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Biden Does NOT need a BILL to close the border
He only needs a PEN. Thats all he needed to open it.
Thats all he needed to close it. Thats all Trump needed.
Maybe this is just Proof Trump is better than Biden.

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« on: 04 08, 20, 11:20:02:AM » Reply

Trump's bitter sniping at even the mildest factual challenge exposes his leadership act as a sham. Keep pushing!

t was amazing to watch just how upset Donald Trump got on Monday night when reporters asked him about a new, fact-filled report about how hospitals across the nation have been dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.

The report, from the Department of Health and Human Services inspector general's office, was a summary of brief telephone interviews with 323 hospital administrators from across the country during the last week of March. It was intended purely to provide HHS officials "and other decision-makers" with "a national snapshot of hospitals' challenges and needs."

Its chief finding was that many hospitals reported severe shortages of testing supplies and extended waits for test results, which limited their ability to monitor the health of patients and staff and have severely strained hospital beds, personal protective equipment and staffing.

This wasn't a critique of anything or anyone. It was just a reality check.

That was exactly why it sent Trump into a sputtering rage, lashing out at imagined enemies and mocking the very notion that anyone he didn't appoint should be in a position to hold him accountable.

Ironically, the initial question during Monday's news conference came from Fox News reporter Kristin Fisher. In case you missed it, the exchange is worth reading or watching in its entirety.

Trump interrupted Fisher's question before she was even done, mocking its source. "Did I hear the word 'inspector general'? Really? It's wrong."

Fisher returned to the issue later.



Fisher: I know you don't want to talk about the inspector general report, but testing is still a big issue in this country. When can hospitals expect?…. When can hospitals expect to receive a quick turnaround of its test results?

Trump: Are you ready? Are you ready? Hospitals can do their own testing also. States can do their own testing. States, they're supposed to be doing testing. Hospitals are opposed to be doing testing. Do you understand that? We're the federal government. Listen, we're the federal government. We're not supposed to stand on street corners doing testing. They go to doctors, they go to hospitals, they go to the state. The state is a more localized government. You have 50 of them and they can go … you also have territories as you know …

We have a brand new testing system that we developed very quickly and that's your result. And you should say, "Congratulations, great job." Instead of being so horrid in the way you ask a question.



In reality, not only is the rate of testing per capita in the U.S. well below that of many other countries, it needs to be magnitudes larger if the nation is ever to return to anything remotely like normalcy.

Trump also lashed out at ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl with bitter sarcasm, accusing him of hiding the fact that the report was issued by someone Trump didn't appoint — in this case, by Christi Grimm, a 21-year veteran of the office who was appointed principal deputy inspector general in January 2017. Trump never got around to nominating anyone to replace the previous inspector general, who resigned in June 2019.




https://www.salon.com/2020/04/08/donald-trumps-weak-spot-is-the-facts--reporters-must-keep-pressing-him/
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