Trump Owns the COVID-19 Catastrophe (Robert Reich)

[Mike 03]

The American Prospect
BY ROBERT REICH
JULY 7, 2020

Donald Trump said last Thursday’s jobs report, which showed an uptick in June, proves the economy is “roaring back.”

Rubbish. The Labor Department gathered the data during the week of June 12, when America was reporting 25,000 new cases of COVID-19 per day. By the time the report was issued last week, that figure was 55,000.

The economy isn’t roaring back. Just over half of working-age Americans have jobs now, the lowest ratio in over 70 years. What’s roaring back is COVID-19. Until it’s tamed, the economy doesn’t stand a chance.

The surge in cases isn’t because America is doing more tests for the virus, as Trump contends. Cases are rising even where testing is declining. In Wisconsin, cases soared 28 percent over the past two weeks, as the number of tests decreased by 14 percent. Hospitals in Texas, Florida, and Arizona are filling up with COVID-19 patients. Deaths are expected to resume their gruesome ascent.

The surge is occurring because America reopened before COVID-19 was contained.

Read more here: https://prospect.org/coronavirus/trump-owns-covid-19/

[malaise]

1. It's amazing how he just lies and lies and lies

and they let him lie

[Mike 03]

2. And the MSM played clips of him lying over and over again all day yesterday.

Except for Joy Reid.

I wish they'd treat him like the pathological pariah he is, bypass the sound clips and proceed directly to, "He's a fucking liar so we won't bother playing his speeches."

[Lonestarblue]

5. Even on MSNBC, some pundits talk about how Trump can win as if they want him to.

I don’t remember exact words, but yesterday some guest was talking about the fact that Trump hadn’t been able to land on a tactic to essentially smear Biden, and then proceeded to say that there were many negative things Trump could use against Biden. She didn’t say what they were, but the whole segment focused on how Trump could win reelection if he ran a stronger campaign.

Much of the media is still treating him like a fine upstanding man who has done great things for the country and deserves reelection instead of the corrupt, dangerous, ignorant loser he is. I know they can’t use those terms, but they could at least say outright that he failed to provide leadership for the virus response and he failed to respond to Putin’s bounty on US soldiers. Instead, it’s all sugar coated.

[Botany]

3. "The surge is occurring because America reopened before COVID-19 was contained."

"Even Italy–not always known for the effectiveness of its leaders or the pliability of its citizens–has contained the virus and is reopening without a resurgence."

[usaf-vet]

4. It's this simple.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213710910

[Maxheader]

6. Who is the bigger enemy..

Wingers..rebublcans..conservatives...

-That gave us reagon and the invasion of central America or

-The bushes that killed 100000s in the middle east or

-The yellow haired traitor practicing serious herd immunity....

Or corona?