Trump's ex-chief of staff Mick Mulvaney says U.S. has 'inexcusable' problems with COVID-19 testing

[malaise]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/07/13/mick-mulvaney-says-covid-testing-issues-inexcusable/5429248002/
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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's former acting chief of staff criticized the country's coronavirus testing on Monday and argued that any future relief package should focus on COVID itself as the "root cause" of the recession, rather than on remedies like stimulus checks.

"I know it isn’t popular to talk about in some Republican circles, but we still have a testing problem in this country," Mick Mulvaney, who is currently the U.S.' special envoy to Northern Ireland, wrote in an op-ed for CNBC.

Mulvaney described his family's efforts to get tested for the coronavirus, noting that they had to wait up to a week to receive his son's results, while being told his daughter didn't meet the criteria for receiving a test, even though she was planning on visiting her grandparents.

"That is simply inexcusable at this point in the pandemic," Mulvaney sa

Asked about Mulvaney's stance that testing was still an issue, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said at a news briefing that the U.S. is "doing a pretty good job" on testing.
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They'll soon be devouring each other the way rats do in a crisis

[guillaumeb]

1. Soon he will no longer be the special envoy.

As soon as someone reads the op-ed to Trump.

[malaise]

4. He'll be lucky to survive beyond Friday

I'm betting his wife and kids were pissed at the wait let alone the grandparents.

Remember when we said the shit hound would not escape the wrath of citizens as people got sick or died. It's worse than that - the forced family separations are just as bad.

If the virus only affected them I'd sit back with snacks and drinks but they're fucking up the entire planet.

The Con only took three plus years to turn the country into a shithole country. It's frightening.

[Talitha]

19. And he's got 6 more months to go... God help us all.

[peacefreak2.0]

2. Gee, isn't funny

it’s only important when it’s personal.

[malaise]

5. Yes but watching them devour one another will be fun

[struggle4progress]

8. To be fair to him, his primary job is flattering Trump, so he really hasn't had that much time

to pay attention to anything else

[soothsayer]

3. I like to see cracks opening up

[malaise]

6. Cracks?

These are sink holes. More than a few will be swallowed up.

[soothsayer]

7. Even better!

[42bambi]

10. I'm so having such a marvelous time being on the right side of history and witnessing

so many egotistical suck ups falling on their faces!

[malaise]

13. Their reality show is over

They will now face reality. Never have I witnessed anything this horrendous.

[peggysue2]

9. Mulvaney will be scheduled for the guillotine very shortly

Trump permits no veering from official propaganda spews.

Poor guy.

I'll provide the basket. Or would a pike be more appropriate? Just asking.

[Mr. Ected]

11. The enablers are crying for mercy

Fuck them one and all.

[malaise]

17. Just wait four weeks

[CousinIT]

12. Remember the WHO (which Trump just yanked the US out of), offered us WORKING tests

But Trump stuck his nose up at them, then took his ball of US covid infections, stomped off he World field and went home yanking US out of the WHO - and let the damn virus spread all over the US like wildfire while claiming "we're doing more testing than anyone".

Jesus Christ on a pogo stick. Ugh.

[malaise]

14. Yep

Now they're out of PPE again. These people have to be stopped

[JDC]

15. He's on his way out. He'll back peddle soon I'm sure

Then down the road when *45 is no more, claim his moral fortitude to publish this op-Ed

[musclecar6]

16. Looks

Like he's trying to beat the rush to stand up to trump even though of course he's going to get kicked out but that way he'll be good to go to get something in a Republican administration going forward, where as the rest will stay with Trump too long and be thrown out politically on their ass

[malaise]

18. That is exactly what will happen

The rats that jump early hope to reach shore first. I hope they all drown or devour one another