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(24,703 posts) Tue May 12, 2020, 10:07 AM May 2020

Mitch McConnell blames Obama for Trump's failed pandemic response [View all]

By Emily Singer -May 12, 2020 9:28 AM

It has been widely reported that the Obama administration left Trump a 69-page pandemic playbook.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell went on a Trump campaign live stream Monday night and falsely claimed that former President Barack Obama left Donald Trump without any plan to handle a future pandemic.

"Clearly the Obama administration did not leave to this administration, any kind of game plan for something like this," McConnell said in an interview with Trump's daughter-in-law Lara Trump.

That claim is untrue.

The Obama administration quite literally left Trump with a pandemic playbook — which Trump ignored.

Published with permission of The American Independent Foundation.

https://americanindependent.com/mitch-mcconnell-barack-obama-coronavirus-playbook-pandemic-senate-gop-covid-19/

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Mitch McConnell blames Obama for Trump's failed pandemic response [View all] turbinetree May 2020 OP

Kentucky must love a liar. spanone May 2020 #1

McConnell*s nose is so far up tRump*s ass, he has no choice but to lie and obfuscate... Raster May 2020 #2

Never happened. Nope. None of this is real. underpants May 2020 #3

+1 n/t Laelth May 2020 #13

Even if it were true, Hav May 2020 #4

The only reason the Republicans are doing this VMA131Marine May 2020 #5

Why was it Obama's job to leave ANYTHING for Trump? 50 Shades Of Blue May 2020 #6

I think that Bush actually did work on Pandemic issues some Proud Liberal Dem May 2020 #8

He/they did. Pandemics are a constant of planning underpants May 2020 #17

Because that's the way transition works in a democracy. Ms. Toad May 2020 #12

Thank YOU! smirkymonkey May 2020 #18

So let's see. They didn't get any help, but didn't bother to consider the risks themselves? FAIL. kysrsoze May 2020 #7

I hate this fucker even more than the Con. CrispyQ May 2020 #9

In a way he's right. Turbineguy May 2020 #10

Hey, MoscowMitch, maybe you should ask your wife to ask China dalton99a May 2020 #11

Oooooh! underpants May 2020 #16

Trump has been president 3 and a half years, EVEN IF TRUE, he should have dealt with it karynnj May 2020 #14

Historic World Class Lying colsohlibgal May 2020 #15

What a colossal fucking lie Docreed2003 May 2020 #19