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RockRaven

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10. Repukes want POTUS to be a god-king (when he's one of them anyway), so what do you get?

Wed Mar 11, 2020, 10:11 PM

Mar 2020

You get this delusional sadist killing Americans by actively stopping the relevant experts from preparing, coordinating, communicating, and all-around doing their jobs, or worse when he outright eliminates their jobs.

That's why we are unprepared. And the right-wing's fellation of the unitary executive and emboldening of Trump by submitting to his every abuse and transgression means there is no available means for ANYONE who knows better to actually DO BETTER when Trump is determined to stop them.

Trump owns this entirely. AND SO DOES EVERY REPUBLICAN. They've been building up to this, brick by brick, for half a century.

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You all know I'm no faan of Orangeman, but WHY is every member of the media saying we're in [View all] napi21 Mar 2020 OP

because trump fired people and dismantled protective agencies that could msongs Mar 2020 #1

Absolutely!!! K&R!!! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2020 #3

+ 1,000. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2020 #5

THIS malaise Mar 2020 #18

K&R, China reported CV19 genetic sequence on Jan 12!! We still don't have WHO's mass test kits !! uponit7771 Mar 2020 #19

Trump refused to take the test kits offered from the WHO, fyi. nt littlemissmartypants Mar 2020 #24

WOW !!! uponit7771 Mar 2020 #26

Yep. nt littlemissmartypants Mar 2020 #35

Because he wanted to make money by investing in secondwind Mar 2020 #36

There are no other leaders. Everyone who has the power to do these things is a Trump stooge, The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #2

Cuts, cuts and more cuts Ferrets are Cool Mar 2020 #4

Yes failure in leadership in many places, but buck stops where? at140 Mar 2020 #6

We were grossly under prepared decades ago leftstreet Mar 2020 #7

How many hospitals are run as non-profits? Don't forget bureaucracy. It's a killer. Literally. 58Sunliner Mar 2020 #8

Far fewer than there used to be. marybourg Mar 2020 #28

Hospitals started consolidating quite awhile ago. There's far fewer of them as a result... Hekate Mar 2020 #31

Because Trump insisted cyclonefence Mar 2020 #9

+1, Trump empirically made things worse uponit7771 Mar 2020 #20

Repukes want POTUS to be a god-king (when he's one of them anyway), so what do you get? RockRaven Mar 2020 #10

It's a failure of the American healthcare system TexasBushwhacker Mar 2020 #11

Not quite. We don't have a healthcare system. We have a healthcare industry. GulfCoast66 Mar 2020 #13

Sickcare Industry MoonlitKnight Mar 2020 #33

All those things would cost money. gristy Mar 2020 #12

Federal agencies used to work stillcool Mar 2020 #14

We are ALL Puerto Rico now. The Republicans have finally "drowned the government in the bathtub." VOX Mar 2020 #15

All Trump wanted to control was the message. gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #16

Remember when we were inundated with the Ebola virus, under Obama in 2014? ReformedGOPer Mar 2020 #17

They should have been allowed to stockpile much needed PPE gear. herding cats Mar 2020 #21

Thanks for mentioning that. I should have known re the non-profits but never put 2+2 together. I napi21 Mar 2020 #22

You're fine. You asked an honest question. herding cats Mar 2020 #25

Really? SlogginThroughIt Mar 2020 #23

See your point. We can't just blame trump. Look Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #27

Yes we can, he fired the Pandemic response team, rejected the WHO spec test, spread fake news ... uponit7771 Mar 2020 #30

No argument there. The point is the we have to rely Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #39

..👍🏼 uponit7771 Mar 2020 #41

Love this tweet response to Malcolm Laura PourMeADrink Mar 2020 #40

Trump deliberately hollowed out the government, especially of career civil servants... Hekate Mar 2020 #29

Spot on and very well said ... mr_lebowski Mar 2020 #32

That is not how Federalism works. Caliman73 Mar 2020 #34

Because he fired the people who knew how to do the jobs lunatica Mar 2020 #37

Because of Republicans and their beloved unfettered libertarian capitalism. KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2020 #38

90 days ago WHO offered us tests...and we refused Fresh_Start Mar 2020 #42

No republicans will challenge trump. It's sad, lame and dangerous People are dying. spanone Mar 2020 #43