GOP goes down in flames for 'astonishingly stupid' attempt to blame outbreak on impeachment

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GOP goes down in flames for ‘astonishingly stupid’ attempt to blame outbreak on impeachment

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on March 31, 2020

Republicans on Tuesday were called out for a new talking point that blames impeachment for President Donald Trump’s lack of early action on the novel coronavirus outbreak.

According to former Republican strategist Rick Wilson, GOP sources said that there is en effort to deflect the criticism of Trump by citing impeachment.

About the time Wilson revealed the new talking point, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell used it during an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt.........

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[jayfish]

1. I Guess I Missed The "Goes Down In Flames" Part.

If going down in flames means a bunch of Twitterati are posting bad things about you then... OK?

[jberryhill]

2. Yep

The hyperbole over media bullshit is annoying.

So and so was DESTROYED over some dumb thing...

And yet, somehow, they get up the next day.

[ck4829]

3. You mean, Republicans are getting away with this lame diversion?

[greenjar_01]

4. Raw Story writers are clowns

[ck4829]

5. Maybe they are idealists?

It is "astonishingly stupid", why are we even dealing with this?

[brush]

6. Guess impeacment also negated their ability to chew gum at the same time too. Curiously, it didn't..

stop trump's rallies and golf trips though.

[appalachiablue]

7. Pence is saying today it's because of the CDC and China, a new

line

[msongs]

8. twitter plus raw story..both are loserville nt

[Grammy23]

9. Hard to imagine it, but these fools actually do sit around trying to think up excuses.

It doesn’t matter if they are plausible. It doesn’t matter if they actually work for long. It gives the dumbasses something to say besides hummmahuh, hummmmanuh at the daily pep rally. The sheep will follow along and say, yeah. Boo-ya! The rest of us roll our eyes and put snarky things on Twitter.

[coti]

10. So, Trump's criminality also leads to distractions from the really important things.

Yes, that's true. But you don't blame the people holding criminals accountable.

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. "Goes down in flames" should at least have a poll as a bit of evidence

though you'd really have to wait until November elections to see if they have 'gone done in flames'.

[SeattleVet]

12. Impeachment kept tRump from concentrating on the coronavirus pandemic?

(Compiled from a message thread posted by others here.)

Well, he *has* had quite a busy schedule:

— January 9th -- rally Toledo
— January 13th
Test available. CDC should have been sourcing sampling supplies and distributing to states while simultaneously working to source supplies and mass produce the test and developing an effective distribution network. The FDA should have immediately used emergency use authority (EUA) to give labs across the country the go ahead to produce and distribute that test, or their own.

— January 14th — rally Milwaukee
— January 17th — entertains Louisiana State football team at WH (College football champions)
— January 18th — golf
— January 19th — golf
— January 19th — addresses American Farm Bureau in Austin, touting his greatness
— January 24th — addresses anti-abortion March for Life rally
— January 28th — rally Wildwood, NJ
— January 30th — rally Des Moines
— February 1st — golf
— February 5th — vote on impeachment
— February 6th — addresses National Prayer Breakfast
— February 6th — in what he calls a "celebration" (of impeachment vote) he delivers remarks from WH
— February 9th — attends National Governors Association dinner
— February 10th — rally Manchester, NH
— February 15th — golf
— February 15th — headlines fundraising dinner at billionaires home (link)
— February 19th — rally Phoenix
— February 20th — rally Colorado Springs
— February 21st — rally Las Vegas
— February 28th — rally North Charleston
— February 29th — speech to Conservative Political Action Conference
— March 2nd — rally Charlotte
— March 7th — golf
— March 8th — golf
— March 8th — Mar A logo fundraiser (some attendees later tested positive)

All of those may have cut into his Twitter time a little bit:
From 1/13 (when test was available) to March 8 (when they started acting)

Total tweets = 1851 (average 32 per day)
His tweets = 816 (average 14 per day)
His retweets = 1035 (average 18 per day)

But it was the impeachment proceedings (which he pointedly chose 'not to participate in') for not doing his job properly that kept him from doing his job properly?

If you believe that, I have a nice little bridge I can sell you, cheap!

[Windy City Charlie]

13. Yes

Yes, they're throwing whatever they can against the wall and hoping it sticks in order to absolve Trump of his incompetence on dealing with this. If it's not the impeachment, it's because the Chinese weren't transparent enough. They're hoping a lot of people have faulty memories by trying to rewrite so much history.