McConnell says Obama administration 'did leave behind' pandemic plan

[TomCADem]

Source: MSN

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Thursday walked back comments made earlier this week, where he said the Obama administration didn't leave behind a "game plan" for a pandemic. McConnell, asked about his comments during a Fox News interview, said that "I was wrong."

McConnell's comments come after he appeared to blame the Obama administration for not leaving guidelines behind for the Trump White House during the transition in 2017. President Trump and his allies have made similar remarks.

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His comments sparked backlash from former Obama administration officials. Ronald Klain, who was the Ebola coordinator for the Obama administration, tweeted that "we literally left them a 69-page Pandemic Playbook.... that they ignored."

"And an office called the Pandemic Preparedness Office... that they abolished. And a global monitoring system called PREDICT .. that they cut by 75%" he added.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mcconnell-says-obama-administration-did-leave-behind-pandemic-plan/ar-BB146eqQ?li=BBnb7Kz

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It is so rare to get a Republican to acknowledge facts, science or even reality.

[Blue Owl]

1. Hey Mitch go poke a hornets nest

n/t

[SheltieLover]

5. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍

Good one!

[DBoon]

30. A Murder Honet's nest...

[Blue Owl]

31. Now you're talking!

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Chameleon tacks toward reality as election approaches

but only when caught by the truth

[Judi Lynn]

25. Trump won't let it go. He has no self-control, he'll have to get him back for this, and soon.

Mitch panicked, and thought only of himself, instead of thinking only of Trump.

[msongs]

3. mitch just showing trump who's boss... nt

[mobeau69]

4. I emailed mctrutle a pdf of it. LOL

[SheltieLover]

6. Hahaha!

Excellent!

[lastlib]

14. you're good!

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[JudyM]

29. Nice!

[OAITW r.2.0]

7. Can Trump fire McConnell?

Not sure about the rules anymore,maybe Barr can weigh in....

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

8. No, but the people of KY can. n/t

[OAITW r.2.0]

9. The ones that continue to put him in Congress?

The same ones the added the clown alter-ego To DC, Rand Paul? God help us.

[Marie Marie]

10. Is Mitch on drugs or drunk? Doesn't sound like the Mitch I've come to know.

But I'm sure that his usual assholery (OK I made up that word) will be back soon.

[patphil]

17. Actually, that is a real word.

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=assholery

It was added to the urban dictionary in December of 2003:

Actions or behavior consistent with being an asshole
I was fired in my boss's latest fit of assholery.

[Marie Marie]

19. Hey cool. Thanks for that. It just seemed to fit but apparently,

others before me have encountered the actions or behaviors of Assholes often enough to have coined the word.

[Shrike47]

11. So he basically admitted Trump is lying when he repeatedly complains Obama left no guide.

I wonder how Trump is going to react?

[keithbvadu2]

12. Moscow Mitch got caught in another lie.

[BHDem53]

13. It's probably not easy

for a turtle to walk back.

[lastlib]

15. My favorite picture of Mitch:

(My second-favorite is the one *after* the truck flattens him, but that's too gruesome for this site....)

[catbyte]

16. So he lies to The Cult then corrects himself where The Cult won't see him. What a colossal POS.

[littlemissmartypants]

18. Wow, are we actually seeing cracks in the veneer?

I hope he snaps under the pressure.

[TomCADem]

20. Nah. It is probably his way of saying...

...stop spamming me ^$^%^ copies of the 68 page plan.

[littlemissmartypants]

22. Ha!

[tavernier]

21. Nope. Just his attempt to appear bipartisan

before election season.

[littlemissmartypants]

23. Too little, too late, imo. nt

[Talitha]

24. This should be in campaign ads for Joe.

They lie, they lie, they lie!

And let's buy time on FOX to show it.

[TalenaGor]

26. are they really making the case that Obama didn't tell Trump what to do ahead of time

[DeminPennswoods]

27. Klain showed a picture of the cover when

he was on MSNBC yesterday. The very first word in big print was "PLAYBOOK", then a couple spaces and something like how to handle an epidemic/pandemic in slightly smaller print. He showed the index page, too.

Maybe McConnell and Trump didn't realize some staffers would've taken a copy with them when they left.

Anyway, it was pretty hilarious.

[question everything]

28. K & R