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SunSeeker

(51,378 posts)
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 03:33 PM Jul 2020

Trump administration pushing to block new money for testing, tracing, and CDC in upcoming coronaviru

Source: Washington Post

The Trump administration is trying to block billions of dollars for states to conduct testing and contact tracing in the upcoming coronavirus relief bill, people involved in the talks said Saturday.

The administration is also trying to block billions of dollars that GOP senators want to allocate for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and billions more for the Pentagon and State Department to address the pandemic at home and abroad, the people said.

The administration’s posture has angered some GOP senators, the officials said, and some lawmakers are trying to push back and ensure that the money stays in the bill. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity to reveal confidential deliberations, cautioned that the talks were fluid and the numbers were in flux.

The negotiations center around a bill Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnnell (R-Ky.) is preparing to unveil this coming week as part of the negotiations with Democrats on what will likely be the last major coronavirus relief bill before the November election.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2020/07/18/white-house-testing-budget-cdc-coronavirus/?hpid=hp_hp-banner-main_bailouthill-310pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans



"I said to my people, 'Slow the testing down please,' " https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/22/politics/donald-trump-testing-slow-down-response/index.html
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Trump administration pushing to block new money for testing, tracing, and CDC in upcoming coronaviru (Original Post) SunSeeker Jul 2020 OP
yeah...this makes sense....jesus christ... dhill926 Jul 2020 #1
Trump is committing murder. Blocking testing is premeditation. nt SunSeeker Jul 2020 #4
WTH soothsayer Jul 2020 #2
Why??? The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #3
To show fewer cases so Trump looks better. SunSeeker Jul 2020 #5
He won't look better after 200,000 people are dead. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2020 #6
Of course. It's insane and evil, like everything he does. nt SunSeeker Jul 2020 #7
Those were because of the flu, or didn't moonscape Jul 2020 #9
Who is going to know about the dead when they are doing the counting? LiberalArkie Jul 2020 #12
Showing fewer cases means showing more deaths. Means less isolation, less tracing, less timely treat Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2020 #17
Trying to sweep the information under the rug. Why? cstanleytech Jul 2020 #8
He wants to kill us Botany Jul 2020 #10
Copy that appalachiablue Jul 2020 #19
some GOP senators are "angered" by the move? RussBLib Jul 2020 #11
I'm sure that Susan is very concerned Kaiserguy Jul 2020 #14
Every day, a new outrage against decency, sanity, morality, ... Sinistrous Jul 2020 #13
Send all COVID data to the White House. Cut the CDC out of it. Block testing and tracing. NickB79 Jul 2020 #15
We can thank Vladimir for this propaganda strategy. He uses it at home, too. Ford_Prefect Jul 2020 #16
I am sure they discussed this on one of their 6 recent phone calls. BigmanPigman Jul 2020 #20
He wants to kill more Americans I guess Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2020 #18

dhill926

(16,234 posts)
1. yeah...this makes sense....jesus christ...
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 03:35 PM
Jul 2020

just outlaw masks nationwide already and get it over with. Then we can storm the white house and drag your orange ass out...

SunSeeker

(51,378 posts)
5. To show fewer cases so Trump looks better.
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 03:46 PM
Jul 2020

"If it did slow down, frankly, I think we're way ahead of ourselves if you want to know the truth," Trump said. "We've done too good a job."

"So, instead of 25 million tests, let's say we did 10 million tests. We'd look like we were doing much better because we'd have far fewer cases. You understand that," Trump told CBN. 

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/22/politics/donald-trump-testing-slow-down-response/index.html

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,789 posts)
17. Showing fewer cases means showing more deaths. Means less isolation, less tracing, less timely treat
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 07:03 PM
Jul 2020

... less timely treatment. All of that increases the death toll, which can't be denied but can be obscured so that trumpanzees aren't reminded of it.

cstanleytech

(26,082 posts)
8. Trying to sweep the information under the rug. Why?
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 03:57 PM
Jul 2020

Because it shows his stupidity in calling this a fake virus and literally doing almost nothing to prevent it from coming into the country.
Then when it does come into the country he again screwed up and does not step up as a president should and help contain it which then leads to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of American citizens.
Not to mention that the incompetence he and the other Republicans have displayed has also led to the crashing of the American economy.

NickB79

(19,114 posts)
15. Send all COVID data to the White House. Cut the CDC out of it. Block testing and tracing.
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 06:11 PM
Jul 2020

This is all part of the game plan.

They honestly think they can sweep the pandemic under the rug.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,111 posts)
18. He wants to kill more Americans I guess
Sat Jul 18, 2020, 08:08 PM
Jul 2020

Or maybe he really is stupid enough to believe if you ignore it the virus will go away.

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