Sen. Tim Scott Slams Biden For Not Hailing 'Genius' of Trump Covid Response: 'The Vitriol of...

[DonViejo]

Sen. Tim Scott Slams Biden For Not Hailing ‘Genius’ of Trump Covid Response: ‘The Vitriol of the Public Forum Leaves No Room For Civility’

By Sarah RumpfMar 12th, 2021, 12:23 pm

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) slammed President Joe Biden for giving what he viewed as insufficient credit to former President Donald Trump’s “genius” response to the coronavirus pandemic.

America’s Newsroom anchor Bill Hemmer mentioned a line from Biden’s speech to Scott and asked for his reaction.

“Here is the line that stuck out to me last night: He said we were hit with a virus that was met with silence and spread unchecked,” said Hemmer. “Denials for days, weeks, then months. He wasn’t talking about Wuhan, wasn’t talking about Beijing. He was talking about the Trump White House and Operation Warp Speed. What did you think of that, Senator?”

“Unbelievable, to be honest with you,” replied Scott. “Let’s take a look back at 2020. It was NBC News that said they had to fact check President Trump who said we would have a vaccine within a year. They said it would take a miracle. What did President Trump produce? A miracle.”

Scott credited Operation Warp Speed with providing more than a million doses of the vaccine per day when Biden’s term began, and criticized his goal of 100 million doses in the first 100 days as “underwhelming.”

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[dchill]

1. That's just plain dumb.

[underpants]

2. Paraphrasing Jen Psaki and someone here at DU

“No one should get credit when 500,000 people have died” - Jen Psaki

“Just because they let you sleep RIGHT BY the stove Sen. Scott doesn’t mean they think you are one of them”
-DU’er

[jorgevlorgan]

3. Tim Scott thinks letting half a million people die is "genius"

He must have a strange definition of what genius means.

[dchill]

25. "Genius" is anything Donald Trump says or does.

Like Senator Scott, it's very simple.

[Atticus]

4. Well, bless your heart, punkin! You are apparently under the mistaken impression that telling

the truth ( that means stating real facts, not "alternative facts" ) is somehow "vitriol" just because the truth is painful.

The definition of "vitriol" is "harsh, bitter or painful language". But, just like telling the truth about someone is not slander, neither is it vitriol.

Finally, there is just damn little that can be truthfully said about "he who shall not be named" that would not be "harsh, bitter AND painful".

[kimbutgar]

5. He is such an Uncle Tom and house you know what.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

6. These people are pathological liars ... no way did NBC News have to 'fact check' a claim that the

vaccine would be done in a year, and nobody would have said it would 'take a miracle' to have a vaccine in a year.

Not only was early 2021 the consensus all along, but there's no way to 'fact check' something that's theoretically happening a year the friggin' future.

"Genius" response, give me a friggin break. He purposefully downplayed it, he admitted it.

And the first approved vaccine was done completely without 'Operation Warp Speed' involvement in any way.

This guy is full of shit, just like all these lying wingnut assholes.

I hate them all.

[CBHagman]

7. Several things at work here, from fudging on the sources of vaccines...

...to just plain gaslighting about civility now that Donald Trump is off Twitter and out of the White House.

First of all, attributing the creation of the vaccines to Trump is ridiculous. A lot of the groundwork had been laid before Operation Warp Speed, and multiple entities and nations are responsible for the vaccines accepted for use in the United States.

I should add that Trump, both in his budget policies and his rhetoric, was never a friend of science or research. As for the business about civility, there's a reason Anthony Fauci has to have a security detail just to talk walk outside.

Here's a general briefing on the vaccines:

https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/guide-global-covid-19-vaccine-efforts

[Goodheart]

8. Scott has found his money place. A way for South Carolinians to feel good about themselves.

Quite profitable, this sacrifice of dignity.

[dalton99a]

9. The amazing genius of Donald Trump

[Cha]

10. tim scott is a GD GASLIGHTING

Lying Sack of MAGAT Fucked UP SHITE.

Sit down & Shut UP STUPID.

[dalton99a]

12. +1. He is a classic Uncle Tom

https://apnews.com/article/ap-norc-poll-people-of-color-covid-19-economy-421f0582650c02a42508fb46aa461a7b

People of color bear COVID-19?s economic brunt
By AARON MORRISON, KAT STAFFORD and EMILY SWANSON

[Cha]

28. Worse! TY for that info, dalton!

[Vinca]

11. All the "genius" had to do was say "wear a mask" and he wouldn't do it. Covid was given free

reign by Trump and it took advantage of that by killing over half a million Americans. Tim Scott should be ashamed of himself. Trump is no hero. He's not even a zero. He's a less than zero.

[OrlandoDem2]

13. He is starting to get under my skin.

[Mary in S. Carolina]

14. Joe Cunningham for Senate

I would love Jim Clyburn or Joe Cunningham to run for Senate.

[Goodheart]

15. How is it "genius" to hope for a vaccine?

[raccoon]

16. It's not fair, now SC has two Senators kissing up to Trump. Nt

[Deuxcents]

17. We have two, too

Scott n Rubio. 🤬

[roamer65]

18. FUCK SCOTT and TRUMP.

[BlueStater]

19. Tim Scott is a pathetic fucking hack.

To think this spineless loser is listed as a potential 2024 candidate by our ridiculous media.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

20. Operation Warp Speed helped to increase bleach production in the U.S., right?

........


This dude need psychological help.......

[budkin]

21. "Uncle Tim" shilling again for Trump

It's embarrassing.

[lpbk2713]

22. BWAHAHAHA. He actually said that in public?

Trump and genius are polar opposites.

[maxrandb]

23. So, there is a terrible pandemic

A "bleeping" 2 year old could conclude; "hey, we need a vaccine right away"

We're supposed to treat this ignorant fucksticks like a genius because he proposed doing something a fucking imbecile would propose doing.

It would be like the Captain of the Titanic being praised because he said we need more lifeboats.

It would be like saying we should quickly get ice water to hell and having every fucking person there going; "holy fuck...why didn't I think of that".

Not to mention that the main reason over 500K of or fellow Americans are fucking dead is because if his incompetence, ignorance and corruption.

Fuck him and the apocalyptic horse he road in on.

[captain queeg]

24. Trump would have campaigned against seat belts and drunk driving laws

Because they detract from our freedumbs.

[dchill]

26. I think we can all see who's refusing to give credit here.

[demtenjeep]

27. jim crow lives on

in tim scott