Trump stokes coranavirus conspiracy theory involving Rod Rosenstein's sister.

[yellowcanine]

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/trump-stokes-coronavirus-conspiracy-theory-involving-rod-rosensteins-sister/

For the "You can't make this shit up" file.

President Donald Trump is singling out a particular official with the Centers for Disease Control for warning against the possible spread of the coronavirus.

The president is furious that CDC officials warned Tuesday that the COVID-19 virus could potentially shut down schools and businesses, and he reportedly blames Dr. Nancy Messonnier, the director of the agency and the sister of former deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein — as Rush Limbaugh did on his national radio program.

“This person running this agency, who does she donate to?” Limbaugh said during his syndicated show. “Well, her brother is Rod Rosenstein. I’m guessing, let me check. I need to double-check this, because what I’m seeing here is ‘Messonnier’s sister is Rod Rosenstein’ — unless Rosenstein’s had a sex-change operation, that can’t be right.”

Trump, perhaps following the lead of Limbaugh and fringe right-wing blogs, has focused his anger on Messonnier, according to CNBC’s Eamon Javers.

“She never should have said that,” a senior administration official told me. “It’s bad. It’s great to make emergency preparations, it’s not great to make predictions.”

The CDC is not supposed to make predictions? WTF? They are epidemiologists. Their job is to make predictions.

[Skittles]

1. didn't Trump predict coronovirus would be gone in April?

WTF, WHY IS THIS STUPID, STUPID MAN "PRESIDENT"????????

[dewsgirl]

2. I pray they don't bow to him.

[John Fante]

3. What's the difference between Rush Limbaugh and the coronavirus?

One will lead to worldwide celebrations when it's wiped off the face of the earth... and the other is the coronavirus.

[Leghorn21]

4. I checked Rosenstein's twitter account to see if he jumped to his sister's defense

yeah, nope

[riversedge]

5. OMG!! not this crap !! damn

[struggle4progress]

6. Putin says: "Babble incoherently!"

[Tweedy]

7. The CDC knows what to do. Now, "sir" get out of the way!

Almost every word this president spoke today was panic inducing, especially since he was livid with the CDC for being up front with U.S.

He needs to get out of the way, get his toadies out of the way and let the CDC do its job.

It looks likely this president's claim of germophobia is simply another affectation.

[yellowcanine]

8. Except that Trump took money from them to build his damn wall.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/defunded-the-cdc-to-build-his-wall-trump-scorched-for-incompetent-handling-of-coronavirus-including-spelling-it-caronavirus/

We are doomed.

Maybe Mexico will help fund the CDC?

[Tweedy]

9. You are right

& a few of this president's incompetent men refused to follow CDC guidance

& this fool of a president fired the epidemic response head

& this ignorant president dissolved the U.S. epidemic response team

& who is left at state to co-ordinate a world response with all of the loyalty oath hunts going on in government?

& is there anyone in his incompetence in chief's entourage of incompetents who understands the value of a world coordinated response?

& if so (& looks doubtful) is there anyone around this fool who has the slightest notion how to coordinate a world response?

& dang! How very Putin/Xi of this president to threaten a CDC doctor for telling U.S. the truth?

All true.

Nevertheless, the CDC, cities, towns and schools have been training for this for years.

And democrats will make sure they get the money they need (& if drumph steals that?)

Right now in the face of his incompetence in chief, knowing the deep state of expertise in the CDC, NIH and our healthcare system is reassuring.

[UTUSN]

10. K&R, just for kicks, how the Authoritarian paranoia will just play itself out!1

[Takket]

11. the same Rosenstein who bent over backwards to thwart Mueller's investigation?

That guy is trying to hurt drumpf?