Trump Attacks Birx After She Issues Stark New Warning On COVID-19

President Donald Trump lashed out at Dr. Deborah Birx, a top official on the White House Coronavirus Task Force, on Monday after she expressed a grim outlook on the virus still rocking the country.


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And another one bites the Tweet…

“I have never been called Pollyannish or non-scientific or non-data-driven,” Birx said. “And I will stake my 40-year career on those fundamental principles of utilizing data hydroxychloroquine and bleach injections to really implement better programs to save more lives.”

FIFY

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Really, Dr. Birx, anyone paying attention could see this coming from a hundred miles away. Donnie doesn’t like his enablers to say anything that could conceivably be considered criticism or contrary to his fantasies.

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What could Dr. Milquetoast have said to so upset boss baby?

Birx stated that she has “tremendous respect for” Pelosi and “her long dedication to the American people.”

Ah. There it is.

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At this point, Trump can attack all he wants. All I hear is “Argle Bargle Lies Nonesense.” After Nevada already shifted into high gear sending out mail-in ballots, it’s only a matter of time before other states follow suit. Trump is a dead man walking.

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Journalists have available to them facts that can lay out for the American people just how “successful” this virus is being handled. Why the hell they don’t utilize them is maddening.

For starters, the United States has about 4.25% of the world’s population. Using Johns-Hopkins data, we have 25.8% of confirmed COVID-19 cases, and our fatalities from the disease represent 22.4% of the world total.

I rarely, if ever, see it laid out so plainly by the media.

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Birx has finally begun to realize that she can’t continue to kiss Trump’s ass if she wants to keep her reputation intact. Unfortunately for her, it’s too late. She’s already destroyed her reputation and I doubt she could do much to rehabilitate it at this point. She’ll be lucky if she’s only quickly forgotten after being allowed to retire quietly next year.

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This shows his pathology so clearly. There is no such thing as as a fact for him, just attacks, defenses and counterattacks.

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I will stake my 40-year career

Mission Accomplished, career has been staked

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Birx got out her scientific lane a few weeks ago and supported some of Trump’s nonsense. I lost faith in her at that point and went full Fauci.

I think she may have realized she has damaged her credibility and is trying to steer back to the scientific truth.

The problem for us is she helped distort the truth when we needed facts the most. The problem for her is she now has to take Trump’s heat.

But, unless Trump is completely mentally gone, he can’t dismiss her comments now.

We are fucked, the economy is fucked, and all the blather coming out of Trump’s mouth isn’t going to change the outcomes.

We have been on our own since February and it’s clear to Trump that he is in the tank.

The question now is when will the R’s rise up and take that ‘Barry Goldwater’ walk to the Whitehouse?

Are they really just going down with the ship?

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‘I never thought leopards would eat MY face,’ sobs woman who went to work for Leopards Eating People’s Faces boss.

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It’s only a matter of time before some trump attack ferret says that Birx had never been right about anything.

Not sure why she has suddenly become enlightened, but maybe some cultists will listen to her and she will do some good. But it’s too little too late if she expects to salvage her reputation.

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She picked the wrong side to kiss ass on. I agree with your entire post, it is too late for rehabilitation, every Trumper must pay the price.

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Unfortunately for her saying that now is different from April is a really bad claim to ‘truth’

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That ship done sailed and sank.

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Right through its heart. Nice aim, Dr. Birx.

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The amazing thing is that if Trump had simply turned everything over to Birx and Fauci and just spent the last 6 months golfing and saying nothing he’d be well on his way to re-election. But he needs the attention too much to do that.

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“So Crazy Nancy Pelosi said horrible things about Dr. Deborah Birx, going after her because she was too positive on the very good job we are doing on combatting the China Virus…"

Donald Trump is insane.

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Oh , that’s why she wears the scarf! Leopards ate her face!

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