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I do appreciate your rational response. I respect posters ....


who'll at least try to give a thoughtful response. BTW, I'm not liberal. I'm moderate ... who leans right economically, but tries to be progressive on social issues if it's realistic.

Here's the issue. It's one thing if the virus caught us off guard. However, Trump went one level further. He attacked people who warned of the virus. He lied about containment. Trump didn't start the basic process of containment. That's not an issue of execution. That's incompetence, if not negligence. And if the reports of the Senate briefings by US Intellience in late January / early Feburary are true, the Trump Adminstration misled the Amerian people.

WHO was lagging too. That said, the Chinese did not allow access to Ground Zero. They had no way of vetting ... similar to stonewalling the Trump Administration has done. However, in late January, Dr. Fauci started to raise the alarms of COVID-19 and our lack of preparedness in the healthcare system if this reached a pandemic. Even then, the Trump Administrstion downplayed the virus. There's no way around it.

It's one thing to get caught off guard. It's another thing to actively downplay the virus and attack the people who raise concerns. That's what the Chinese Government did.

(In response to this post by Folly Beach Hokie)

Posted: 04/08/2020 at 12:41PM



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  Laura Ingraham noticed this tweet also (link) -- JMHoo 04/08/2020 08:44AM
  The beach is never off topic... -- Folly Beach Hokie 04/08/2020 10:21AM
  Im not sure any of that is "obvious" in my opinion. -- Folly Beach Hokie 04/08/2020 09:29AM
  Are you really comparing the Chinese gov and US? -- Folly Beach Hokie 04/08/2020 09:47AM
  That seems to be evidence of what I said, not what you said... -- Folly Beach Hokie 04/08/2020 10:06AM
  I think you're wrong...see his most recent post -- Folly Beach Hokie 04/08/2020 10:01AM
  From business insider... -- Folly Beach Hokie 04/08/2020 10:31AM
  From the demon of this thread itself, NBC. -- hoolstoptheheels 04/08/2020 11:14AM
  Sorry Balz, i cant read NYT anymore because i'm out of freebbie's. -- Folly Beach Hokie 04/08/2020 10:26AM
  Just following the lead of the president -- Fuzzy Dunlop 04/08/2020 09:38AM
  This, or any other. ** -- SixerHoo 04/08/2020 09:09AM
  Click on “Mainstream media echoing...” ** -- JMHoo 04/08/2020 08:46AM
  Seems "aspirational" to me -- wahoo138 04/08/2020 08:21AM
  This tweet? I don’t think it would be any different. -- hoolstoptheheels 04/08/2020 08:38AM
  Stay safe in NY ** -- Plano Hoo 04/08/2020 08:40AM
  Thanks. ** -- hoolstoptheheels 04/08/2020 08:44AM
  Wait? All that victimhood----from a tweet? -- Shenhoo 04/08/2020 08:03AM
  Red State...lol ** -- Hooddihsm 04/08/2020 08:26AM
  China and Fauci made Trump not care. It's all their fault -- Fuzzy Dunlop 04/08/2020 10:02AM
  People in this country are very addicted to grievance. -- hoolstoptheheels 04/08/2020 07:41AM
  Yes (link) -- hoolstoptheheels 04/08/2020 08:42AM
  America First? Wow... ** -- Tuckahokie 04/08/2020 08:41AM
  Yes, Comrade. ** -- JMHoo 04/08/2020 07:18AM
  Your insight is matched only by your wit ** -- 111Balz 04/08/2020 07:25AM
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  Complicit not idiots ** -- HokieDan95 04/07/2020 11:07PM
  Paranoia it strikes deep** -- 111Balz 04/08/2020 07:23AM
  Wrong place** -- 111Balz 04/08/2020 07:25AM
  Anyone Hoo isn't is an idiot. ** -- WaxHoo 04/07/2020 11:37PM
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  Exactly. ** -- JMHoo 04/07/2020 10:23PM
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