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Dr. Birx's Reaction - Trump really scared her (Original Post) kpete Apr 2020 OP
The doctors have to refute this! Do no harm. nature-lover Apr 2020 #1
Birx would have done the most good by resigning ON CAMERA on the spot right then and there. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2020 #87
You can see a little piece of her soul die in real time. tanyev Apr 2020 #2
About the :32 second mark gratuitous Apr 2020 #11
Indeed. nt iluvtennis Apr 2020 #44
She looks horrified SouthernCal_Dem Apr 2020 #3
"How the hell am I gonna fix this?" Laelth Apr 2020 #4
Looked like she was considering whether or not to run away screaming or cayugafalls Apr 2020 #5
and vomit all at the same time Rural_Progressive Apr 2020 #52
And yet, she just sat there. dflprincess Apr 2020 #6
With her mouth open.. Cha Apr 2020 #23
It was the moment DENVERPOPS Apr 2020 #57
Batshit Crazy nt Progressive Jones Apr 2020 #7
This can't be allowed anymore. Buckeye_Democrat Apr 2020 #8
This is all over the place, and evry time I see it, I can't help thinking the proper reaction... TreasonousBastard Apr 2020 #9
The really baffling thing is that he doesn't realize how dumb it is malaise Apr 2020 #29
Didn't he follow up this insanity with: Marie Marie Apr 2020 #45
You first, fucker. Aviation Pro Apr 2020 #10
Very uncomfortable! imanamerican63 Apr 2020 #12
That's some heavy-duty blinking. TwilightZone Apr 2020 #13
Does anyone know Morse Code? Mariana Apr 2020 #75
I had to go over and look at some European newspapers in English captain queeg Apr 2020 #14
But his uncle was a "very powerful--very brilliant" nuclear guy.....! lastlib Apr 2020 #47
And because of that he really understands this sciencey stuff. captain queeg Apr 2020 #59
She was thinking of all the horror movies with a mad scientist she's sinkingfeeling Apr 2020 #15
I've practiced medicine for forty years.... bmbmd Apr 2020 #16
Too late. She sold her soul MontanaMama Apr 2020 #17
She might be found dead someday Buckeye_Democrat Apr 2020 #22
Did you miss this? malaise Apr 2020 #30
I missed that thread, but I previously... Buckeye_Democrat Apr 2020 #32
Even she could not buy today's recommendations malaise Apr 2020 #35
I hope not. Maybe she is trying to manage the psycho as best possible. Blue_true Apr 2020 #46
I think she is. She did get him to reverse course on Gov. Kemp's plan to open up in Georgia. nt tblue37 Apr 2020 #79
She looks like she's gonna gave a panic attack JDC Apr 2020 #18
That's what I thought. Zoonart Apr 2020 #27
He said Birx said she was going to test the ideas he was talking about. She didn't deny it. gulliver Apr 2020 #19
I've got an idea.. go public with his insantiy nini Apr 2020 #20
Seriously. Right? MontanaMama Apr 2020 #28
Someone on that stage needs to find the personal courage to stand up against this Nay Apr 2020 #36
He will just fire her like he fired other good people and put a psycho in her place. nt Blue_true Apr 2020 #48
The campaign ads certainly write themselves with this kind of video Captain Zero Apr 2020 #81
i can almost hear her thinking, "how did it come to this?" 0rganism Apr 2020 #21
No, Dr. Newest Reality Apr 2020 #24
The emperor has no brain but no one around the palace lets him know :( lunasun Apr 2020 #25
Trump is a germaphobe and uses tanning beds Midnightwalk Apr 2020 #26
I don't know how they do it.. stillcool Apr 2020 #31
Video of Dr. Birx leaving the briefing DesertRat Apr 2020 #33
That made me laugh out loud. MontanaMama Apr 2020 #41
Slowed her down. She had to lose it DesertRat Apr 2020 #77
That's damn funny!!! ALBliberal Apr 2020 #61
She will resign in the next few days..Maybe on the weekend.. Stuart G Apr 2020 #34
She will not resign, she is there to fawn over him. milestogo Apr 2020 #38
I think it finally dawned on her how batshit crazy he really is. Marrah_Goodman Apr 2020 #72
Trump seems to be channeling Dr. Mengele... Rollo Apr 2020 #37
For that walking blood bag to become a bigger idiot, BobTheSubgenius Apr 2020 #39
Thank you for your wisdom, Dr. Dumb Donald ironflange Apr 2020 #40
From the guy that told us the noise from windmills causes cancer... n/t Victor_c3 Apr 2020 #42
pig ignorant stopdiggin Apr 2020 #43
Pigs are intelligent. cvoogt Apr 2020 #76
I knew I was going to be called on that! stopdiggin Apr 2020 #86
The look on a prostitute's face when she realizes the john isn't going to pay her. BamaRefugee Apr 2020 #49
"I don't even remember what I sold my soul for in the first place." Grokenstein Apr 2020 #50
This magic scarf made my neck look younger... Buckeye_Democrat Apr 2020 #54
She has been down to the Cross Road and safeinOhio Apr 2020 #55
She has the personality of an abused woman. llmart Apr 2020 #51
She asking herself why she sold her soul to an idiot ... jimlup Apr 2020 #53
Horrifying. Blue_playwright Apr 2020 #56
When Dumbass fires these doctors, they should join Biden's campaign IronLionZion Apr 2020 #58
Didn't Mengele try this..n/t? bluecollar2 Apr 2020 #60
EXACTLY! My thought! he test al kinds of treatments. Many were deadly from the start how long to die usaf-vet Apr 2020 #68
+100...n/t bluecollar2 Apr 2020 #85
Well there is his "insanity" defense someday. gordianot Apr 2020 #62
Lol! I didn't consider that possibility. nt Buckeye_Democrat Apr 2020 #64
It worked for Spock in a Star Trek Episode, lol. BootinUp Apr 2020 #63
Bones unnecessarily blinded an infected Spock by "curing" him with intense full spectrum radiation. Marcuse Apr 2020 #83
SERENITY NOW! betsuni Apr 2020 #65
What her facial expression is saying is "this country is in deep trouble". ooky Apr 2020 #66
Saturday Night Live MUST do a skit on this... Trueblue Texan Apr 2020 #67
He's like a friend or family member sitting around Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2020 #69
She look like a POW in the Hanoi Hilton... Historic NY Apr 2020 #70
This is like the Oval Office version of The Office.... Trueblue Texan Apr 2020 #71
Yeah, especially with the zooming on her face. Buckeye_Democrat Apr 2020 #74
No one on that stage stood up and said that was the MerryBlooms Apr 2020 #73
OK, well I'm all right with light therapy as a balanced portion PatrickforO Apr 2020 #78
Dr. Birx. You took an oath. MontanaMama Apr 2020 #80
She doesn't dare contradict him or even say he misunderstood Warpy Apr 2020 #82
I really don't care what her reaction is, she's shown herself to be a trumper. Hermit-The-Prog Apr 2020 #84
That's ok, Dr. Brix: we're all equally horrified. BComplex Apr 2020 #88
She's afraid he's going to ask her to get up and talk about using disinfectant to treat disease. Jim__ Apr 2020 #89
But she didn't stand up to him coeur_de_lion Apr 2020 #90
I expected her to hide her face in her scarf any minute n/t TexasBushwhacker Apr 2020 #91
She's saying to her own brain WTF???? What am I doing here???? jimlup Apr 2020 #92

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
11. About the :32 second mark
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 09:36 PM
Apr 2020

Looks like Voldemort when the Lost Diadem of Ravenclaw got punted into the Room of Requirement.

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
4. "How the hell am I gonna fix this?"
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 09:34 PM
Apr 2020

Last edited Fri Apr 24, 2020, 08:59 AM - Edit history (1)

If I were she, that’s what I would be thinking.

-Laelth

Edit: grammar.

cayugafalls

(5,640 posts)
5. Looked like she was considering whether or not to run away screaming or
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 09:34 PM
Apr 2020

if she could somehow melt into the wall.

Hopefully, this is the moment she regains her intellect and backs away from this monster.

DENVERPOPS

(8,820 posts)
57. It was the moment
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 11:26 PM
Apr 2020

that she finally fully realized just how mentally demented and Fucked up Trump truly is, and at the same time realizes that this country is in the deepest shit ever......

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
8. This can't be allowed anymore.
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 09:35 PM
Apr 2020

I’m not referring to these moronic press conferences, but the fact that we even allow candidates who haven’t passed some kind of competency test.

Doctors, engineers, lawyers, and all kinds of professions require testing.

If our electoral system still elects the biggest idiot, let’s at least have a bare minimum of stupidity!

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
9. This is all over the place, and evry time I see it, I can't help thinking the proper reaction...
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 09:36 PM
Apr 2020

would be:

"That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard, and it's from the dumbest motherfucker I've ever known."

malaise

(268,997 posts)
29. The really baffling thing is that he doesn't realize how dumb it is
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 09:53 PM
Apr 2020

This is the fucking president - damn it!

Marie Marie

(9,999 posts)
45. Didn't he follow up this insanity with:
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 10:33 PM
Apr 2020

"I'm not a doctor but I have a really good..." (voice drops off while he points to his head). He really thinks he is going to eventually come out with a cure and the world will drop to its knees and praise him.

captain queeg

(10,197 posts)
14. I had to go over and look at some European newspapers in English
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 09:38 PM
Apr 2020

I get the impression they are treating trump the same way US news does. They aren’t openly mocking him, which is what he deserves. The EU is having a bit of social unrest about the lockdowns but they seem calmer and more scientific based than a lot of what we see. But I did see one place where they were quoting trump administration claims about heat reducing the half life of the virus. Didn’t hear trump himself mention half life, that term is way over his head.

bmbmd

(3,088 posts)
16. I've practiced medicine for forty years....
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 09:39 PM
Apr 2020

that may be the stupidest goddamn thing I've ever heard.

MontanaMama

(23,314 posts)
17. Too late. She sold her soul
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 09:39 PM
Apr 2020

and burned her reputation. She never challenges or refutes the MF’s lies in any meaningful fashion. She’s worthless and her scarves are stupid.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
32. I missed that thread, but I previously...
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 10:05 PM
Apr 2020

... saw a clip of her praising Trump on a Christian network.

She figuratively sold her soul to the devil at that point, but today it seemed the devil revealed a “twist” to the deal. (Using that old story plot as an analogy.)

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
46. I hope not. Maybe she is trying to manage the psycho as best possible.
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 10:35 PM
Apr 2020

We won't know until she can freely share her current world sometime during the future.

As someone pointed out, if Dr. Birx and Dr. Fauci go, Trump likely replace them with psychopaths who agree totally with his lunacy and we will be worse off for that.

Zoonart

(11,866 posts)
27. That's what I thought.
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 09:50 PM
Apr 2020

Her chest was riding and falling dramatically. She really struggled to keep control. This has to stop.

gulliver

(13,180 posts)
19. He said Birx said she was going to test the ideas he was talking about. She didn't deny it.
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 09:41 PM
Apr 2020

It shows that she is treating him like a child off-camera if she really told him she would test the ideas. Otherwise, it shows her letting him lie about her in front of millions.

nini

(16,672 posts)
20. I've got an idea.. go public with his insantiy
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 09:41 PM
Apr 2020

and save the world from this nightmare.

They just sit there and enable this crap over and over and over.

Spineless monsters.

Nay

(12,051 posts)
36. Someone on that stage needs to find the personal courage to stand up against this
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 10:22 PM
Apr 2020

nutcase. Who else can do it? There is no one.

Captain Zero

(6,805 posts)
81. The campaign ads certainly write themselves with this kind of video
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 12:33 AM
Apr 2020

Don't you wonder??

Show warning labels on products. Lysol, windex, fish tank cleaner, tanning beds uv light and then,,,,
Show shit for brains talking about injecting it, drinking it, shining the ligh inside somewhere.

Trump should shine a UV light up his ass.

Midnightwalk

(3,131 posts)
26. Trump is a germaphobe and uses tanning beds
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 09:50 PM
Apr 2020

And he always projects.

He is telling us he hasn’t caught Covid 19 because of his disinfecting rituals and tanning habits.

Some slick reporter ought to ask him something like

Mr president, you often have a natural sense about things. Can you give the Americans some pointers from your personal life? Do tanning beds and hygiene habits play a role?

The resulting rambling response would be epic.

Now i have to disinfect my fingers for typing something so disgusting. N

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
31. I don't know how they do it..
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 09:57 PM
Apr 2020

listen to all that gobbly-gook, for the benefit of one twit's ego. All that bs.

Stuart G

(38,427 posts)
34. She will resign in the next few days..Maybe on the weekend..
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 10:12 PM
Apr 2020

..As was pointed out...32. seconds. and....

Because of the internet, this will be world wide news...

Rollo

(2,559 posts)
37. Trump seems to be channeling Dr. Mengele...
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 10:26 PM
Apr 2020

...the infamous doctor at Auschwitz who injected his victims with all sorts of horrible stuff...

llmart

(15,539 posts)
51. She has the personality of an abused woman.
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 10:58 PM
Apr 2020

I don't care if she is a doctor. Her continuing to go out there and just make her look weak and stupid while she keeps coming back for more is disgusting. If she had any principles at all she'd quit and go public with why, but from what I've seen so far, she won't do that.

jimlup

(7,968 posts)
53. She asking herself why she sold her soul to an idiot ...
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 11:07 PM
Apr 2020

I wonder how many times she's asked herself what the hell am I doing? Why did I sell my soul to this?

Blue_playwright

(1,568 posts)
56. Horrifying.
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 11:18 PM
Apr 2020

When I heard it, I thought it was the Onion. 😳

When her book and Dr Fauci’s come out - it’s gonna be some juicy reading.

IronLionZion

(45,442 posts)
58. When Dumbass fires these doctors, they should join Biden's campaign
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 11:26 PM
Apr 2020

I'll take Biden's gaffes over deadly dangerous misinformation any day

usaf-vet

(6,186 posts)
68. EXACTLY! My thought! he test al kinds of treatments. Many were deadly from the start how long to die
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 11:54 PM
Apr 2020

Trump has no Fing idea of what he is talking about. And because he has no compassion or empathy he really doesn't give a shit as long as it MIGHT work. So he can pat himself on the back and claim he is doing something.

He is one evil SOB.

The blood of 46,000 CV-19 deaths is on his hands and the hands of EVERY SENATOR WHO VOTED him not guilty in the impeachment hearing.

They put this monster back in charge of the well being and safety of the American people.

I hope each and every one of them is haunted with guilt until the day they die.

Marcuse

(7,480 posts)
83. Bones unnecessarily blinded an infected Spock by "curing" him with intense full spectrum radiation.
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 12:50 AM
Apr 2020

That’s one huge virus.

Trueblue Texan

(2,429 posts)
67. Saturday Night Live MUST do a skit on this...
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 11:52 PM
Apr 2020

...she jumps to her feet and demands...”are you out of your F*****g MIND?” Stay tuned!

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
69. He's like a friend or family member sitting around
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 11:57 PM
Apr 2020

Saying "what about this?"

Are there THAT many people who wouldn't realize that this is armchair guessing?

It made me think that this is his appeal. He's like a "sitting around bullshitting and throwing shit out there" kind of president. He's like your bullshitting neighbor.


Historic NY

(37,449 posts)
70. She look like a POW in the Hanoi Hilton...
Thu Apr 23, 2020, 11:59 PM
Apr 2020

blinking away...she should have just stood up and left her silence is allowing Trump to affirm what he says.

Trueblue Texan

(2,429 posts)
71. This is like the Oval Office version of The Office....
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 12:02 AM
Apr 2020

...will someone please tell us it’s just a tv show?

MerryBlooms

(11,769 posts)
73. No one on that stage stood up and said that was the
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 12:03 AM
Apr 2020

craziest fucking thing I've ever heard. Neither do the press. If the press just got up and walked out... Someone, Someone do some goddamn thing! The media is still whitewashing his actions and Chuck Todd is one of the worst. Instead, they all sit there and let this madman get away with murder. People wonder how lovely innocent people were herded into gas chambers and furnaces? THIS! Because no one says anything! My God, what's it going to take!?! What impact would it make if tomorrow there were NO reporters at his daily shitshow? Him talking to the cameras, Birx bobbleheading, Fauci cringing, Pence trotting out his daily con job... The networks should try it, because today, their coverage helped him spread disinfectant injections and internal UV. There are people who will take that cue and end up in the ER with chemical burns to the mouth, throat, bronchi, and you bet, folks shoving UV lights up every patriotic orifice.

I don't usually watch his shitshows, but I made the mistake of watching today. I saw Cuomo calling out mcconnell. The line is drawn. This is literally life and death. Every Dem in every state needs to call out and get to the media when the PPE is being confiscated by trump. Pelosi needs to call it out. Defunding the drive thru testing needs to be called out, by every top Dem.

I wish I had the luxury of being able to donate stimulus money (if I get it) or an extra dollar, to donate to a campaign. Honestly, I can't even imagine being in such a place of privilege right now. I am happy there are folks who can, because we will need every dime to defeat these bastards. So, thank you! I admit tho, if I do end up with an extra few bucks, it will go to our food bank.

PatrickforO

(14,574 posts)
78. OK, well I'm all right with light therapy as a balanced portion
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 12:26 AM
Apr 2020

of a holistic approach to disease.

But I've got to draw the line at injecting disinfectant into the human body to kill the virus.

Warpy

(111,257 posts)
82. She doesn't dare contradict him or even say he misunderstood
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 12:47 AM
Apr 2020

I would be so tempted to hand him a bottle of rubbing alcohol and tell him that's the one that kills the bug within a few seconds just to see if he'd guzzle it down. That plus not having an MD are why I'll never get the opportunity.

I don't think a piece of her soul died. I think it's been dead a very long time, which is why she's still there. She's seen enough of him to know he's uneducable and that she will never get a chance to correct the record. She's a prop and she knows it.

I have to wonder what he's really been taking in that bottled marked "hydroxychloroquine." He is dangerously uninformed and no one can tell him anything. He already knows it all.

Dr. Fauci has been speaking up and trying to correct the record. I don't see that Birx has ever contradicted him, even when he's been this colossally ignorant, not even "oh, god, don't try this at home!"



Hermit-The-Prog

(33,345 posts)
84. I really don't care what her reaction is, she's shown herself to be a trumper.
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 01:08 AM
Apr 2020

She's competing with Pompeo and all the gang for her turn at kissing orange ass.

BComplex

(8,051 posts)
88. That's ok, Dr. Brix: we're all equally horrified.
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 12:35 PM
Apr 2020

But I really do hope some of his MAGAts decide to inject some lysol disinfectant or bleach into their veins. It would put them out of our misery.

Jim__

(14,076 posts)
89. She's afraid he's going to ask her to get up and talk about using disinfectant to treat disease.
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 01:37 PM
Apr 2020

How she's going to test it, how long before the results are in, what great ideas Donald Trump has about the treatment of disease.

coeur_de_lion

(3,676 posts)
90. But she didn't stand up to him
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 02:05 PM
Apr 2020

And she didn't stand up for us. Fuck her. She should be scared. Hell we are all fucking terrified.

jimlup

(7,968 posts)
92. She's saying to her own brain WTF???? What am I doing here????
Fri Apr 24, 2020, 08:04 PM
Apr 2020

Then she's like "Shit ... I guess that's my play and I have to stick with it. I'm a Republican after all and that's what we dooooooooooo......"

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