Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) accused the Trump administration of trying to sabotage COVID-19 testing in a statement obtained by TPM, as the federal government moves to let support lapse for two testing sites in the state.
Fucking Democrats. Why can’t they just lie down and die, as they’re told?
Title is incorrect, no accusation is required as Trump has already stated he’s slowing down the testing (and that he doesn’t kid).
Since March? That’s some pretty quick antiquation. And what did you do to improve anything?
Bottom line is the Trump Administration is withdrawing federal funds for COVID-19 testing. That’s what needs to be recognized.
Ah, it’s the old “we’re incompetent so we didn’t think anyone would care if we stopped doing something that we suck at” defense again, is it?
More to the point, Trump is ceasing all consideration of COVID-19 and hoping against hope that it will just go away.
Of course, everyone else know that it won’t.
Well that’s one sure way to reduce the numbers. Just stop counting. Life on Planet Trumplandia.
Here’s what I don’t get…given all of the money appropriated for COVID by the federal government, who is chomping at the bit to close these sites?? At the very least, let them remain for the sake of PR. Which then makes clear what happens when the federal govt. messaging - as presented by Trump - makes a move like this so suspect. People simply can’t trust the feds at this moment…so long as the gasbag undermines the govt. everyday! They have set their own trap…they are fools!
Golden Shitter anti-IL rage-tweets in 3…2…1…
Assistant Secretary Brett Giroir, who said in a Tuesday evening press release that governors of all five states affected by the lapse in federal support “agreed that it was the appropriate time to transition out of the original 13 sites and into the thousands of new testing options.”
Some of those present claim that during Secretary Giroir’s conference call to the governors they could hear a woman’s voice saying “At the tone, the time will be 100 pm”
… and the portions are so small!
It’s gonna be pretty obvious when they overlay the states with no help and the states where Donnie is polling behind Biden by 10-12 points.
Giroir has said that the sites were “antiquated” and “inefficient,” and that HHS has worked to ensure that local communities could lose federal support for the sites without losing overall testing capacity.
So who is Giroir talking to that isn’t talking to the Governors? Who has the private contract with the labs and the people contacting people with their results?
Stop the states’ testing sites?
Then no testing in the White House.
What’s bad for Americans is bad for the president.
Exactly! The ad writes itself: “Trump thinks testing makes him look bad. But when he makes sure his staff can get tested multiple times a day while the rest of the country could drop dead of COVID as far as he cares, that makes him look a lot worse.”
There are many ways to say that Trump is a murderer…of the Constitution…of laws…of norms…of civility…
Of people
The bullcrap would sound a whole lot more plausible if the spokescritter could name any of the spiffy non-antiquated wonderful new options. Including locations and hours and prices. Because if those new options existed all that information would have been available at least a week ago.
Paging Lincoln Project. Paging Lincoln Project. Report to video department, stat!
Trump admitted he wants to slow down coronavirus testing
Trump wants to let a lethal, contagious disease to run its course. That’s the whole plan, Republicans. Y’all realize nobody’s immune, right?
But not everyone has to get sick. People who take protective measures will almost certainly survive.
Trump is failing!