The Democrat’s Politicization of Covid-19 versus the Facts
The Democrat Party has concluded that the only possible way Joe Biden can win the election is by politicizing Covid-19. Bob Woodward’s new book, where President Trump revealed that he was trying to downplay the crisis to stop a panic, has sent the Democrats and their sycophants in the media into a frenzy.
Unfortunately, these people don’t talk about the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) guilt in spreading the virus around the world while withholding important information about it. They won’t mention how the World Health Organization (WHO)parroted the CCP’s talking points about the virus instead of making an independent assessment. They won’t acknowledge how the lack of information from the CCP and the WHO caused a lot of uncertainly about the virus when it first emerged from China. And they certainly won’t discuss how Democrat Governors, like Andrew Cuomo, sent Covid-19 patients into nursing homes where they infected and killed tens of thousands of people.
According to the Democrats, Covid-19 was entirely Trump’s fault.
Let’s set the record straight.
Starting January 30th, the Trump Administration did the following:
Halted foreign nationals from travelling to the U.S. from China. Trump was called a racist and xenophobe by Biden, Pelosi and the rest of the Democrats.
Created the Covid-19 Task Force to coordinate the government’s response to the crisis.
Worked with businesses to start developing Covid-19 tests.
Put a plan together for widespread testing, including enlisting private sector companies like Walgreens and CVS in the testing process. The Obama Administration had concentrated testing in the CDC, which wouldn’t scale.
Used the WWII Defense Production Act to order the auto companies to build ventilators and clothing companies to produce masks and gowns. America’s supply of some of these items was depleted during the H1N1 influenza outbreak in 2009 and the Obama Administration never restocked them.
Engaged the Department of Defense to deliver PPE to hospitals and nursing homes.
Launched Operation Warp Speed to create a vaccine in record time. There are now seven vaccines in development including three in stage three trials. It usually takes upwards of three years to get a vaccine to a stage three trial. The Trump administration did it in months.
Enlisted the private sector to create therapeutics. There are now 19 therapeutics under development and at least one of them (convalescent plasma) was approved in record time.
Halted foreign nationals from travelling to the U.S. from Europe.
Used the Army Corps of Engineers to build temporary hospitals, consisting of thousands of beds, in key population centers like New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago. They also deployed Naval hospital ships to New York City and Los Angeles. These facilities were sparsely used. Instead, Democrat Governors, like Andrew Cuomo, sent Covid-19 patients into nursing homes where they infected and killed tens of thousands of people.
Much more…
What did the Democrat’s do during the crisis? First, they ran a sham impeachment process of the President. Second, they spent three months claiming that President Trump was overreacting and trying to start a panic, while calling him a xenophobe and racist. Now, they are claiming that the President didn’t take the crisis seriously enough.
In reality, there was something to worry about and President Trump was trying to prevent a public panic while taking steps to combat the virus.
A public panic could have made the situation much worse. At the beginning of the outbreak, American’s started hoarding toilet paper. When I was 13, I worked at my father’s gas station during the Arab Oil Embargo. I remember how ugly people could get when faced with shortages of an essential product, including having adult men threaten to hit me with a tire iron if I didn’t give them more than 5 gallons of gas. There is no question in my mind that in a panic people would have run each other over to get toilet paper and other products.
The Democrat’s behavior during this crisis has been deplorable. Distorting the Trump Administration’s solid job of combating the virus to elect Joe Biden demonstrates that they are not fit to hold political power.
Everyone needs to remember this on election day.