Citing 'Callous Disregard for Human Life,' Groups Urge Trump and Pence...

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Citing 'Callous Disregard for Human Life,' Groups Urge Trump and Pence to Hand Covid-19 Response Over to Health Experts

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/07/15/citing-callous-disregard-human-life-groups-urge-trump-and-pence-hand-covid-19

More than a dozen civil society organizations demanded in an open letter Tuesday that President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence relinquish control over the federal Covid-19 response to public health experts, a move the groups said is necessary to "save lives and restore the economy."

"Under your failed leadership, the Executive Branch's response to the pandemic has been inept and incoherent in nearly every respect," the organizations wrote (pdf) to Trump and Pence. "Your callous disregard for human life during the still-raging coronavirus pandemic is appalling and must cease."

"Your callous disregard for human life during the still-raging coronavirus pandemic is appalling and must cease."

The letter was signed by 20 advocacy groups, including Public Citizen, American Muslim Health Professionals, People's Action, Progressive Democrats of America, Social Security Works, and the Coalition on Human needs.

The groups called on Trump and Pence to "immediately step aside from any further role in leading or communicating about the federal response to the pandemic" and hand full control over to medical experts at the U.S. Public Health Service as coronavirus infections surge across the U.S.

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[poli-junkie]

1. Hear, hear!