreams from My Father” is paired with unfavorable media quotes about Biden’s record on race.
“This despicable ad is straight out of the Republican disinformation playbook, and it’s clearly designed to suppress turnout among minority voters in South Carolina by taking President Obama’s voice out of context and twisting his words to mislead viewers,” Obama spokeswoman Katie Hill said in a statement. “In the interest of truth in advertising, we are calling on TV stations to take this ad down and stop playing into the hands of bad actors who seek to sow division and confusion among the electorate.”
A pro-Trump super PAC is trying to help Bernie Sanders in South Carolina by using Obama’s voice in anti-Biden ads in an effort to keep African-Americans from showing up at the polls to vote for Biden.
Bernie Sanders has the Russians helping him, Trump helping him, and his own formidable campaign. It is good to see Obama step up and not allow his voice to be used to divide the Democratic electorate.
Barack Obama hasn’t, and will not, endorse anyone in the Democratic primary. He also not going to allow Trump and his supporters to use his words to mislead voters in South Carolina.
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politicususa--2020-02-26--Republican Congressman Says Anti-Lynching Law Is Government Overreach

Rep. Ted Yoho ( R-FL ) voted against the House-passed federal anti-lynching law because in his view it violated states ’ rights .
The House passed the Emmet Till Anti-Lynching Act by a vote of 410-4 , which means that even the vast majority of Trump House Republicans can see that lynching is a hate crime .
Rep. Yoho is arguing that states should have the right to determine for themselves whether lynching an African-American person should be classified as a hate crime .
For a sane perspective , Sen. Cory Booker ( D-NJ ) said in a statement provided @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one step closer to finally reconciling a dark chapter in our nation ’ s history .
Lynchings were used to terrorize , marginalize , and oppress black communities – to kill human beings in order to sow fear and keep black communities in a perpetual state of racial subjugation .
If we do not reckon with this dark past , we can not move forward .
But today we are moving forward .
Thanks to the leadership of Rep .
Rush , the House has sent a clear , indisputable message that lynching @ @ @ @ @ @ @ brought us closer to reckoning with our nation ’ s history of racialized violence .
Now the Senate must again pass this bill to ensure that it finally becomes law.
” The sad part of this conversation isn ’ t the existence of Republicans like Yoho who made an argument against the bill that was straight out of Jim Crow .
The saddest part is that Mitch McConnell has to be lobbied to pass an anti-lynching bill .
No one is sure if McConnell will allow a vote on the bill .
Sen. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lynching is terrorism , “ Lynchings were racially motivated acts of violence and terror that represent a dark and despicable chapter of our nation ’ s history .
They were acts against people who should have received justice but did not .
With this bill , we are able to change that by explicitly criminalizing lynching under federal law.
” Lynching is domestic terrorism , and no one is one hundred percent sure if Mitch McConnell will oppose the terrorists .
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Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) voted against the House-passed federal anti-lynching law because in his view it violated states’ rights.
CNN Manu Raju tweeted:
Yoho just told me he voted against it because the bill is an “overreach of the federal government” and tramples on states rights https://t.co/PfBnG1Ptco — Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 26, 2020
The House passed the Emmet Till Anti-Lynching Act by a vote of 410-4, which means that even the vast majority of Trump House Republicans can see that lynching is a hate crime.
Rep. Yoho is arguing that states should have the right to determine for themselves whether lynching an African-American person should be classified as a hate crime.
For a sane perspective, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said in a statement provided to PoliticusUSA, “Today brings us one step closer to finally reconciling a dark chapter in our nation’s history. Lynchings were used to terrorize, marginalize, and oppress black communities – to kill human beings in order to sow fear and keep black communities in a perpetual state of racial subjugation. If we do not reckon with this dark past, we cannot move forward. But today we are moving forward. Thanks to the leadership of Rep. Rush, the House has sent a clear, indisputable message that lynching will not be tolerated. It has brought us closer to reckoning with our nation’s history of racialized violence. Now the Senate must again pass this bill to ensure that it finally becomes law.”
The sad part of this conversation isn’t the existence of Republicans like Yoho who made an argument against the bill that was straight out of Jim Crow. The saddest part is that Mitch McConnell has to be lobbied to pass an anti-lynching bill.
No one is sure if McConnell will allow a vote on the bill.
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) added that lynching is terrorism, “Lynchings were racially motivated acts of violence and terror that represent a dark and despicable chapter of our nation’s history. They were acts against people who should have received justice but did not. With this bill, we are able to change that by explicitly criminalizing lynching under federal law.”
Lynching is domestic terrorism, and no one is one hundred percent sure if Mitch McConnell will oppose the terrorists.
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politicususa--2020-02-26--Republicans Are Interfering In SC Primary To Help Bernie Sanders

Activists for Trump are urging Republican voters to cross over and vote for Bernie Sanders in a show of support @ @ @ @ @ activists said , “ We ’ ve waited since 2016 to vote again for Donald @ @ @ @ @ primary , voters will have to wait until November to vote for our president , @ @ @ @ @ a way that South Carolina Republicans can support President Trump….We ’ re asking South Carolina @ @ @ @ @ for President Trump by crossing over the Democratic primary and voting for Sen. Bernie Sanders.
@ @ @ @ @ activists : It couldn ’ t be any more explicit .
A Republican vote for @ @ @ @ @ for Donald Trump .
The Russians , Trump , and the Republican Party are all @ @ @ @ @ the Democratic nomination .
Trump and the Republican Party aren ’ t afraid of Bernie @ @ @ @ @ to get him the nomination because they can ’ t wait to destroy him .
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Activists for Trump are urging Republican voters to cross over and vote for Bernie Sanders in a show of support for the president.
The activists said, “We’ve waited since 2016 to vote again for Donald Trump. With no Republican primary, voters will have to wait until November to vote for our president, but there’s still a way that South Carolina Republicans can support President Trump….We’re asking South Carolina Republicans to show their support for President Trump by crossing over the Democratic primary and voting for Sen. Bernie Sanders.”
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A Trump-Sanders smoking gun.
South Carolina Trump activists in a much-promoted Facebook video: "We're asking South Carolina Republicans to show their support for President Trump by crossing over and voting in the Democratic primary for Senator Bernie Sanders." pic.twitter.com/FNqEUNXDWq — Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) February 26, 2020
It couldn’t be any more explicit. A Republican vote for Bernie Sanders is a vote for Donald Trump. The Russians, Trump, and the Republican Party are all trying to get Bernie Sanders the Democratic nomination.
Trump and the Republican Party aren’t afraid of Bernie Sanders. They are trying to get him the nomination because they can’t wait to destroy him.
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politicususa--2020-02-26--Trump Embarrasses Himself By Suing The New York Times For Libel

The Trump campaign announced that they are suing The New York Times for libel over an opinion piece that discussed a Trump deal with Russia for election help .
The Trump campaign issued a statement on the lawsuit : Jenna Ellis , Senior Legal Adviser to the Trump campaign said , “ Today the President ’ s re-election campaign filed suit against the New York Times for falsely stating the campaign had an ‘ overarching deal ’ with ‘ Vladimir Putin ’ s oligarchy ’ to ‘ help the campaign against Hillary Clinton ’ in exchange for ‘ a new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from … economic sanctions.
’ ” Ellis continued , “ The statements were and are 100 percent false and defamatory , ” Ellis said .
“ The complaint alleges The Times was aware of the falsity at the time it published them , but did so for the intentional purpose of hurting the campaign , while misleading its own readers in the process.
” The lawsuit in a series of cheap Trump stunts to attack the media and the credibility of the Russia scandal .
In order for Trump to win the lawsuit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Times knew the statements were false at the time of publication .
Being that the piece in question was a clearly labeled opinion piece and not presented as a news story , the odds of Trump winning anything are close to zero .
Trump ’ s lawsuit is an embarrassment .
It is beneath the presidency and the behavior of a toddler who is throwing a tantrum over an opinion that he doesn ’ t like .
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The Trump campaign announced that they are suing The New York Times for libel over an opinion piece that discussed a Trump deal with Russia for election help.
The Trump campaign issued a statement on the lawsuit:
Today, Team Trump filed a libel lawsuit against the New York Times over a story falsely reporting as fact a conspiracy with Russia. Statement from @JennaEllisEsq, Senior Legal Adviser to Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. below. pic.twitter.com/qqjgSjtsGt — Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) February 26, 2020
Jenna Ellis, Senior Legal Adviser to the Trump campaign said, “Today the President’s re-election campaign filed suit against the New York Times for falsely stating the campaign had an ‘overarching deal’ with ‘Vladimir Putin’s oligarchy’ to ‘help the campaign against Hillary Clinton’ in exchange for ‘a new pro-Russian foreign policy, starting with relief from … economic sanctions.’ ”
Ellis continued, “The statements were and are 100 percent false and defamatory,” Ellis said. “The complaint alleges The Times was aware of the falsity at the time it published them, but did so for the intentional purpose of hurting the campaign, while misleading its own readers in the process.”
The lawsuit in a series of cheap Trump stunts to attack the media and the credibility of the Russia scandal. In order for Trump to win the lawsuit, he will have to prove that The Times knew the statements were false at the time of publication. Being that the piece in question was a clearly labeled opinion piece and not presented as a news story, the odds of Trump winning anything are close to zero.
Trump’s lawsuit is an embarrassment. It is beneath the presidency and the behavior of a toddler who is throwing a tantrum over an opinion that he doesn’t like.
Just when one thinks that Trump can’t go any lower, he finds a new level of self-humiliation.
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politicususa--2020-02-26--Jim Clyburn Delivers A Double Gut Punch To Bernie Sanders In SC

Rep. Jim Clyburn ( D-SC ) delivered a double whammy to Bernie Sanders by deciding to publicly endorse and endorsing Joe Biden .
Clyburn said during his endorsement : I know his heart .
I know who he is .
I know what he is .
I know where this country is .
We are at an inflection point .
On that day I met Emily , I went to jail around 10:00 in the morning and I was discharged from jail , bailed out , around 5:30 in the evening .
When I sat in jail that day , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doing the right thing .
But I was never fearful .
Of the future .
As I stand before you today , I am fearful for the future of this country .
I ’ m fearful for my daughters and their futures and their children , and their children ’ s this country is at an inflection it ’ s time for us to restore this country ’ s dignity .
This country ’ s respect .
That is what is at stake this year , and I can think of no one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can think of no one with the integrity , no one more committed to the fundamental principles to make this country what it is than my good friend , my late wife ’ s great friend , Joe Biden .
The best thing that could have happened for Bernie Sanders would have been Rep. Clyburn sitting out the primary and not endorsing anyone .
The Sanders campaign may look back and regret the decision to go all-in on trying to end Biden ’ s campaign in South Carolina .
It looks like Joe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and if he does so by double digits , it will put an end to the way too early narrative that a Sanders nomination is inevitable .
By going head to head with Biden , the Sanders campaign gave the former vice president a chance for a meaningful head to head win .
Instead of ending Joe Biden ’ s campaign , Sanders may be giving it the opportunity for the victory that it needed most .

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Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) delivered a double whammy to Bernie Sanders by deciding to publicly endorse and endorsing Joe Biden.
Clyburn said during his endorsement:
I know his heart. I know who he is. I know what he is. I know where this country is. We are at an inflection point. On that day I met Emily, I went to jail around 10:00 in the morning and I was discharged from jail, bailed out, around 5:30 in the evening.
When I sat in jail that day, I wondered whether or not we were doing the right thing. But I was never fearful. Of the future. As I stand before you today, I am fearful for the future of this country.
I’m fearful for my daughters and their futures and their children, and their children’s this country is at an inflection it’s time for us to restore this country’s dignity. This country’s respect. That is what is at stake this year, and I can think of no one better suited, better prepared, I can think of no one with the integrity, no one more committed to the fundamental principles to make this country what it is than my good friend, my late wife’s great friend, Joe Biden.
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Jim Clyburn's decision to publicly endorse and his powerful endorsement of Biden was a double gut punch to Sanders's hopes of ending the Biden campaign in South Carolina. pic.twitter.com/rZ3YlkEbb8 — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 26, 2020
The best thing that could have happened for Bernie Sanders would have been Rep. Clyburn sitting out the primary and not endorsing anyone.
The Sanders campaign may look back and regret the decision to go all-in on trying to end Biden’s campaign in South Carolina.
It looks like Joe Biden is going to win South Carolina and if he does so by double digits, it will put an end to the way too early narrative that a Sanders nomination is inevitable.
By going head to head with Biden, the Sanders campaign gave the former vice president a chance for a meaningful head to head win.
Instead of ending Joe Biden’s campaign, Sanders may be giving it the opportunity for the victory that it needed most.


politicususa--2020-02-26--Here Are Winners And Losers Of The South Carolina Debate

Democrats held a big debate in South Carolina , and here are the candidates who rose to the challenge and those who might have had their last night on stage .
1 ) .
Pete Buttigieg – Mayor Pete was on fire during the South Carolina debate .
Buttigieg was on a mission to take on Bernie Sanders .
Buttigieg had the moment of the debate when he said that Bernie Sanders math equals four more years of Trump and a Republican House and Senate .
Buttigieg also asked Sanders how he can deliver a revolution when he won ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
Buttigieg ’ s message keeps getting clearer and his voice stronger as his campaign goes on .
2 ) .
Joe Biden – Biden had his second strong debate in a row .
The former vice president came out strong and stayed strong .
One of the things to look for was the reaction of the audience in the debate hall .
It was clear that the room belonged to Biden .
He had more support there .
Whether or not that translates to votes on Saturday has yet to be seen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is in the driver ’ s seat in the South Carolina primary .
1 ) .
Bernie Sanders – Democrats came after Sanders during the debate , and he didn ’ t hold up well .
Sen. Sanders tends to over-rely on his stump speech for debate answers , which means that most of his debate performances tend to look and sound alike .
Sanders isn ’ t a good debater .
Like Trump , he isn ’ t interested in details and doesn ’ t seem to have the ability to deep @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t a great night for Sanders , but he is really about Super Tuesday and not South Carolina .
2 ) .
Amy Klobuchar – This looks like the end of the line for the Klobuchar campaign .
Sen. Klobuchar didn ’ t get much airtime , and when she did , she didn ’ t do much with it .
She seems poised for a last-place finish in South Carolina , and it would be shocking if she were still around after Super Tuesday .
3 ) .
Mike Bloomberg – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to just another guy on the stage .
Bloomberg ’ s ads may have bought him enough support to get some delegates on Super Tuesday , but Bloomberg is probably behind Biden and Buttigieg in the moderate lane of the party .
4 ) .
Elizabeth Warren – Elizabeth Warren is stuck in a weird limbo in the primary .
She is trying to differentiate herself from Sanders as a progressive who gets things done , but she also wants to appeal to Democrats .
The South Carolina debate was a microcosm of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t get progressive support away from Sanders , and she too far left for the moderate lane .
5 ) .
Tom Steyer- Steyer bet his campaign on South Carolina , but his debate performance didn ’ t provide enough of a lift to get him into the top two .
Steyer was fairly forgettable , and he is another candidate whose campaign likely ends after South Carolina .
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Democrats held a big debate in South Carolina, and here are the candidates who rose to the challenge and those who might have had their last night on stage.
Winners:
1). Pete Buttigieg – Mayor Pete was on fire during the South Carolina debate. Buttigieg was on a mission to take on Bernie Sanders. Buttigieg had the moment of the debate when he said that Bernie Sanders math equals four more years of Trump and a Republican House and Senate. Buttigieg also asked Sanders how he can deliver a revolution when he won’t even support changing the Senate filibuster? Buttigieg’s message keeps getting clearer and his voice stronger as his campaign goes on.
2). Joe Biden – Biden had his second strong debate in a row. The former vice president came out strong and stayed strong. One of the things to look for was the reaction of the audience in the debate hall. It was clear that the room belonged to Biden. He had more support there. Whether or not that translates to votes on Saturday has yet to be seen, but it looks like Joe Biden is in the driver’s seat in the South Carolina primary.
Losers:
1). Bernie Sanders – Democrats came after Sanders during the debate, and he didn’t hold up well. Sen. Sanders tends to over-rely on his stump speech for debate answers, which means that most of his debate performances tend to look and sound alike. Sanders isn’t a good debater. Like Trump, he isn’t interested in details and doesn’t seem to have the ability to deep dive on the issues. It wasn’t a great night for Sanders, but he is really about Super Tuesday and not South Carolina.
2). Amy Klobuchar – This looks like the end of the line for the Klobuchar campaign. Sen. Klobuchar didn’t get much airtime, and when she did, she didn’t do much with it. She seems poised for a last-place finish in South Carolina, and it would be shocking if she were still around after Super Tuesday.
3). Mike Bloomberg – Bloomberg has gone from captivating advertising campaign to just another guy on the stage. Bloomberg’s ads may have bought him enough support to get some delegates on Super Tuesday, but Bloomberg is probably behind Biden and Buttigieg in the moderate lane of the party.
4). Elizabeth Warren – Elizabeth Warren is stuck in a weird limbo in the primary. She is trying to differentiate herself from Sanders as a progressive who gets things done, but she also wants to appeal to Democrats. The South Carolina debate was a microcosm of Warren’s problem. She can’t get progressive support away from Sanders, and she too far left for the moderate lane.
5). Tom Steyer- Steyer bet his campaign on South Carolina, but his debate performance didn’t provide enough of a lift to get him into the top two. Steyer was fairly forgettable, and he is another candidate whose campaign likely ends after South Carolina.
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politicususa--2020-02-26--Trump Is Livid Over Coronavirus Stock Market Drop

Donald Trump is livid over the stock market plunge due to the Coronavirus , and he wants more lies to keep the stock market growing .
And the White House ’ s efforts to contain and control government messaging on the disease have come under attack .
Trump is highly concerned about the market and has encouraged aides not to give predictions that might cause further tremors .
He is expected to talk to officials on Wednesday , said aides , who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations .
At least publicly , Trump has devoted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ slamming Democrats or complaining about the criminal justice system .
But he has not publicly engaged much about the Coronavirus , other than to downplay what he believes the impact will be on the United States .
Privately , Trump has become furious about the stock market ’ s slide , according to two people familiar with the president ’ s thinking , who spoke on the condition of anonymity to share internal details .
Trump ’ s entire reelection campaign is based on the economy and touting the stock market .
If @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , it hurts Trump ’ s reelection message .
Trump thinks that he can lie away a potential pandemic and keep the stock bubble high for the duration of his reelection .
The president is also suffering from the delusion that he can control the markets with happy talk .
It isn ’ t working , as the Coronavirus can ’ t be tweeted away .
A bungled response from Trump could cost him the presidency .
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Donald Trump is livid over the stock market plunge due to the Coronavirus, and he wants more lies to keep the stock market growing.
The Washington Post reported:
And the White House’s efforts to contain and control government messaging on the disease have come under attack. Trump is highly concerned about the market and has encouraged aides not to give predictions that might cause further tremors. He is expected to talk to officials on Wednesday, said aides, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations.
At least publicly, Trump has devoted the majority of his public statements to slamming Democrats or complaining about the criminal justice system. But he has not publicly engaged much about the Coronavirus, other than to downplay what he believes the impact will be on the United States. Privately, Trump has become furious about the stock market’s slide, according to two people familiar with the president’s thinking, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to share internal details.
Trump’s entire reelection campaign is based on the economy and touting the stock market. If the market goes into a prolonged plunge, it hurts Trump’s reelection message.
Trump thinks that he can lie away a potential pandemic and keep the stock bubble high for the duration of his reelection. The president is also suffering from the delusion that he can control the markets with happy talk.
It isn’t working, as the Coronavirus can’t be tweeted away. A bungled response from Trump could cost him the presidency.
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politicususa--2020-02-26--Trump Is Tweeting About Fox News Ratings As Global Health Crisis Rages

As fears grow about a looming coronavirus pandemic , Donald Trump took to Twitter on Tuesday to demonstrate that he is super concerned – about the ratings of his favorite cable news network .
Trump shared a tweet that boasted about Fox News ’ ratings , claiming that the network ’ s numbers are up “ because they cover your favorite President relatively well.
” Shortly after , the president retweeted another ratings-related post that boasted about Fox ’ s ratings last month .
It ’ s the latest sign that Trump sees himself not as a president of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pundit with an oval-shaped office .
Meanwhile , the world is grappling with a health crisis As Donald Trump spent his Tuesday bragging about Fox News ratings and whining – still – about the Roger Stone case , the world is grappling with a health crisis .
The CDC warned earlier in the day that the American people should prepare for the likelihood that the coronavirus will impact their communities and daily lives .
Officials believe a global pandemic is likely .
In response to the unfolding crisis , stocks have been in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , something Trump didn ’ t seem to notice as he tweeted that the coronavirus “ is very much under control ” and “ the markets are starting to look very good to me !
” If all of that wasn ’ t bad enough , the fact remains that the part of the federal government that ’ s in charge of responding to such global health crises has been vacant since 2018 , when this president emptied it .
Donald Trump has always been unfit to hold the presidency , but that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a global health crisis .

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As fears grow about a looming coronavirus pandemic, Donald Trump took to Twitter on Tuesday to demonstrate that he is super concerned – about the ratings of his favorite cable news network.
Trump shared a tweet that boasted about Fox News’ ratings, claiming that the network’s numbers are up “because they cover your favorite President relatively well.”
That is because they cover your favorite President relatively well. @CNN & MSDNC are dying in the ratings! https://t.co/dhlZlbyg2N — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 25, 2020
Shortly after, the president retweeted another ratings-related post that boasted about Fox’s ratings last month.
Fox News Dominates Basic Cable for 44 Consecutive Months, Crushes Cable News 218 Straight Months
FNC Finishes Month as Only Cable News Network to Notch Double-Digit Gains in all Programs versus 2019
13 FNC Programs Notch Highest-Rated Month in Network History pic.twitter.com/DZuRINeoH9 — johnny dollar (@johnnydollar01) February 25, 2020
It’s the latest sign that Trump sees himself not as a president of the United States but as a glorified TV pundit with an oval-shaped office.
Meanwhile, the world is grappling with a health crisis
As Donald Trump spent his Tuesday bragging about Fox News ratings and whining – still – about the Roger Stone case, the world is grappling with a health crisis.
The CDC warned earlier in the day that the American people should prepare for the likelihood that the coronavirus will impact their communities and daily lives. Officials believe a global pandemic is likely.
In response to the unfolding crisis, stocks have been in a free-fall over the past two days, something Trump didn’t seem to notice as he tweeted that the coronavirus “is very much under control” and “the markets are starting to look very good to me!”
If all of that wasn’t bad enough, the fact remains that the part of the federal government that’s in charge of responding to such global health crises has been vacant since 2018, when this president emptied it.
Donald Trump has always been unfit to hold the presidency, but that’s particularly true in the midst of a global health crisis.
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politicususa--2020-02-29--Trump Calls Coronavirus Reporting A Hoax And Blames CNN

Trump was asked by reporters if he thought coronavirus media reporting was a hoax .
He said that he thought it was and blamed CNN .
I think that media is , yes .
I think that CNN is a very disreputable network .
I think they ’ re doing everything they can to instill fear in people and I think it ’ s ridiculous and I think they ’ re very disreputable .
And some of the Democrats are doing it the way it should be but some of them are trying to gain political favor by saying a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , I made one decision that was a very important decision , and that was to close our country to a certain area of the world that was relatively heavily infected , and because of that we ’ re talking about 15 who seem to be all getting better , one is questionable .
Had that decision not be made it could be a much different story .
So some people are giving us credit… for that and some people aren ’ t .
But the only ones that aren ’ t they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s political .
It ’ s politics.
” Unlike the Trump administration , the media is reporting the facts about the coronavirus .
There is no national panic .
People aren ’ t rushing to the supermarket and cleaning out store shelves .
The person who is in a panic is Donald Trump because he can ’ t stop the stock market slide .
Trump is now resorting to one of his favorite tactics of attacking the media for reporting facts that he doesn ’ t like .
CNN ’ s reporting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ different from any other outlet .
The press is reporting on a serious situation , and the ongoing failure of this administration to mount a competent response .
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Trump was asked by reporters if he thought coronavirus media reporting was a hoax. He said that he thought it was and blamed CNN.
Trump said:
I think that media is, yes. I think that CNN is a very disreputable network. I think they’re doing everything they can to instill fear in people and I think it’s ridiculous and I think they’re very disreputable. And some of the Democrats are doing it the way it should be but some of them are trying to gain political favor by saying a lot about this.
The fact is, I made one decision that was a very important decision, and that was to close our country to a certain area of the world that was relatively heavily infected, and because of that we’re talking about 15 who seem to be all getting better, one is questionable. Had that decision not be made it could be a much different story. So some people are giving us credit… for that and some people aren’t. But the only ones that aren’t they don’t mean it, it’s political. It’s politics.”
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Trump stands by his completely false assertion that global concerns about the coronavirus, including those that have caused markets to crash, are a "hoax" and singles out CNN, falsely saying the outlet "is doing everything they can to instill fear in people." pic.twitter.com/L9YR8ImYMy — Oliver Willis (@owillis) February 28, 2020
Unlike the Trump administration, the media is reporting the facts about the coronavirus. There is no national panic. People aren’t rushing to the supermarket and cleaning out store shelves.
The person who is in a panic is Donald Trump because he can’t stop the stock market slide. Trump is now resorting to one of his favorite tactics of attacking the media for reporting facts that he doesn’t like.
CNN’s reporting on the coronavirus has not been any different from any other outlet. The press is reporting on a serious situation, and the ongoing failure of this administration to mount a competent response.
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politicususa--2020-02-28--Trump Wants To Use A Tax Cut To Fight Coronavirus

The Trump White House is looking at trying to stop the economic impact of the coronavirus with a tax cut , likely for the wealthy .
Among the options being considered are pursuing a targeted tax cut package , these people said .
They have also discussed whether the White House should lean even harder on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates , though the central bank on Friday afternoon said it would step in if necessary .
These ideas would not be designed to stop the spread of the coronavirus , but they would seek to arrest the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And some of the ideas would need cooperation from Congress or the Fed , as the White House has limited powers to unilaterally rewrite tax policy or direct the central bank to act .
Instead of holding meetings on how to prevent a massive outbreak of the virus , Trump is worried about steps that he can take to bring the stock market back up .
The President doesn ’ t care how many Americans potentially get sick or die .
He is only interested in the stock market and how a decline @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tax cut isn ’ t going to blunt the potential economic damage that could come from a coronavirus outbreak .
Trump has yet to offer a serious middle-class tax cut proposal , so the president is obviously considering using a public health crisis to cut more taxes for the wealthy .
A tax cut isn ’ t going to stop the stock market slide or save the American people from a public health crisis .
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The Trump White House is looking at trying to stop the economic impact of the coronavirus with a tax cut, likely for the wealthy.
The Washington Post reported:
Among the options being considered are pursuing a targeted tax cut package, these people said. They have also discussed whether the White House should lean even harder on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates, though the central bank on Friday afternoon said it would step in if necessary.
….
These ideas would not be designed to stop the spread of the coronavirus, but they would seek to arrest the economic fears spreading through the economy. And some of the ideas would need cooperation from Congress or the Fed, as the White House has limited powers to unilaterally rewrite tax policy or direct the central bank to act.
Instead of holding meetings on how to prevent a massive outbreak of the virus, Trump is worried about steps that he can take to bring the stock market back up. The President doesn’t care how many Americans potentially get sick or die. He is only interested in the stock market and how a decline might impact his reelection campaign.
A tax cut isn’t going to blunt the potential economic damage that could come from a coronavirus outbreak. Trump has yet to offer a serious middle-class tax cut proposal, so the president is obviously considering using a public health crisis to cut more taxes for the wealthy.
A tax cut isn’t going to stop the stock market slide or save the American people from a public health crisis.
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politicususa--2020-02-28--Federal Reserve Defies Trump And Says Coronavirus Poses Economic Risk

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that while economic fundamentals are still strong , the coronavirus poses an evolving economic risk .
Powell said in a statement , “ The fundamentals of the U.S. economy remain strong .
However , the coronavirus poses evolving risks to economic activity .
The Federal Reserve is closely monitoring developments and their implications for the economic outlook .
We will use our tools and act as appropriate to support the economy.
” The Fed chairman ’ s statement is the opposite of what the Trump White House has been pushing .
White House chief @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to a hoax and said that the media is using it to bring down Trump .
Powell ’ s statement reflected a realistic approach that has been invisible in the Trump response .
The US is not currently in the middle of an outbreak or pandemic so the fundamentals of the economy are still strong , but that does not mean that the coronavirus can ’ t or won ’ t have an impact on the economy as it spreads .
The Fed statement didn ’ t follow the White House line .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ control , as Trump claims , and the only panic is coming from the administration because they can ’ t stop the stock market slide .
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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that while economic fundamentals are still strong, the coronavirus poses an evolving economic risk.
Powell said in a statement, “The fundamentals of the U.S. economy remain strong. However, the coronavirus poses evolving risks to economic activity. The Federal Reserve is closely monitoring developments and their implications for the economic outlook. We will use our tools and act as appropriate to support the economy.”
The Fed chairman’s statement is the opposite of what the Trump White House has been pushing. White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney compared the coronavirus to a hoax and said that the media is using it to bring down Trump.
Powell’s statement reflected a realistic approach that has been invisible in the Trump response. The US is not currently in the middle of an outbreak or pandemic so the fundamentals of the economy are still strong, but that does not mean that the coronavirus can’t or won’t have an impact on the economy as it spreads.
The Fed statement didn’t follow the White House line. Everything is not fine, and under control, as Trump claims, and the only panic is coming from the administration because they can’t stop the stock market slide.
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politicususa--2020-02-28--Mick Mulvaney Calls The Coronavirus A Hoax To Bring Down Trump

Trump ’ s chief of staff , Mick Mulvaney , compared the coronavirus to a hoax and claimed that the media was using panic to bring down Trump .
Mulvaney said at CPAC , “ The press was covering their hoax of the day because they thought it would bring down the president .
The reason you ’ re seeing so much attention to it today is that they think this is going to bring down the president .
That ’ s what this is all about.
” The coronavirus has killed thousands of people around the world .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plot to bring down Donald Trump .
Mulvaney ’ s comments were unfathomably reckless and irresponsible .
There are thousands of people under quarantine in the United States due to concerns about the spread of a potential pandemic , but Mick Mulvaney is intentionally misleading people about a possible public health crisis because he is trying to protect Donald Trump politically .
Trump ’ s chief of staff also told people to turn off their TVs for 24 hours , because the coverage is media panic .
Turning off the TV isn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crisis go away .
It also isn ’ t going to prevent what could be another 1,000 point loss on the Dow .
The White House is treating a potential pandemic like a political problem , and the results could be disastrous if the US experiences a coronavirus outbreak .
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Trump’s chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, compared the coronavirus to a hoax and claimed that the media was using panic to bring down Trump.
Mulvaney said at CPAC, “The press was covering their hoax of the day because they thought it would bring down the president. The reason you’re seeing so much attention to it today is that they think this is going to bring down the president. That’s what this is all about.”
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At CPAC, Mulvaney dismisses coronavirus concern as media panic https://t.co/z9nd8Q5YMc pic.twitter.com/kFDBDfkMMc — POLITICO (@politico) February 28, 2020
The coronavirus has killed thousands of people around the world. It is is not a hoax or a plot to bring down Donald Trump.
Mulvaney’s comments were unfathomably reckless and irresponsible. There are thousands of people under quarantine in the United States due to concerns about the spread of a potential pandemic, but Mick Mulvaney is intentionally misleading people about a possible public health crisis because he is trying to protect Donald Trump politically.
Trump’s chief of staff also told people to turn off their TVs for 24 hours, because the coverage is media panic. Turning off the TV isn’t going to make a global health crisis go away. It also isn’t going to prevent what could be another 1,000 point loss on the Dow.
The White House is treating a potential pandemic like a political problem, and the results could be disastrous if the US experiences a coronavirus outbreak.
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politicususa--2020-02-28--Trump Now Has The 8 Largest Daily Dow Drops By Points In US History

Donald Trump has staked his entire reelection campaign on taking credit for Wall Street and the economy , but Trump now has the 8 biggest Dow drops in US history .
Trump ’ s numbers by percentage are not the largest .
The three largest by percentage occurred during the financial crisis under George W. Bush , but in terms of points the top 8 biggest daily drops belong to Donald Trump .
The Dow is a reflection of the instability of Trump .
The Dow has seen wild highs land lows that were early in Trump ’ s term @ @ @ @ @ @ @ president .
The coronavirus plummet is different in that it has proven to be an issue that can ’ t be glossed over or explained away with Trump ’ s happy talk .
The bubble is going to eventually burst on the current stock market .
Trump has managed to inflate the stock market with speculation and opinions often on Twitter .
The coronavirus is a governing crisis .
Trump can ’ t say everything is fine , name Mike Pence to run the US coronavirus response , and expect the stock market @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over the market ’ s decline because he thinks that the American people believe that Wall Street is the US economy .
While Trump obsesses over the market , he is ignoring the bigger threat to the US economy that a coronavirus outbreak represents .
Trump ’ s record on the Dow is starting to have more in common with Herbert Hoover than Barack Obama .
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Donald Trump has staked his entire reelection campaign on taking credit for Wall Street and the economy, but Trump now has the 8 biggest Dow drops in US history.
Here is Trump’s record:
Top 8 Largest Dow Jones Drops in American History. 1) Trump: -1,191 2/27/20
2) Trump: -1,175 2/5/18
3) Trump: -1,032 2/8/18
4) Trump: -1,031 2/24/20
5) Trump: -879 2/25/20
6) Trump: -831 10/10/18
7) Trump: -800 8/14/19
8) Trump: -799 12/4/18 WINNING. — YS (@NYinLA2121) February 27, 2020
Trump’s numbers by percentage are not the largest. The three largest by percentage occurred during the financial crisis under George W. Bush, but in terms of points the top 8 biggest daily drops belong to Donald Trump.
The Dow is a reflection of the instability of Trump. The Dow has seen wild highs land lows that were early in Trump’s term largely based on the rhetoric of the president. The coronavirus plummet is different in that it has proven to be an issue that can’t be glossed over or explained away with Trump’s happy talk.
The bubble is going to eventually burst on the current stock market. Trump has managed to inflate the stock market with speculation and opinions often on Twitter. The coronavirus is a governing crisis. Trump can’t say everything is fine, name Mike Pence to run the US coronavirus response, and expect the stock market to go up.
Trump is enraged over the market’s decline because he thinks that the American people believe that Wall Street is the US economy. While Trump obsesses over the market, he is ignoring the bigger threat to the US economy that a coronavirus outbreak represents.
Trump’s record on the Dow is starting to have more in common with Herbert Hoover than Barack Obama.
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