westernjournal--2020-04-24--MSNBC Anchor Suggests Coronavirus Hurting Trump Could Be a Silver Lining of the Pandemic

MSNBC anchor Nicolle Wallace suggested Thursday that the “ silver lining ” of the coronavirus pandemic is that it will also damage President Donald Trump .
The host of MSNBC ’ s “ Deadline : The White House ” seemed to suggest that after the many failed attempts of removing Trump from the White House , his alleged “ sins ” will finally “ catch up with him ” because of his handling of the coronavirus pandemic .
“ There is something both tragic , and pathetic , and ironic about the fact that it took a color-blind , gender-blind @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all of the president ’ s sins from his first three years catch up with him , ” she said on the MSNBC show .
“ You can ’ t stand there and lie .
You can ’ t contradict your scientists because they ’ re the ones that stand at 66 and 68 percent public trust , not you.
” She added that both Trump and Vice President Mike Pence had low public trust ratings .
TRENDING : Days After Trump Cut WHO Funding , Michelle Helped Raise $ 55 Million for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he needs those people whether he likes what they say or not and I wonder what you think about whether or not there ’ s some silver lining there , that some of the things that we ’ ve been talking about for three years may be finally catching up with him ?
” Wallace said .
The MSNBC host had posed the question to Ron Klain , the former Ebola czar under President Barack Obama , who touted Obama ’ s honesty during the Ebola outbreak , according to a Media Research @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I think the reality is that a leader in this situation has to tell the American people the truth , ” Klain said .
“ When President Trump stands up yesterday and says there will not be a second wave , he ’ s denying the inevitable .
If you look at the history of epidemics , there ’ s always a second and third wave .
The idea that there ’ s a smooth curve up and a smooth curve down is wrong.
” Many people were shocked by Wallace ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many people have died from the virus .
“ People are dying and all she can think about it hurting the president , ” Connie H. tweeted .
“ We had a nuclear strike in the US but at least it was bad for Trumps presidency.
” Another Twitter user said that people need to work together during a crisis and “ drop their petty differences.
” As of Friday morning , there were 880,112 cases of coronavirus in the United States and 50,114 fatalities , according to data from Johns Hopkins .
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MSNBC anchor Nicolle Wallace suggested Thursday that the “silver lining” of the coronavirus pandemic is that it will also damage President Donald Trump.
The host of MSNBC’s “Deadline: The White House” seemed to suggest that after the many failed attempts of removing Trump from the White House, his alleged “sins” will finally “catch up with him” because of his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
“There is something both tragic, and pathetic, and ironic about the fact that it took a color-blind, gender-blind, state-line-blind virus to sort of have all of the president’s sins from his first three years catch up with him,” she said on the MSNBC show.
“You can’t stand there and lie. You can’t contradict your scientists because they’re the ones that stand at 66 and 68 percent public trust, not you.”
She added that both Trump and Vice President Mike Pence had low public trust ratings.
“I mean, he needs those people whether he likes what they say or not and I wonder what you think about whether or not there’s some silver lining there, that some of the things that we’ve been talking about for three years may be finally catching up with him?” Wallace said.
The MSNBC host had posed the question to Ron Klain, the former Ebola czar under President Barack Obama, who touted Obama’s honesty during the Ebola outbreak, according to a Media Research Center transcript of the interview.
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“I think the reality is that a leader in this situation has to tell the American people the truth,” Klain said.
“When President Trump stands up yesterday and says there will not be a second wave, he’s denying the inevitable. If you look at the history of epidemics, there’s always a second and third wave. The idea that there’s a smooth curve up and a smooth curve down is wrong.”
Many people were shocked by Wallace’s silver lining narrative, especially considering how many people have died from the virus.
“People are dying and all she can think about it hurting the president,” Connie H. tweeted.
“We had a nuclear strike in the US but at least it was bad for Trumps presidency.”
There is something wrong with this woman. People are dying and all she can think about is it hurting the president. That’s from the party of caring and empathy. Stone cold hearts. We had a nuclear strike in the US but at least it was bad for Trumps presidency. — Connie H. (@connieleah) April 24, 2020
Another Twitter user said that people need to work together during a crisis and “drop their petty differences.”
During a crisis, when people need to drop their petty differences and work together, people like this reveal themselves as nothing more than hateful and divisive creatures. — bät (@AncientVaults) April 24, 2020
As of Friday morning, there were 880,112 cases of coronavirus in the United States and 50,114 fatalities, according to data from Johns Hopkins.
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westernjournal--2020-04-24--Walter Block: Why Is Socialism So Popular?

Why is socialism so popular ?
Why do Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren attract such large crowds , especially of young people , to hear their economic nostrums ?
( We are talking here of coercive socialism , not the voluntary variety of the kibbutz or the commune . )
One answer is that Hollywood is a preserve of the left , as are the universities , the pulpit , the major media .
Elementary school teachers drum these schemes into their charges and this continues unabated into the high schools and beyond .
This goes a long way toward @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how do we account for this state of the world in the first place ?
Milton Friedman once blamed the war in Vietnam for this sad state of affairs .
TRENDING : Days After Trump Cut WHO Funding , Michelle Helped Raise $ 55 Million for Incompetent Globalist Org Young leftists took advantage of the university deferment from the draft ; rightists fought abroad .
The former subsequently took over the campus .
This has undoubted explanatory power , but how did the future academic radicals initially attain their viewpoints ?
This might @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but what of the rest of the culture ?
We have to dig deeper .
One possible explanation stems from biology : We are hardwired to be socialists , except for the few of us who are in effect mutants .
Say what ?
This account is based on the fact that eons ago , when our grandparents were in the caves , we lived in groups of only a few dozen , most of whom were relatives .
If a man came back from the hunt with a deer and didn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out of the tribe and tended to leave fewer progeny than would otherwise have been the case .
Egalitarianism springs from such a source .
In Tribe A , if someone was sick this week , you helped him .
Next week , you were ill , and he reciprocated .
Tribe B had no such practices .
We stem from the former , not the latter .
Hence we for the most part tend in the direction of being amiable with one another .
This is the source of benevolence .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enterprise ?
We also have some of that , but it is far weaker .
Few of our ancestors engaged in what Adam Smith called “ bartering and trucking.
” Markets , where people dealt with others in an arm ’ s length manner , came far later in human history .
Cordiality , then , is far more deeply embedded in most of us than profit-seeking is .
Many of us missed out when they were handing out the “ gene ” for appreciating the “ invisible hand.
” This is why @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in used body parts .
The thought of selling a part of yourself is loathsome .
Our biology calls for us to donate kidneys for free .
That is the decent thing to do .
As a result , at a zero price control , some 80,000 Americans are condemned to kidney dialysis machines , and many of them die before their time .
Were supply allowed to be equated with demand , via a free price system , such tragedies could be avoided .
“ Obscene ” profits are reviled .
Gordon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” but our hardwiring recoils at any such insight .
Ditto for profiteering , price gouging and all the rest .
It is difficult to overcome biological hardwiring .
We still have free will .
Our tendency to distrust the free enterprise system can indeed be overcome .
But trying to convince people of the benefits of laissez-faire capitalism goes against the grain of many , especially the youth .
According to that old adage : “ If a person is not a socialist at 20 years of age , he has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ socialism at 50 , he has no brain.
” Maybe there is still hope for us .
Our present generation of young socialists will one day grow up .
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Why is socialism so popular?
Why do Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren attract such large crowds, especially of young people, to hear their economic nostrums? (We are talking here of coercive socialism, not the voluntary variety of the kibbutz or the commune.)
One answer is that Hollywood is a preserve of the left, as are the universities, the pulpit, the major media. Elementary school teachers drum these schemes into their charges and this continues unabated into the high schools and beyond.
This goes a long way toward explaining the popularity of socialism, but how do we account for this state of the world in the first place?
Milton Friedman once blamed the war in Vietnam for this sad state of affairs.
Young leftists took advantage of the university deferment from the draft; rightists fought abroad. The former subsequently took over the campus. This has undoubted explanatory power, but how did the future academic radicals initially attain their viewpoints?
This might explain the sad state of academia, but what of the rest of the culture?
We have to dig deeper. One possible explanation stems from biology: We are hardwired to be socialists, except for the few of us who are in effect mutants. Say what?
This account is based on the fact that eons ago, when our grandparents were in the caves, we lived in groups of only a few dozen, most of whom were relatives.
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If a man came back from the hunt with a deer and didn’t share it, he was booted out of the tribe and tended to leave fewer progeny than would otherwise have been the case. Egalitarianism springs from such a source.
In Tribe A, if someone was sick this week, you helped him. Next week, you were ill, and he reciprocated. Tribe B had no such practices. We stem from the former, not the latter. Hence we for the most part tend in the direction of being amiable with one another. This is the source of benevolence.
But whence sprang our instinctive predilection toward free enterprise? We also have some of that, but it is far weaker. Few of our ancestors engaged in what Adam Smith called “bartering and trucking.”
Markets, where people dealt with others in an arm’s length manner, came far later in human history. Cordiality, then, is far more deeply embedded in most of us than profit-seeking is. Many of us missed out when they were handing out the “gene” for appreciating the “invisible hand.”
This is why most people recoil in disgust at markets in used body parts. The thought of selling a part of yourself is loathsome. Our biology calls for us to donate kidneys for free. That is the decent thing to do.
As a result, at a zero price control, some 80,000 Americans are condemned to kidney dialysis machines, and many of them die before their time. Were supply allowed to be equated with demand, via a free price system, such tragedies could be avoided.
“Obscene” profits are reviled. Gordon Gekko opined that “greed is good,” but our hardwiring recoils at any such insight. Ditto for profiteering, price gouging and all the rest. It is difficult to overcome biological hardwiring.
We still have free will. Our tendency to distrust the free enterprise system can indeed be overcome. But trying to convince people of the benefits of laissez-faire capitalism goes against the grain of many, especially the youth.
According to that old adage: “If a person is not a socialist at 20 years of age, he has no heart; if he still supports socialism at 50, he has no brain.”
Maybe there is still hope for us. Our present generation of young socialists will one day grow up.
The views expressed in this opinion article are those of their author and are not necessarily either shared or endorsed by the owners of this website. If you are interested in contributing an Op-Ed to The Western Journal, you can learn about our submission guidelines and process here.
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westernjournal--2020-04-24--White House Responds to Media Furor Over Trump Disinfectant Comment: ‘Out of Context’

The White House responded Friday morning to reports that President Donald Trump suggested injecting disinfectants to beat the coronavirus , saying that his comments were taken “ out of context.
” “ President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that Americans should consult with medical doctors regarding coronavirus treatment , a point that he emphasized again during yesterday ’ s briefing , ” White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said in a statement , Fox News reported .
“ Leave it to the media to irresponsibly take President Trump out of context and run with negative headlines.
” McEnany responded after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about disinfectants during the White House coronavirus task force media briefing Thursday evening .
Bill Bryan , head of the Department of Homeland Security ’ s Science and Technology Directorate , had discussed the results of a study on the effects of sunlight , humidity and temperature on the coronavirus .
He also talked about the effect that various disinfectants can have on the virus when it ’ s on surfaces .
TRENDING : Days After Trump Cut WHO Funding , Michelle Helped Raise $ 55 Million for Incompetent Globalist Org “ I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of you are thinking of , if you ’ re totally into that world , which I find to be very interesting , ” Trump said in response .
“ So , supposing we hit the body with a tremendous — whether it ’ s ultraviolet or just very powerful — light and I think you said that hasn ’ t been checked , but you ’ re going to test it .
“ And then I said , supposing you brought the light inside the body , which you can do either @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way , and I think you said you ’ re going to test that , too.
” Trump then made the statement that establishment media outlets pounced on .
“ And then I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in a minute .
One minute .
And is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside or , or almost a cleaning ?
Because you see it gets on the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs , so it will be interesting to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going to have to use medical doctors .
But it sounds , it sounds interesting to me.
” he said .
“ But the whole concept of the light , the way it kills it in one minute , that ’ s , that ’ s pretty powerful.
” His comments prompted a statement from Reckitt Benckiser Group , the makers of Lysol , that said “ under no circumstance should our disinfectant products be administered into the human body.
” Later in the briefing , a reporter asked a question to clarify @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had quickly changed the topic from light to disinfectants .
RELATED : MSNBC Anchor Suggests Coronavirus Hurting Trump Could Be a Silver Lining of the Pandemic “ The president mentioned the idea of cleaners , like bleach and isopropyl alcohol you mentioned .
There ’ s no scenario that that could be injected into a person , is there ?
” the reporter asked .
“ No , I ’ m here to talk about the findings that we had in the study .
We won ’ t do that within that lab @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
As of Friday morning , there were 880,112 cases of COVID-19 in the United States , according to data from Johns Hopkins .
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The White House responded Friday morning to reports that President Donald Trump suggested injecting disinfectants to beat the coronavirus, saying that his comments were taken “out of context.”
“President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that Americans should consult with medical doctors regarding coronavirus treatment, a point that he emphasized again during yesterday’s briefing,” White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said in a statement, Fox News reported.
“Leave it to the media to irresponsibly take President Trump out of context and run with negative headlines.”
McEnany responded after numerous headlines criticized Trump for his comments about disinfectants during the White House coronavirus task force media briefing Thursday evening.
Bill Bryan, head of the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate, had discussed the results of a study on the effects of sunlight, humidity and temperature on the coronavirus. He also talked about the effect that various disinfectants can have on the virus when it’s on surfaces.
“I asked Bill a question that probably some of you are thinking of, if you’re totally into that world, which I find to be very interesting,” Trump said in response.
“So, supposing we hit the body with a tremendous — whether it’s ultraviolet or just very powerful — light and I think you said that hasn’t been checked, but you’re going to test it.
“And then I said, supposing you brought the light inside the body, which you can do either through the skin or in some other way, and I think you said you’re going to test that, too.”
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Trump then made the statement that establishment media outlets pounced on.
“And then I see the disinfectant where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside or, or almost a cleaning? Because you see it gets on the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs, so it will be interesting to check that. So you’re going to have to use medical doctors. But it sounds, it sounds interesting to me.” he said.
“But the whole concept of the light, the way it kills it in one minute, that’s, that’s pretty powerful.”
His comments prompted a statement from Reckitt Benckiser Group, the makers of Lysol, that said “under no circumstance should our disinfectant products be administered into the human body.”
Later in the briefing, a reporter asked a question to clarify the president’s comments because Trump had quickly changed the topic from light to disinfectants.
“The president mentioned the idea of cleaners, like bleach and isopropyl alcohol you mentioned. There’s no scenario that that could be injected into a person, is there?” the reporter asked.
“No, I’m here to talk about the findings that we had in the study. We won’t do that within that lab and our lab,” Bryan responded.
As of Friday morning, there were 880,112 cases of COVID-19 in the United States, according to data from Johns Hopkins.
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westernjournal--2020-04-24--States Are Stockpiling Millions of Doses of Hydroxychloroquine

State and local governments across the United States have obtained 30 million doses of a malaria drug touted by President Trump to treat patients with the new coronavirus .
At least 21 states and Washington , D.C. secured shipments of the drug , hydroxychloroquine , according to information compiled from state and federal officials by The Associated Press .
Fifteen of those states were won by Trump in 2016 , although five of them including North Carolina and Louisiana are now led by Democratic governors .
Supporters say having a supply on hand makes sense in case the drug is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that ’ s devastated the global economy and killed nearly 200,000 people worldwide , and to ensure a steady supply for people who need it for other conditions like lupus .
But health experts worry that having the drug easily available at a time of heightened public fear could make it easier to misuse it .
TRENDING : Days After Trump Cut WHO Funding , Michelle Helped Raise $ 55 Million for Incompetent Globalist Org The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday warned doctors against prescribing the drug , hydroxychloroquine , for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or research settings , because of reports of serious side effects , including dangerous irregular heart rhythms , and death among patients .
It ’ s the latest admonition against the drug that Trump has mentioned in various public appearances .
Utah and Ohio have spent hundreds of thousands to purchase the drugs , and the rest of the cities and states have received free shipments from drug companies and the U.S. government in the last month .
Ohio also received a large donation from a local company .
Several states including New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , North Carolina and Texas received donations of the medication from a private company based in New Jersey called Amneal Pharmaceutical .
Florida was given 1 million doses from Israeli company Teva Pharmaceutical .
And FEMA has sent 19 million doses of hydroxychloroquine to 14 cities including Washington , D.C. , Philadelphia and Baltimore from the federal government ’ s national stockpile , a source that also provided South Dakota and California with supplies .
The U.S. government received a donation of 30 million doses from Swiss drugmaker Novartis on March 29 to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he ( Trump ) hadn ’ t amplified the early and inappropriate enthusiasm for the drug , I doubt if the states would have even been aware of it , ” said Dr. Kenneth B. Klein , a consultant from outside of Seattle who has spent the last three decades working for drug companies to design and evaluate their clinical trials .
Klein said it ’ s understandable that government and health officials looked into hydroxychloroquine — which is approved for treating malaria , rheumatoid arthritis and lupus — as a possible remedy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time and energy has been misspent .
The potential side effects are worrisome , especially because many coronavirus patients already have underlying health conditions , he said .
RELATED : Gov .
Cuomo : WHO Pandemic Warnings Were 'Too Little , Too Late ' and Trump Is Right To Question Them “ The states and the federal government are reacting in light of that fear but it ’ s not a rational response , ” Klein said .
Doctors can already prescribe the malaria drug to patients with COVID-19 , a practice known @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Medical and pharmacy groups have warned against prescribing it for preventative purposes .
The FDA has allowed it into the national stockpile , but only for narrowly defined purposes as studies continue .
Utah Gov .
Gary Herbert , a Republican , acknowledged that the drug is “ not without controversy , ” but said an $ 800,000 purchase from a local company was part of the state ’ s effort to make rational decisions based on “ good science and good data.
” The Utah health department said earlier this week @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more to buy 200,000 additional treatments from the company , but said Thursday after media inquiries about the deal that those plans are on hold as the state researches FDA requirements for compounding and distribution of the drugs .
South Dakota , with a population of 885,000 people , received 1.2 million doses from the federal government and is using the drug for a trial as well as doctor-approved prescriptions for COVID-19 positive patients .
South Dakota Gov .
Kristi Noem , a Republican and Trump ally , said earlier this month she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hydroxychloroquine to give it to every hospitalized person , others who are vulnerable to the coronavirus and front-line health care workers .
As of Tuesday , 200 people in South Dakota were being treated with the drug , according to Sanford Health .
Many states , however , have opted to steer clear over concerns about side effects and lingering questions about the effectiveness .
At least one of those states is led by a Republican governor , Tennessee , where the state ’ s Department of Health sent a letter warning against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ We were seeing a flood of inappropriate prescribing and hoarding , quite frankly , ” Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey told reporters .
Kansas health director Dr. Lee Norman said the state has no intention of buying the drug because there ’ s not enough evidence it helps treat COVID-19 .
Most states aren ’ t paying for the drug , and it ’ s not clear why Utah didn ’ t get it from the federal reserve or a donation from a business like Amneal Pharmaceutical .
News releases from state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sent millions of doses of the drug free of cost to states , including 2 million to New York and 1 million to Texas .
A company spokesperson declined to provide a list of donations or answer other questions from The Associated Press .
Pharmaceutical companies can often manufacture pills they already make fairly cheaply and the donations may have been done to earn good publicity while setting it up to make future sales if hydroxychloroquine ends up being a reliable treatment for the virus , Klein said .
Controversy has swirled around @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the podium in the White House briefing room on March 19 .
He mentioned the drug in briefings through April 14 , and the White House distributed press releases praising Trump ’ s efforts to stockpile it for use in areas of the country hard-hit by the virus .
But for the past week , as studies have shown mixed or even harmful results , Trump has gone silent on the drug .
Asked about it Thursday , Trump said he hadn ’ t heard of a study done at U.S. veterans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ benefit , and rejected the notion he had stopped promoting hydroxychloroquine as a cure .
“ I haven ’ t at all .
I haven ’ t at all , ” Trump said .
“ We ’ ll see what happens.
” The Associated Press contributed to this report .
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State and local governments across the United States have obtained 30 million doses of a malaria drug touted by President Trump to treat patients with the new coronavirus.
At least 21 states and Washington, D.C. secured shipments of the drug, hydroxychloroquine, according to information compiled from state and federal officials by The Associated Press.
Fifteen of those states were won by Trump in 2016, although five of them including North Carolina and Louisiana are now led by Democratic governors.
Supporters say having a supply on hand makes sense in case the drug is shown to be effective against the pandemic that’s devastated the global economy and killed nearly 200,000 people worldwide, and to ensure a steady supply for people who need it for other conditions like lupus.
But health experts worry that having the drug easily available at a time of heightened public fear could make it easier to misuse it.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday warned doctors against prescribing the drug, hydroxychloroquine, for treating the new coronavirus outside of hospitals or research settings, because of reports of serious side effects, including dangerous irregular heart rhythms, and death among patients.
It’s the latest admonition against the drug that Trump has mentioned in various public appearances.
Utah and Ohio have spent hundreds of thousands to purchase the drugs, and the rest of the cities and states have received free shipments from drug companies and the U.S. government in the last month. Ohio also received a large donation from a local company.
Several states including New York, Connecticut, Oregon, Louisiana, North Carolina and Texas received donations of the medication from a private company based in New Jersey called Amneal Pharmaceutical. Florida was given 1 million doses from Israeli company Teva Pharmaceutical.
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And FEMA has sent 19 million doses of hydroxychloroquine to 14 cities including Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Baltimore from the federal government’s national stockpile, a source that also provided South Dakota and California with supplies.
The U.S. government received a donation of 30 million doses from Swiss drugmaker Novartis on March 29 to build up the stockpile.
“If he (Trump) hadn’t amplified the early and inappropriate enthusiasm for the drug, I doubt if the states would have even been aware of it,” said Dr. Kenneth B. Klein, a consultant from outside of Seattle who has spent the last three decades working for drug companies to design and evaluate their clinical trials.
Klein said it’s understandable that government and health officials looked into hydroxychloroquine — which is approved for treating malaria, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus — as a possible remedy during a frightening pandemic, but the time and energy has been misspent.
The potential side effects are worrisome, especially because many coronavirus patients already have underlying health conditions, he said.
“The states and the federal government are reacting in light of that fear but it’s not a rational response,” Klein said.
Doctors can already prescribe the malaria drug to patients with COVID-19, a practice known as off-label prescribing, and many do. Medical and pharmacy groups have warned against prescribing it for preventative purposes. The FDA has allowed it into the national stockpile, but only for narrowly defined purposes as studies continue.
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, a Republican, acknowledged that the drug is “not without controversy,” but said an $800,000 purchase from a local company was part of the state’s effort to make rational decisions based on “good science and good data.”
The Utah health department said earlier this week it planned to spend $8 million more to buy 200,000 additional treatments from the company, but said Thursday after media inquiries about the deal that those plans are on hold as the state researches FDA requirements for compounding and distribution of the drugs.
South Dakota, with a population of 885,000 people, received 1.2 million doses from the federal government and is using the drug for a trial as well as doctor-approved prescriptions for COVID-19 positive patients.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, a Republican and Trump ally, said earlier this month she pushed the White House to provide enough hydroxychloroquine to give it to every hospitalized person, others who are vulnerable to the coronavirus and front-line health care workers.
As of Tuesday, 200 people in South Dakota were being treated with the drug, according to Sanford Health.
Many states, however, have opted to steer clear over concerns about side effects and lingering questions about the effectiveness.
At least one of those states is led by a Republican governor, Tennessee, where the state’s Department of Health sent a letter warning against using the drug, or hoarding it.
“We were seeing a flood of inappropriate prescribing and hoarding, quite frankly,” Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey told reporters.
Kansas health director Dr. Lee Norman said the state has no intention of buying the drug because there’s not enough evidence it helps treat COVID-19.
Most states aren’t paying for the drug, and it’s not clear why Utah didn’t get it from the federal reserve or a donation from a business like Amneal Pharmaceutical.
News releases from state governments show the New Jersey-based company has sent millions of doses of the drug free of cost to states, including 2 million to New York and 1 million to Texas.
A company spokesperson declined to provide a list of donations or answer other questions from The Associated Press.
Pharmaceutical companies can often manufacture pills they already make fairly cheaply and the donations may have been done to earn good publicity while setting it up to make future sales if hydroxychloroquine ends up being a reliable treatment for the virus, Klein said.
Controversy has swirled around the drug since Trump started promoting it from the podium in the White House briefing room on March 19.
He mentioned the drug in briefings through April 14, and the White House distributed press releases praising Trump’s efforts to stockpile it for use in areas of the country hard-hit by the virus.
But for the past week, as studies have shown mixed or even harmful results, Trump has gone silent on the drug.
Asked about it Thursday, Trump said he hadn’t heard of a study done at U.S. veterans hospitals with preliminary results that showed no benefit, and rejected the notion he had stopped promoting hydroxychloroquine as a cure.
“I haven’t at all. I haven’t at all,” Trump said. “We’ll see what happens.”
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westernjournal--2020-04-24--Ex-NSC Chief of Staff: Looks Like Brennan May Have Buried Evidence Putin Wanted Hillary Over Trump

You know the narrative : The Russians interfered in the 2016 election and they did so to make sure Donald Trump got elected .
Nobody is going to deny that , right ?
Well , not so fast .
A former high-ranking intelligence official ’ s revelations have indicated it ’ s possible former CIA Director John Brennan ignored evidence that Russia actually wanted Hillary Clinton to win .
This is very different from the conclusion reached by the Senate Intelligence Committee report issued Tuesday that was seen as vindicating the CIA ’ s investigation into the Kremlin ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that it was all supposed to ensure Trump won .
Former National Security Council chief of staff Fred Fleitz thinks it ’ s fair to question that conclusion .
In an Op-Ed for Fox News published on Wednesday , he said a 2018 House Intelligence Committee report on the intelligence surrounding Russian interference in the election should receive as much consideration as the Senate Intelligence Committee ’ s report .
That House report , according to Fleitz , who served in the Trump administration in 2018 , found “ that the intelligence community @ @ @ @ @ @ @ President Vladimir Putin meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election did not employ proper analytic tradecraft.
” TRENDING : Days After Trump Cut WHO Funding , Michelle Helped Raise $ 55 Million for Incompetent Globalist Org So why wasn ’ t it treated the same as the Senate Intelligence Committee ’ s report ?
Well , unlike the mostly bipartisan tenor of the Senate Intelligence Committee , the House Intelligence Committee is known for its combativeness .
The House Intelligence Committee ’ s report was put together when it was led by GOP @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ranking member on the committee at the time was another Californian who you may have heard of : Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff .
Needless to say , there wasn ’ t a whole lot of bipartisan goodwill when it came to the House Intelligence Committee ’ s report .
Fleitz suggests that actually makes the House report more credible .
“ First , I ’ ve carefully reviewed the unclassified House Intelligence Committee reports and spoken to committee members and professional staff about their Russia investigations .
I found their work credible , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” he wrote .
“ The unprecedented partisanship of the present chairman , Rep. Adam Schiff , D-Calif. , and his staff ’ s apparently authorized leaks , made a bipartisan report impossible .
It is unfair to reject the House Intelligence Committee report out of hand just because it was written by Republican members .
“ Second , it is more reasonable to regard any bipartisan report on this subject as suspicious .
Democratic lawmakers have been fanatically united in promoting the false Trump-Russia collusion narrative .
So it is impossible to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ member would allow any references in the panel ’ s reports that intelligence was slanted and weaponized to undermine Trump ’ s presidency.
” Now , the Senate Intelligence Committee report mostly agreed with everything John Brennan said : Russia wanted Donald Trump to be president , and Trump became president .
RELATED : Hillary , Obama Would Both Be Classified as Russian Assets Based on John Brennan Statement The committee is also helmed by a Republican , North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr .
However , as Fleitz pointed out , Burr isn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there is — which is kind of a problem when every Democrat wants the outcome to show Russian interference on the behalf of Trump .
“ Burr basically has allowed Committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner , D-Va. , to run the committee , ” Fleitz wrote .
“ Burr refused to cooperate with President Trump ’ s attempts to name a new director of national intelligence last summer because of Warner ’ s objections.
” So , why is this important ?
When the Senate Intelligence Committee found that the Kremlin worked to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ book closed .
That wasn ’ t the whole story , though .
“ House Intelligence Committee staff members found the opposite .
They told me there was conflicting intelligence evidence on Russian motivations for meddling in the 2016 election , ” Fleitz said .
“ More gravely , they said that CIA Director Brennan suppressed facts or analysis that showed why it was not in Russia ’ s interests to support Trump and why Putin stood to benefit from Hillary Clinton ’ s election .
They also told me that Brennan suppressed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ analysts .
“ House Intelligence Committee staff told me that after an exhaustive investigation reviewing intelligence and interviewing intelligence officers , they found that Brennan suppressed high-quality intelligence suggesting that Putin actually wanted the more predictable and malleable Clinton to win the 2016 election.
” In a way , this makes sense , at least if you ’ re analyzing the situation from an a priori angle .
No one thought there was any chance that Trump was going to win , after all .
Why would Russia invest significant resources propping up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chance of winning , particularly when it would mean Hillary Clinton would take it out on them if she became president ?
Furthermore , Trump was ( and remains ) unpredictable .
If you ’ re Russia , unpredictable is a bad thing .
You don ’ t look to help install a president when you have no idea what he ’ s going to do .
Clinton , to quote Donald Rumsfeld , was a known known , whereas Trump was very much an unknown unknown .
Then again , I don @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this guess .
Intelligence officials do — and , as Fleitz points out , their testimony led two intelligence committees to two starkly different conclusions .
In terms of our national discussion , we ’ ve taken one as gospel and put the other in the cultural wastebasket .
Yet , as Fleitz points out , there ’ s good reason to believe the House Intelligence Committee report has some merit .
Brennan has made it clear he loathes Donald Trump with an unusual — some might say disqualifying — passion .
If @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it look like Clinton was a beneficiary of Russian interference , that ’ s a big deal .
If Putin didn ’ t prefer Trump for president , a lot of theories of various levels of believability fall apart like tissue paper under a running faucet .
This is something we should pay a bit more attention to , particularly now that the Senate Intelligence Committee report is taking up a lot of the air in the room .
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You know the narrative: The Russians interfered in the 2016 election and they did so to make sure Donald Trump got elected. Nobody is going to deny that, right?
Well, not so fast. A former high-ranking intelligence official’s revelations have indicated it’s possible former CIA Director John Brennan ignored evidence that Russia actually wanted Hillary Clinton to win.
This is very different from the conclusion reached by the Senate Intelligence Committee report issued Tuesday that was seen as vindicating the CIA’s investigation into the Kremlin’s meddling in the election and the determination that it was all supposed to ensure Trump won.
Former National Security Council chief of staff Fred Fleitz thinks it’s fair to question that conclusion. In an Op-Ed for Fox News published on Wednesday, he said a 2018 House Intelligence Committee report on the intelligence surrounding Russian interference in the election should receive as much consideration as the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report.
That House report, according to Fleitz, who served in the Trump administration in 2018, found “that the intelligence community assessment’s judgments on why Russian President Vladimir Putin meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election did not employ proper analytic tradecraft.”
So why wasn’t it treated the same as the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report? Well, unlike the mostly bipartisan tenor of the Senate Intelligence Committee, the House Intelligence Committee is known for its combativeness.
The House Intelligence Committee’s report was put together when it was led by GOP Rep. Devin Nunes of California.
The ranking member on the committee at the time was another Californian who you may have heard of: Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff.
Needless to say, there wasn’t a whole lot of bipartisan goodwill when it came to the House Intelligence Committee’s report.
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Fleitz suggests that actually makes the House report more credible.
“First, I’ve carefully reviewed the unclassified House Intelligence Committee reports and spoken to committee members and professional staff about their Russia investigations. I found their work credible, aggressively researched, and soundly analyzed,” he wrote.
“The unprecedented partisanship of the present chairman, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and his staff’s apparently authorized leaks, made a bipartisan report impossible. It is unfair to reject the House Intelligence Committee report out of hand just because it was written by Republican members.
“Second, it is more reasonable to regard any bipartisan report on this subject as suspicious. Democratic lawmakers have been fanatically united in promoting the false Trump-Russia collusion narrative. So it is impossible to believe that a Democratic Senate Intelligence Committee member would allow any references in the panel’s reports that intelligence was slanted and weaponized to undermine Trump’s presidency.”
Now, the Senate Intelligence Committee report mostly agreed with everything John Brennan said: Russia wanted Donald Trump to be president, and Trump became president.
The committee is also helmed by a Republican, North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr.
However, as Fleitz pointed out, Burr isn’t exactly the strongest Republican voice there is — which is kind of a problem when every Democrat wants the outcome to show Russian interference on the behalf of Trump.
“Burr basically has allowed Committee Vice Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va., to run the committee,” Fleitz wrote. “Burr refused to cooperate with President Trump’s attempts to name a new director of national intelligence last summer because of Warner’s objections.”
So, why is this important? When the Senate Intelligence Committee found that the Kremlin worked to elect Trump, the media considered the book closed. That wasn’t the whole story, though.
“House Intelligence Committee staff members found the opposite. They told me there was conflicting intelligence evidence on Russian motivations for meddling in the 2016 election,” Fleitz said.
“More gravely, they said that CIA Director Brennan suppressed facts or analysis that showed why it was not in Russia’s interests to support Trump and why Putin stood to benefit from Hillary Clinton’s election. They also told me that Brennan suppressed that intelligence over the objections of CIA analysts.
“House Intelligence Committee staff told me that after an exhaustive investigation reviewing intelligence and interviewing intelligence officers, they found that Brennan suppressed high-quality intelligence suggesting that Putin actually wanted the more predictable and malleable Clinton to win the 2016 election.”
In a way, this makes sense, at least if you’re analyzing the situation from an a priori angle.
No one thought there was any chance that Trump was going to win, after all. Why would Russia invest significant resources propping up a candidate who seemed to have zero chance of winning, particularly when it would mean Hillary Clinton would take it out on them if she became president?
Furthermore, Trump was (and remains) unpredictable. If you’re Russia, unpredictable is a bad thing. You don’t look to help install a president when you have no idea what he’s going to do. Clinton, to quote Donald Rumsfeld, was a known known, whereas Trump was very much an unknown unknown.
Then again, I don’t have the intelligence to support this guess. Intelligence officials do — and, as Fleitz points out, their testimony led two intelligence committees to two starkly different conclusions. In terms of our national discussion, we’ve taken one as gospel and put the other in the cultural wastebasket.
Yet, as Fleitz points out, there’s good reason to believe the House Intelligence Committee report has some merit.
Brennan has made it clear he loathes Donald Trump with an unusual — some might say disqualifying — passion. If he suppressed information that could have made it look like Clinton was a beneficiary of Russian interference, that’s a big deal.
If Putin didn’t prefer Trump for president, a lot of theories of various levels of believability fall apart like tissue paper under a running faucet.
This is something we should pay a bit more attention to, particularly now that the Senate Intelligence Committee report is taking up a lot of the air in the room.
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westernjournal--2020-04-24--Michigan Legislature To Consider Drastic Action To Rein in Governor Whitmer’s Power

The Michigan legislature will meet in a special session on Friday to create an oversight committee to examine how Gov .
Gretchen Whitmer has responded to the coronavirus pandemic and possibly take up measures to limit some of her powers .
“ The House & Senate will convene tomorrow to create a special oversight committee on COVID-19 to examine our government ’ s response , ” Republican Speaker of the Michigan House Lee Chatfield tweeted Thursday .
“ Michigan needs to handle this pandemic seriously yet properly .
It ’ s what the people deserve , and we will see @ @ @ @ @ @ @ After Trump Cut WHO Funding , Michelle Helped Raise $ 55 Million for Incompetent Globalist Org Lawmakers will also vote on bills introduced in the House and the Senate that would strip the governor of some of her powers , the Detroit Free Press reported .
The first bill would repeal the Emergency Powers of the Governor Act of 1945 , which gives the governor power to declare a state of emergency without input from the legislature .
The second bill would amend the Emergency Management Act of 1976 and reduce the number @ @ @ @ @ @ @ declare a state of emergency from 28 days to 14 .
When introducing the Senate bill last week , Sen. Tom Barrett said , “ The governor is no longer acting in a rational way.
” A spokeswoman for Whitmer said the governor will veto the legislation if it gets to her desk .
“ Governor Whitmer will not sign a bill that would diminish her authority to protect citizens of this state from a deadly disease that has already killed thousands of people in Michigan , ” spokeswoman Tiffany Brown told MLive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the move a “ blatant power grab.
” “ Those blatant power grabs are bad in good times and dangerous in times of crisis , ” she told the Detroit Free Press .
“ We have really bent over backwards to make sure that we ’ re sharing information with them .
And I think it ’ s worked pretty well .
It ’ s not perfect and we don ’ t agree on everything to be sure.
” RELATED : Millions More File for Unemployment as Historic Job Loss String Continues Whitmer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out of our way to try to keep them included so that they knew what and why the actions that I was taking were necessary.
” Democrats in the legislature are also not happy that their Republican colleagues are making them come to the capitol while they are supposed to be practicing social distancing .
“ To make a pandemic a political ploy is just obnoxious , ” House Minority Leader Christine Greig said .
“ It ’ s another political stunt that ’ s not putting the health of the state as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as Whitmer extended her stay-at-home order to May 15 but is allowing certain businesses , like plant nurseries and bicycle repair shops , to reopen , the Detroit Free Press reported .
Outdoor activities like golf and boating are also permitted to resume .
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The Michigan legislature will meet in a special session on Friday to create an oversight committee to examine how Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has responded to the coronavirus pandemic and possibly take up measures to limit some of her powers.
“The House & Senate will convene tomorrow to create a special oversight committee on COVID-19 to examine our government’s response,” Republican Speaker of the Michigan House Lee Chatfield tweeted Thursday.
“Michigan needs to handle this pandemic seriously yet properly. It’s what the people deserve, and we will see that it happens.”
The House & Senate will convene tomorrow to create a special oversight committee on COVID-19 to examine our government’s response. Michigan needs to handle this pandemic seriously yet properly. It’s what the people deserve, and we will see that it happens. #InThisTogether — Lee Chatfield (@LeeChatfield) April 23, 2020
Lawmakers will also vote on bills introduced in the House and the Senate that would strip the governor of some of her powers, the Detroit Free Press reported.
The first bill would repeal the Emergency Powers of the Governor Act of 1945, which gives the governor power to declare a state of emergency without input from the legislature.
The second bill would amend the Emergency Management Act of 1976 and reduce the number of days for a governor to unilaterally declare a state of emergency from 28 days to 14.
When introducing the Senate bill last week, Sen. Tom Barrett said, “The governor is no longer acting in a rational way.”
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A spokeswoman for Whitmer said the governor will veto the legislation if it gets to her desk.
“Governor Whitmer will not sign a bill that would diminish her authority to protect citizens of this state from a deadly disease that has already killed thousands of people in Michigan,” spokeswoman Tiffany Brown told MLive.
Whitmer confirmed that decision and called the move a “blatant power grab.”
“Those blatant power grabs are bad in good times and dangerous in times of crisis,” she told the Detroit Free Press.
“We have really bent over backwards to make sure that we’re sharing information with them. And I think it’s worked pretty well. It’s not perfect and we don’t agree on everything to be sure.”
Whitmer added, “But we have gone out of our way to try to keep them included so that they knew what and why the actions that I was taking were necessary.”
Democrats in the legislature are also not happy that their Republican colleagues are making them come to the capitol while they are supposed to be practicing social distancing.
“To make a pandemic a political ploy is just obnoxious,” House Minority Leader Christine Greig said. “It’s another political stunt that’s not putting the health of the state as a top priority.”
The move comes as Whitmer extended her stay-at-home order to May 15 but is allowing certain businesses, like plant nurseries and bicycle repair shops, to reopen, the Detroit Free Press reported.
Outdoor activities like golf and boating are also permitted to resume.
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westernjournal--2020-04-24--ESPN Reporter Gets Bullied into Apologizing for Not Mentioning the WNBA Before NFL Draft

Here is an inarguable fact : Football is a bigger deal in North America than basketball .
Here is , somehow , an even more inarguable fact : The NFL is a much bigger , more significant deal to people than the WNBA .
For anyone offended about that sentiment , please produce the metric that would argue otherwise .
Anecdotally , it ’ s not even close .
Ratings-wise , it ’ s not even close .
Attendance-wise , it ’ s not even close .
Given all that , is outrage really an appropriate response if someone forgets @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Days After Trump Cut WHO Funding , Michelle Helped Raise $ 55 Million for Incompetent Globalist Org ESPN NFL reporter Adam Schefter was taken to the social media woodshed for failing to mention the women ’ s pro basketball league in his excitement about the 2020 NFL draft .
“ For the first time in what feels like forever , a real live sporting event , ” Schefter tweeted Thursday .
To reiterate , an NFL reporter was excited about the NFL draft .
That should be one of the most innocuous statements @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ’ s 2020 and things are about as upside-down as they ’ ve ever been , so Schefter was attacked on social media for celebrating the biggest offseason event of the sport his job is based on .
Shahbaz Khan , director of digital content for the Minnesota Timberwolves and the WNBA ’ s Lynx , immediately pounced on Schefter .
“ The network that employs Adam aired the WNBA Draft six days ago , ” he said .
“ Media can easily continue to help grow the league .
Stuff like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ favors .
“ We ’ ve got to do better .
The W deserves it.
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McCord , a reporter for KOIN-TV in Portland , Oregon , wasn ’ t as forceful but still felt compelled to correct Schefter .
Zach Miller , deputy sports director of The Record and NorthJersey.com , took a snarkier approach .
If anyone were to ever make the case that Twitter is mostly a cesspool where people can humblebrag about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this would be a premier case study .
Sadly , Schefter capitulated to the Twitterati and issued a superfluous apology , saying he was “ caught up in the moment of the NFL Draft and forgot about the WNBA Draft from last Friday night .
Sorry.
” To be clear , there may be an alternate universe where Schefter would have actually needed to apologize .
That would be a universe where the sports apparel site Fanatics would care enough to list the WNBA on its top-selling jerseys list .
That would be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ included when mentioning the “ Big Four ” sports leagues in North America .
That would be a universe where hardcore NBA fans who can tell you the difference between Bojan Bogdanovic and Bogdan Bogdanovic could rattle off who was drafted in the 2020 WNBA draft after Sabrina Ionescu .
Alas , this is not that universe .
And Adam Schefter shouldn ’ t have been maligned or been forced to apologize for forgetting something that most Americans don ’ t even give a first , second or third thought to .
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Here is an inarguable fact: Football is a bigger deal in North America than basketball.
Here is, somehow, an even more inarguable fact: The NFL is a much bigger, more significant deal to people than the WNBA.
For anyone offended about that sentiment, please produce the metric that would argue otherwise.
Anecdotally, it’s not even close. Ratings-wise, it’s not even close. Attendance-wise, it’s not even close.
Given all that, is outrage really an appropriate response if someone forgets that the WNBA exists?
Apparently so.
ESPN NFL reporter Adam Schefter was taken to the social media woodshed for failing to mention the women’s pro basketball league in his excitement about the 2020 NFL draft.
“For the first time in what feels like forever, a real live sporting event,” Schefter tweeted Thursday.
For the first time in what feels like forever, a real live sporting event. — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) April 24, 2020
To reiterate, an NFL reporter was excited about the NFL draft. That should be one of the most innocuous statements of all time.
Of course, it’s 2020 and things are about as upside-down as they’ve ever been, so Schefter was attacked on social media for celebrating the biggest offseason event of the sport his job is based on.
Shahbaz Khan, director of digital content for the Minnesota Timberwolves and the WNBA’s Lynx, immediately pounced on Schefter.
“The network that employs Adam aired the WNBA Draft six days ago,” he said. “Media can easily continue to help grow the league. Stuff like this doesn’t do it any favors.
“We’ve got to do better. The W deserves it.”
The network that employs Adam aired the WNBA Draft six days ago. Media can easily continue to help grow the league. Stuff like this doesn’t do it any favors. We’ve got to do better. The W deserves it. https://t.co/ZXxQQc2Lnm — Shahbaz Khan (@ShahbazMKhan) April 24, 2020
A.J. McCord, a reporter for KOIN-TV in Portland, Oregon, wasn’t as forceful but still felt compelled to correct Schefter.
The WNBA Draft was six days ago… — AJ McCord (@AJ_McCord) April 24, 2020
Zach Miller, deputy sports director of The Record and NorthJersey.com, took a snarkier approach.
True, it’s been a whole six days since a draft on ESPN. — Zach Miller (@ByZachMiller) April 24, 2020
If anyone were to ever make the case that Twitter is mostly a cesspool where people can humblebrag about how “woke” they are, this would be a premier case study.
Sadly, Schefter capitulated to the Twitterati and issued a superfluous apology, saying he was “caught up in the moment of the NFL Draft and forgot about the WNBA Draft from last Friday night. Sorry.”
My apooigies to anyone who was offended. Was caught up in the moment of the NFL Draft and forgot about the WNBA Draft from last Friday night. Sorry. — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) April 24, 2020
To be clear, there may be an alternate universe where Schefter would have actually needed to apologize.
That would be a universe where the sports apparel site Fanatics would care enough to list the WNBA on its top-selling jerseys list.
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That would be a universe where the WNBA would be included when mentioning the “Big Four” sports leagues in North America.
That would be a universe where hardcore NBA fans who can tell you the difference between Bojan Bogdanovic and Bogdan Bogdanovic could rattle off who was drafted in the 2020 WNBA draft after Sabrina Ionescu.
Alas, this is not that universe.
And Adam Schefter shouldn’t have been maligned or been forced to apologize for forgetting something that most Americans don’t even give a first, second or third thought to.
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westernjournal--2020-04-24--Another Outbreak in China Sends 10 Million Straight to Lockdown

A new outbreak of COVID-19 in China has seen heavy travel restrictions placed on a city of 10 million people , an increasingly common tactic in the communist nation .
According to The New York Times , residents in Harbin and other cities in the northern region of the country now face restrictions on movement after a number of new coronavirus infections were reported in the area .
Several surrounding cities closed ranks and banned outsiders , while a document published by the Heilongjiang provincial government urges Harbin residents to wear masks and vigilantly check temperatures as a safeguard against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ restrictions on gatherings .
“ Taking households as a unit , ” the Heilongjiang government wrote , “ it is strictly forbidden for urban and rural residents to visit relatives , come to the door , play cards , gather together and gather together.
” The government said it is taking steps to restrict the number of people who visit shopping centers and other crowded areas in the city at the same time , as well as advising against funerals and marriages .
Sharing a taxi is now “ strictly prohibited.
” TRENDING @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Michelle Helped Raise $ 55 Million for Incompetent Globalist Org Moreover , all neighborhoods are required to “ prohibit the entry of persons and vehicles ” from other neighborhoods .
Those confirmed to have the virus in the city will have to remain in strict quarantine for 14 days .
Once the two weeks is up , the infected can be retested and the isolation order may be adjusted accordingly .
The Global Times , a newspaper backed by the Communist Party of China , appeared to blame the outbreak on a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Prior to these restrictions being implemented , a different city in the same province was thrown into lockdown .
Suifenhe , also in Heilongjiang , was closed due to an outbreak earlier this month .
While the affected areas are not under orders as draconian as Wuhan faced in the early days of China ’ s initial outbreak , the measures show China ’ s fight against COVID-19 is far from over .
The original outbreak crippled the Chinese economy , a disaster that the Asian powerhouse is still attempting to recover @ @ @ @ @ @ @ infrastructure are slowly getting back to operational capacity , the damage done to small businesses and the working class looks devastating .
In the United States , many are concerned that stay-at-home orders and the shuttering of the so-called “ nonessential ” economy will do similar damage to American workers .
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With the end of the pandemic seemingly nowhere in sight , these lockdowns may simply be an increasingly normal part of life in China .
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A new outbreak of COVID-19 in China has seen heavy travel restrictions placed on a city of 10 million people, an increasingly common tactic in the communist nation.
According to The New York Times, residents in Harbin and other cities in the northern region of the country now face restrictions on movement after a number of new coronavirus infections were reported in the area.
Several surrounding cities closed ranks and banned outsiders, while a document published by the Heilongjiang provincial government urges Harbin residents to wear masks and vigilantly check temperatures as a safeguard against the virus. The document also placed restrictions on gatherings.
“Taking households as a unit,” the Heilongjiang government wrote, “it is strictly forbidden for urban and rural residents to visit relatives, come to the door, play cards, gather together and gather together.”
The government said it is taking steps to restrict the number of people who visit shopping centers and other crowded areas in the city at the same time, as well as advising against funerals and marriages. Sharing a taxi is now “strictly prohibited.”
Moreover, all neighborhoods are required to “prohibit the entry of persons and vehicles” from other neighborhoods.
Those confirmed to have the virus in the city will have to remain in strict quarantine for 14 days. Once the two weeks is up, the infected can be retested and the isolation order may be adjusted accordingly.
The Global Times, a newspaper backed by the Communist Party of China, appeared to blame the outbreak on a Chinese citizen who recently traveled to America.
Prior to these restrictions being implemented, a different city in the same province was thrown into lockdown.
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Suifenhe, also in Heilongjiang, was closed due to an outbreak earlier this month.
While the affected areas are not under orders as draconian as Wuhan faced in the early days of China’s initial outbreak, the measures show China’s fight against COVID-19 is far from over.
The original outbreak crippled the Chinese economy, a disaster that the Asian powerhouse is still attempting to recover from.
While factories and other economic infrastructure are slowly getting back to operational capacity, the damage done to small businesses and the working class looks devastating.
In the United States, many are concerned that stay-at-home orders and the shuttering of the so-called “nonessential” economy will do similar damage to American workers.
Protests against the domestic orders have been met with police action in some states, seeming to mirror the authoritarian attitude of the Communist Party of China.
It’s unclear if China’s latest lockdown will be its last, or if it signals the beginning of a new wave of outbreaks.
With the end of the pandemic seemingly nowhere in sight, these lockdowns may simply be an increasingly normal part of life in China.
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westernjournal--2020-04-24--Star QB Joe Burrow Leads Pledge of Allegiance Hours Before Becoming First Pick in NFL Draft

Former LSU quarterback Joe Burrow continues to impress , even though we haven ’ t seen him throw a football in months .
The Heisman Trophy winner , a gunslinger on the field , was picked No .
1 overall in the NFL draft Thursday night by the Cincinnati Bengals for his arm , leadership and high football IQ .
But Burrow has also shown a penchant for class , humility and patriotism that is much-needed in the NFL .
On Thursday morning , hours ahead of being drafted , Burrow led a group of elementary schoolkids in reciting the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the football star ’ s mother , Robin , is the principal of Eastern Elementary School in Meigs County , Ohio .
TRENDING : Days After Trump Cut WHO Funding , Michelle Helped Raise $ 55 Million for Incompetent Globalist Org While the kids are learning from home , they still reciting the pledge each morning as they tune into class via video , and Robin leads them .
On the day her son was set to be the top selection in the NFL draft , he was happy to join her as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ guy is exactly what the NFL needs .
While many players in recent years have decided to use their fame and talent to protest during the country ’ s national anthem , Joe Burrow was proud to lead a group of kids in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance .
He is not only a former consensus All-American player at LSU , he is also an all-American kind of guy .
Burrow ’ s humility is constantly on display , and he is unapologetically genuine .
The quarterback poked a little fun at himself @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his signature clean haircut wasn ’ t up to par as barbershops are closed due to nationwide shutdowns .
He endeared himself to many Americans in December when he delivered an emotional speech about poverty in southeast Ohio after winning the Heisman Trophy .
Burrow also turned heads in November after his team toppled Alabama en route to winning the SEC West , a conference championship and eventually a national championship .
When asked about President Donald Trump ’ s attending the game , Burrow said , “ Regardless of your political views @ @ @ @ @ @ @ having the president at the game.
” “ Doesn ’ t matter whether you ’ re a Democrat or a Republican .
The president at the game is pretty cool , ” he said .
Burrow , who owns the single-season NCAA touchdown record with 60 touchdown passes last year , is a patriot and an exemplary young man .
The Bengals are fortunate to have him as the face of their franchise .
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Former LSU quarterback Joe Burrow continues to impress, even though we haven’t seen him throw a football in months.
The Heisman Trophy winner, a gunslinger on the field, was picked No. 1 overall in the NFL draft Thursday night by the Cincinnati Bengals for his arm, leadership and high football IQ.
But Burrow has also shown a penchant for class, humility and patriotism that is much-needed in the NFL.
On Thursday morning, hours ahead of being drafted, Burrow led a group of elementary schoolkids in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.
Yahoo Sports reported the football star’s mother, Robin, is the principal of Eastern Elementary School in Meigs County, Ohio.
While the kids are learning from home, they still reciting the pledge each morning as they tune into class via video, and Robin leads them.
On the day her son was set to be the top selection in the NFL draft, he was happy to join her as her official “pledge helper.”
This guy is exactly what the NFL needs.
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While many players in recent years have decided to use their fame and talent to protest during the country’s national anthem, Joe Burrow was proud to lead a group of kids in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.
He is not only a former consensus All-American player at LSU, he is also an all-American kind of guy.
Burrow’s humility is constantly on display, and he is unapologetically genuine.
The quarterback poked a little fun at himself on social media Thursday, noting that his signature clean haircut wasn’t up to par as barbershops are closed due to nationwide shutdowns.
Nobody’s allowed to make fun of me tonight none of the barbershops are open — Joey Burrow (@Joe_Burrow10) April 23, 2020
He endeared himself to many Americans in December when he delivered an emotional speech about poverty in southeast Ohio after winning the Heisman Trophy.
The moment from the speech. Joe Burrow’s Heisman speech is all the #MondayMotivation you need. pic.twitter.com/AG2G8dazn1 — SEC Network (@SECNetwork) December 16, 2019
Burrow also turned heads in November after his team toppled Alabama en route to winning the SEC West, a conference championship and eventually a national championship.
When asked about President Donald Trump’s attending the game, Burrow said, “Regardless of your political views, that’s pretty cool, having the president at the game.”
“Doesn’t matter whether you’re a Democrat or a Republican. The president at the game is pretty cool,” he said.
Burrow, who owns the single-season NCAA touchdown record with 60 touchdown passes last year, is a patriot and an exemplary young man.
The Bengals are fortunate to have him as the face of their franchise.
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westernjournal--2020-04-25--WHO’s ‘Reckless Dereliction of Duty’ and Pro-China Rhetoric Could’ve Made COVID Much Worse: Experts

Given that illness and disease are apolitical , one would think that an international health organization would be , as well .
But when it comes to the World Health Organization , that certainly doesn ’ t appear to be the case , as some experts are now arguing .
“ The WHO ’ s exclusion of Taiwan from the global fight against the pandemic is a reckless dereliction of duty , ” a pair of law professors from the U.S.-Asia Law Institute wrote for the Council on Foreign Relations on April 9 .
The nations of China and Taiwan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the WHO has repeatedly sided with the communist regime , refusing to grant Taiwan membership and wholly disregarding the nation on multiple occasions , even at the cost of slowing the spread of the coronavirus .
“ WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus , whose election was due in large part to China ’ s support , has been widely criticized for actions that appeared to help China downplay the outbreak , delaying the international response as a result , ” the academics wrote .
TRENDING : Mike Weinberger : President Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Swamps “ Taiwan ’ s exclusion is an example of how the world ’ s health body puts politics before public health .
Governments and concerned citizens must demand that the WHO fulfill its obligation — to represent the world ’ s health interests , not China ’ s — and hold the WHO accountable when it fails.
” Taiwanese health officials warned the WHO of the dangers of the coronavirus in a Dec. 31 email , Reuters reported .
The international organization disputed there being any mention of human-to-human transmission in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Health and Welfare to share the original text on April 11 .
“ If being treated in isolation is not a warning , then what is ?
” the country ’ s health minister asked , according to Reuters .
After receiving the vital information from Taiwan ’ s email , the WHO put out a Jan. 12 statement saying “ [ a ] t this stage , there is no infection among healthcare workers , and no clear evidence of human to human transmission.
” On Jan. 29 , WHO Director-General @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been mired in controversy , praised China ’ s overall response to the coronavirus and on Feb. 3 claimed President Donald Trump ’ s China travel ban would “ unnecessarily interfere with international travel and trade.
” Tedros offered praise to the very same China that knew about the virus as early as Nov. 17 and went to great lengths to cover it up .
RELATED : Authorities Break Up Amish Gathering : 'We Won ’ t Tolerate This' He has since accused Taiwan of racism against Africans , an attack for which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bloomberg reported .
“ Without having checked the facts , Tedros ’ s unprovoked and untrue accusations not only differ from reality , they have also seriously harmed our government and our people , ” Taiwan ’ s foreign ministry said .
The WHO ’ s bias was also put on full display in March when one of its top officials was interviewed by Hong Kong journalist Yvonne Tong .
During the shocking interview , Bruce Aylward , a senior adviser to Tedros , pretended not to hear a question about the island @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hung up on the journalist .
After returning to the call , Aylward was asked what he thought of Taiwan ’ s incredible response to the virus , to which he said “ well , we ’ ve already talked about China.
” Tong ’ s last question was relevant given how remarkably successful Taiwan has indeed been in combating the virus .
As of Friday , the nation has had only 428 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and six deaths , according to John Hopkins .
Australia , a country with roughly the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ confirmed cases and 75 deaths .
Due to multiple factors , including the information they had given the WHO and their healthy distrust of China , the Taiwanese have been able to keep their COVID-19 numbers to a minimum .
It has become clear that the WHO ’ s political bias in favor of the communist dictatorship delayed the world ’ s international response and may have resulted in countless unnecessary deaths .
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Given that illness and disease are apolitical, one would think that an international health organization would be, as well.
But when it comes to the World Health Organization, that certainly doesn’t appear to be the case, as some experts are now arguing.
“The WHO’s exclusion of Taiwan from the global fight against the pandemic is a reckless dereliction of duty,” a pair of law professors from the U.S.-Asia Law Institute wrote for the Council on Foreign Relations on April 9.
The nations of China and Taiwan have long been in a sovereignty dispute and the WHO has repeatedly sided with the communist regime, refusing to grant Taiwan membership and wholly disregarding the nation on multiple occasions, even at the cost of slowing the spread of the coronavirus.
“WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, whose election was due in large part to China’s support, has been widely criticized for actions that appeared to help China downplay the outbreak, delaying the international response as a result,” the academics wrote.
“Taiwan’s exclusion is an example of how the world’s health body puts politics before public health. Governments and concerned citizens must demand that the WHO fulfill its obligation — to represent the world’s health interests, not China’s — and hold the WHO accountable when it fails.”
Taiwanese health officials warned the WHO of the dangers of the coronavirus in a Dec. 31 email, Reuters reported.
The international organization disputed there being any mention of human-to-human transmission in the email, which prompted the Taiwanese Ministry of Health and Welfare to share the original text on April 11.
“If being treated in isolation is not a warning, then what is?” the country’s health minister asked, according to Reuters.
After receiving the vital information from Taiwan’s email, the WHO put out a Jan. 12 statement saying “[a]t this stage, there is no infection among healthcare workers, and no clear evidence of human to human transmission.”
On Jan. 29, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who has long been mired in controversy, praised China’s overall response to the coronavirus and on Feb. 3 claimed President Donald Trump’s China travel ban would “unnecessarily interfere with international travel and trade.”
Tedros offered praise to the very same China that knew about the virus as early as Nov. 17 and went to great lengths to cover it up.
He has since accused Taiwan of racism against Africans, an attack for which the Asian nation demanded an apology, Bloomberg reported.
“Without having checked the facts, Tedros’s unprovoked and untrue accusations not only differ from reality, they have also seriously harmed our government and our people,” Taiwan’s foreign ministry said.
“This kind of slander is extremely irresponsible.”
The WHO’s bias was also put on full display in March when one of its top officials was interviewed by Hong Kong journalist Yvonne Tong.
During the shocking interview, Bruce Aylward, a senior adviser to Tedros, pretended not to hear a question about the island nation. When asked again, he hung up on the journalist.
‼WOW‼ Bruce Aylward/@WHO did an interview with HK’s @rthk_news & when asked about #Taiwan he pretended not to hear the question. The journalist asks again & he hangs up! She calls back & he said “Well, we’ve already talked about China.” ENJOY+SHARE THE MADNESS! #CoronaVirus pic.twitter.com/jgpHRVHjNX — ?Hong Kong World City ??☔ (@HKWORLDCITY) March 28, 2020
After returning to the call, Aylward was asked what he thought of Taiwan’s incredible response to the virus, to which he said “well, we’ve already talked about China.”
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Tong’s last question was relevant given how remarkably successful Taiwan has indeed been in combating the virus. As of Friday, the nation has had only 428 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and six deaths, according to Johns Hopkins.
In comparison, Australia, a country with roughly the same population, has had 6,661 confirmed cases and 75 deaths.
Due to multiple factors, including the information they had given the WHO and their healthy distrust of China, the Taiwanese have been able to keep their COVID-19 numbers to a minimum.
It has become clear that the WHO’s political bias in favor of the communist dictatorship delayed the world’s international response and may have resulted in countless unnecessary deaths.
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westernjournal--2020-04-25--Watch Gushing MSNBC Host Tout Biden Ad as ‘All True’ – But It’s Actually Misleading

The establishment media will protect presumptive Democrat nominee Joe Biden at all cost , even if it means sabotaging their own reputation .
Perhaps nowhere was this more evident than during Monday ’ s airing of “ Deadline : White House , ” when host Nicolle Wallace played a segment from a misleading Biden campaign ad before she and her guest cheered its contents without providing any real critical analysis or countervailing facts .
The ad claims that President Donald Trump left the nation “ unprepared and unprotected ” to deal with the coronavirus health crisis .
It heavily implies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the U.S. from China were too weak , suggests the current high unemployment rate is his fault and declares that the U.S. has more confirmed COVID-19 cases than any other nation .
Looking at these claims critically would require adding context to them , something that Wallace and her panel apparently had no interest in doing .
TRENDING : Here Are the States That Have Slowed Down the Most Due to COVID Shutdowns “ It ’ s a devastating political ad because it ’ s all true , ” Wallace told former @ @ @ @ @ @ @ emphatically .
( For what it ’ s worth , Schmidt abandoned the Republican Party in 2018 and is fiercely opposed to Trump . )
“ Well , it ’ s entirely true , and no amount of negative ads — as the Biden ad says — is going to change the truth about Donald Trump ’ s incompetency at the response to what the ad correctly says is the worst public health and economic crises of our lifetime , ” Schmidt said .
In essence , the Biden campaign speaks and MSNBC @ @ @ @ @ @ @ analysts ; they are Democratic campaign lapdogs .
Let ’ s point out the distortions and provide the facts that eluded the commentators on MSNBC .
“ The travel ban he brags about — Trump let in 40,000 travelers from China into America after he signed it — not exactly airtight , ” the ad ’ s narrator says .
But Biden ’ s policies would have been even less airtight .
Remember , the same day that the White House announced the travel restrictions , Biden called out Trump ’ s “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for Donald Trump ’ s record of hysteria and xenophobia — hysterical xenophobia — and fear-mongering to lead the way instead of science , ” Biden said at a campaign event in Iowa on Jan. 31 .
RELATED : Media Under Fire , Exposed Taking Trump 's Injection Comments Wildly Out of Context “ We need to lead the way with science — not Donald Trump ’ s record of hysteria , xenophobia , and fear-mongering , ” Biden tweeted the following day , Feb. 1 .
The Biden campaign tried to explain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ claiming that Biden wasn ’ t referring to the travel restrictions when he accused Trump of xenophobia .
Yet he made those comments the same day that the White House restrictions were announced , so you be the judge of that .
And it ’ s telling that Biden ’ s campaign waited a whopping two months to acknowledge the travel restrictions were wise .
“ Joe Biden supports travel bans that are guided by medical experts , advocated by public health officials , and backed by a full strategy , ” Kate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ manager , told CNN on April 3 .
“ Science supported this ban , therefore he did too , ” she added .
Bedingfeld did not point out that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was sounding the alarm bells and urging Americans to cease nonessential travel to China days before Trump announced the travel restrictions .
Hence , Biden was very late to accept the verdict of the scientific community ; Trump was not .
It is true , as Biden ’ s ad says , that 40,000 people arrived in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s travel restrictions took effect .
Yet , according to Fox News , these were American citizens , permanent residents , or relatives of passport and green card holders .
Democrats and the media would have gone ballistic had the president blocked these individuals from flying back to the United States .
The ad ’ s implication that the travel restrictions were not tough enough reeks of outright hypocrisy and represents an almost Orwellian rewriting of recent history .
“ Look around — 22 million Americans are out of work , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Trump ’ s policies led to the economic downturn .
But the Biden campaign is deliberately distorting the facts : The coronavirus pandemic is an unprecedented catastrophe in world history that smashed an astounding era of American prosperity .
Prior to the pandemic , the president ’ s economic policies helped lead to record-breaking employment figures , a sky-high stock market and an overall booming economy that was going to make it very difficult , if not impossible , for Democrats to defeat Trump in 2020 .
The current staggering unemployment figures @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was not the result of Trump ’ s economic policies .
Moreover , the president is calling for the economy to be reopened as quickly and safely as possible .
The ad ’ s implications that the economic downturn is Trump ’ s fault are thus grossly unfair .
The campaign ad also says that “ we have more officially reported cases and deaths than any other country.
” “ Donald Trump left this country unprepared and unprotected for the worst public health and economic crisis in our lifetime .
And now we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the negative ads in the world can ’ t change the truth.
” This is another garbling of the truth .
Indeed , the U.S. does have the highest case count and death toll due to our large population of roughly 330 million .
But on a per capita basis , the American coronavirus death rate is lower than those in most European nations , including Spain , Italy , France , Belgium and the U.K. , according to the BBC .
The U.S has “ one of the lowest mortality rates in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus task force coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx said at a news briefing Tuesday .
The failure of Wallace and Schmidt to provide the full context of the charges leveled in the ad shows that there is no journalistic integrity at MSNBC .
The station is merely central headquarters for Elect Joe Biden 2020 .
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The establishment media will protect presumptive Democrat nominee Joe Biden at all cost, even if it means sabotaging their own reputation.
Perhaps nowhere was this more evident than during Monday’s airing of “Deadline: White House,” when host Nicolle Wallace played a segment from a misleading Biden campaign ad before she and her guest cheered its contents without providing any real critical analysis or countervailing facts.
The ad claims that President Donald Trump left the nation “unprepared and unprotected” to deal with the coronavirus health crisis.
It heavily implies that Trump’s restrictions on travel to the U.S. from China were too weak, suggests the current high unemployment rate is his fault and declares that the U.S. has more confirmed COVID-19 cases than any other nation.
Looking at these claims critically would require adding context to them, something that Wallace and her panel apparently had no interest in doing.
“It’s a devastating political ad because it’s all true,” Wallace told former Republican strategist Steve Schmidt, who concurred emphatically. (For what it’s worth, Schmidt abandoned the Republican Party in 2018 and is fiercely opposed to Trump.)
“Well, it’s entirely true, and no amount of negative ads — as the Biden ad says — is going to change the truth about Donald Trump’s incompetency at the response to what the ad correctly says is the worst public health and economic crises of our lifetime,” Schmidt said.
In essence, the Biden campaign speaks and MSNBC applauds. These are not reporters or analysts; they are Democratic campaign lapdogs.
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Let’s point out the distortions and provide the facts that eluded the commentators on MSNBC.
“The travel ban he brags about — Trump let in 40,000 travelers from China into America after he signed it — not exactly airtight, ” the ad’s narrator says.
But Biden’s policies would have been even less airtight.
Remember, the same day that the White House announced the travel restrictions, Biden called out Trump’s “xenophobia.”
“This is no time for Donald Trump’s record of hysteria and xenophobia — hysterical xenophobia — and fear-mongering to lead the way instead of science,” Biden said at a campaign event in Iowa on Jan. 31.
“We need to lead the way with science — not Donald Trump’s record of hysteria, xenophobia, and fear-mongering,” Biden tweeted the following day, Feb. 1.
We are in the midst of a crisis with the coronavirus. We need to lead the way with science — not Donald Trump’s record of hysteria, xenophobia, and fear-mongering. He is the worst possible person to lead our country through a global health emergency. — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) February 1, 2020
The Biden campaign tried to explain away the candidate’s remarks by claiming that Biden wasn’t referring to the travel restrictions when he accused Trump of xenophobia. Yet he made those comments the same day that the White House restrictions were announced, so you be the judge of that.
And it’s telling that Biden’s campaign waited a whopping two months to acknowledge the travel restrictions were wise.
“Joe Biden supports travel bans that are guided by medical experts, advocated by public health officials, and backed by a full strategy,” Kate Bedingfeld, Biden’s deputy campaign manager, told CNN on April 3.
“Science supported this ban, therefore he did too,” she added.
Bedingfeld did not point out that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was sounding the alarm bells and urging Americans to cease nonessential travel to China days before Trump announced the travel restrictions.
Hence, Biden was very late to accept the verdict of the scientific community; Trump was not.
It is true, as Biden’s ad says, that 40,000 people arrived in the United States from China after Trump’s travel restrictions took effect.
Yet, according to Fox News, these were American citizens, permanent residents, or relatives of passport and green card holders. Democrats and the media would have gone ballistic had the president blocked these individuals from flying back to the United States.
The ad’s implication that the travel restrictions were not tough enough reeks of outright hypocrisy and represents an almost Orwellian rewriting of recent history.
And there’s more.
“Look around — 22 million Americans are out of work,” the ad continues. The implication is that Trump’s policies led to the economic downturn.
But the Biden campaign is deliberately distorting the facts: The coronavirus pandemic is an unprecedented catastrophe in world history that smashed an astounding era of American prosperity.
Prior to the pandemic, the president’s economic policies helped lead to record-breaking employment figures, a sky-high stock market and an overall booming economy that was going to make it very difficult, if not impossible, for Democrats to defeat Trump in 2020.
The current staggering unemployment figures are due to a health crisis that was not the result of Trump’s economic policies. Moreover, the president is calling for the economy to be reopened as quickly and safely as possible.
The ad’s implications that the economic downturn is Trump’s fault are thus grossly unfair.
The campaign ad also says that “we have more officially reported cases and deaths than any other country.”
“Donald Trump left this country unprepared and unprotected for the worst public health and economic crisis in our lifetime. And now we’re paying the price. All the negative ads in the world can’t change the truth.”
This is another garbling of the truth.
Indeed, the U.S. does have the highest case count and death toll due to our large population of roughly 330 million. But on a per capita basis, the American coronavirus death rate is lower than those in most European nations, including Spain, Italy, France, Belgium and the U.K., according to the BBC.
The U.S has “one of the lowest mortality rates in the entire world,” White House coronavirus task force coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx said at a news briefing Tuesday.
The failure of Wallace and Schmidt to provide the full context of the charges leveled in the ad shows that there is no journalistic integrity at MSNBC. The station is merely central headquarters for Elect Joe Biden 2020.
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