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Sunsky

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18. Exactly

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 08:18 AM

Mar 2020

Semantics being played by Trump defenders. Poor Trump while he continuously lie on national TV and blame Obama for his ineptness. Trump doesn't care about science or our health departments.

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We need to quit saying Trump cut funding to the CDC [View all] TexasBushwhacker Mar 2020 OP

The fact is that the trump administration wants to cut the CDC budget still_one Mar 2020 #1

is not the same as actually cutting pandemic funds AlexSFCA Mar 2020 #2

He eliminated the pandemic response team in 2018. In spite of the Corona virus we are still_one Mar 2020 #3

No rockfordfile Mar 2020 #11

It is in his current budget and Mnuchin just refused to change it when appearing on the HILL hlthe2b Mar 2020 #13

Yes still_one Mar 2020 #27

He cut the CDC's general overall budget. Haggis for Breakfast Mar 2020 #4

Do you have a link for that? Sugarcoated Mar 2020 #8

YES. oVER 700 JOBS HAVE NOT BEEN FILLED because CDC has not allowed to lift hiring freeze hlthe2b Mar 2020 #14

Letting people leave and not replacing them is almost the same. n/t brewens Mar 2020 #5

We should just say Trump "keeps trying to cut CDC funding, even now" RockRaven Mar 2020 #6

Plenty to bash trump on. We don't need to distort truth. Hoyt Mar 2020 #7

Not allowing CDC to lift hiring freeze? 700 plus employees not replaced? STOP IT hlthe2b Mar 2020 #15

No ... Trump cut resources for CDC period. We can couch it in a multitude of ways uponit7771 Mar 2020 #17

Trump's decimation of CDC's epidemiological and global response hlthe2b Mar 2020 #21

He proposed cuts and he STILL wants the cuts. Flaleftist Mar 2020 #9

He fired the White House pandemic response team. That is true and should be enough for us TeamPooka Mar 2020 #10

Snopes says mixed T/F. crickets Mar 2020 #12

STOP Defending Trump CDC still has a hiring freeze with over 700 not replaced. Still calling for a hlthe2b Mar 2020 #16

Exactly Sunsky Mar 2020 #18

+1000000! SammyWinstonJack Mar 2020 #20

100% True Blue American Mar 2020 #28

I am not DEFENDING him. I'm saying our criticism should be fact based TexasBushwhacker Mar 2020 #29

I know there is a concerted effort by RW trolls to target so-called fact checkers over a minute hlthe2b Mar 2020 #31

I provided a source TexasBushwhacker Mar 2020 #34

You promoted "fact-checker" site that is being trolled as described. I provided 10 sources to rebut hlthe2b Mar 2020 #35

You do realize that budget requests are administration wish lists only, right? DeminPennswoods Mar 2020 #36

just stop it. When 0.000001% of a comment is wrong, it does not make the remainder less true. hlthe2b Mar 2020 #37

No one is defending Trump DeminPennswoods Mar 2020 #38

I know first hand how it works. Thank you very much. I provide sources for the damage Trump has hlthe2b Mar 2020 #39

Trump's decimation of CDC's epidemiological and global response hlthe2b Mar 2020 #19

THIS from the APHA: President's budget would hinder US public health progress: Huge cuts proposed hlthe2b Mar 2020 #22

Trump administration budget cuts could become a major problem as coronavirus spreads hlthe2b Mar 2020 #23

NYT: The Request arrived same time Trump is proposing cuts to helaht programs across government hlthe2b Mar 2020 #24

Mother Jones: Here Are 17 Ways the Trump Administration Bungled Its Coronavirus Response hlthe2b Mar 2020 #25

As recent as 2 days ago: Trump administration isn't backing off proposed cuts to CDC budget hlthe2b Mar 2020 #26

Excellent series of informative articles. Thank you. n/t Laelth Mar 2020 #30

certainly. As I told the OP, there is concerted effort by RW trolls to go after so-called factcheck hlthe2b Mar 2020 #32

Precisely. Laelth Mar 2020 #33

His hiring freeze has left over 700 CDC positions unfilled maxrandb Mar 2020 #40