‘Beyond Despicable’: Biden Slams Trump For Purposely Downplaying Severity Of COVID-19

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden tore into President Donald Trump on Wednesday after Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward released audio recordings of Trump privately admitting back in early 2020 that COVID-19 was a serious threat and that he was downplaying it on purpose.


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To despicable and beyond.

Mission Accomplished!

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He didn’t want to create a panic, but he sure the fuck did.

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Oh, look!!! TPM published a BIDEN article!

$10 says they do a livefeed/analysis of trump’s presser later, followed by three or four articles on a few quotes from it.

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Don’t forget to “like” it!’

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Not creating a panic prevented so many deaths.

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Good point. I never think to do that.

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Let’s call him President Biden now…

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Nice to see this story an hour and a half after it happened… :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

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"Transmission accomplished "

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Anyone noticing that Don is uncharacteristically quiet today?

They must’ve needed some pretty good drugs or he finally broke his phone or something…

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Shitting bricks about the DHS whistleblower and wondering just how much dirt he’s going to be unloading.

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I would also think the ‘in his own unexpurgated words’ of the Woodward tapes would figure in there.

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He’s pathological, he doesn’t care what he says because he’ll never be held accountable for it.

But it’s impossible to hide from the government. People know what he’s been up to. He’s scared shitless that they’re going to take the risk of charges and imprisonment, and just dump the goods they’ve got on him.

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Meanwhile, over on Politico

Emails show HHS official trying to muzzle Fauci

A Trump administration appointee at the Department of Health and Human Services is trying to prevent Anthony Fauci, the government’s top infectious disease expert, from speaking about the risks that coronavirus poses to children.

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And this news will sway nearly 11 of the 62 undecided Americans nationwide. When Dear Leader fucks a goat at a church picnic next week, that will peel off at least five more.

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I thought the first debate was a little further off, still.

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I don’t think this will sway too many of his rabid supporters. A lot of them still believe it’s a hoax. Karl Rove was already on the TV excusing Trump.

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What about an ad with the Murderer-in-Chief admitting that he played it down and then cuts of all the times he has called something else a disgrace?

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