WH Moves To Screen Scientists’ Statements On Coronavirus | Talking Points Memo

As fears grow of a politicized White House response to the coronavirus outbreak, the White House has placed Vice President in charge of messaging about the virus, the New York Times reported Thursday.


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As fully expected from a cheap drugstore dictatorship.

Ebola Manager👇

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Oh that’ll work.

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This is a slow motion disaster in the making. The White House empowers those who only care about not damaging the Stock Market, and silences those concerned with Public Health. “This is fine.”

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Is it me or do Trump’s eyelids and ears match the color of his tie? Weird shit.

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Who would want truth or actual knowledge about this stuff?

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And the Derp State strikes again…

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The market was bound to have a major correction. Will Trump keep asking people to check their 401K balances? Best economy ever my a**

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Because controlling the message works so well for containing the epidemic. Just Ask Chinese officials.

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This is about public health not messaging. WTF. Mnuchin and Kudlow are on the TF in order to send whatever $$ can be made to their buddies in big pharma. We are so f*cked.

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Great!! The liars are in charge of what the scientists say. What could possibly go wrong. When Pence was Governor he cut funding and science based preventive measures in the treatment and prevention of HIV. As a result Indiana’s HIV rates soared to an epidemic. What is he going to do here? Pray Covid-19 away? Tell scientists you can’t say that even if it’s a scientific fact because it will hurt Trump’s feefees.

What a major fail. We are all endangered.

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Coming soon to a PSA near you.

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Come on people!? Where are your values? The health of the stock market is IMPERATIVE!!! People come and go, but Corporations are forever.

(snark with a twist of truth)

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Good lord.
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Among the many disturbing details in this story:

"The decision to put Mr. Pence in charge was made on Wednesday after the president told some people that the vice president didn’t 'have anything else to do,' according to people familiar with the president’s comments." https://t.co/XVzYl9TiHV

— Jeffrey Prescott (@jeffreyprescott) February 27, 2020

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They are figuring out ways to monetize the crisis as we speak; profit through chaos.

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There’s only so much time you can spend praying away the gay.

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I wouldn’t trust Q-Tip to organize a PTA bake sale, without having at least a couple of botulism deaths resulting.

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Admittedly a double-post, but fits better here:

" Silencing Fauci?"

Of course. It’s all about this:

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Not avoiding the need for something like this:

If some poors and browns gotta die to help Trump get re-elected, then it’s in the nation’s best interests…

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If corporations are people, then they can die. And many have and will.

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Trump cannot “lawyer” his way through this one.

Maybe the only time in his life.

Barr
McConnell
SCOTUS

Cannot help him on this

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