Why are liberals claiming that Trump didn't take corona virus seriously, that he should have acted sooner?

Question

Remember, in January 30, Trump had already blocked travel from China.  Meanwhile, what were the Dems doing?  

I"ll tell you what they were doing; calling Trump racist for blocking travel to China and being downright despicable.

The Chinese Corona virus wasn't even on the Liberal radar yet because you guys were: 

1. Still busy handing out impeachment celebratory pens

2. Ripping up the state of the union address (disgraceful)

3. Stabbing each other in the back to narrow your pool of pathetic candidates.

4. Pandering for minority votes.

5. Feeding the fake news machine.

The list goes on but I'll stop it there.

And this corona virus death toll is all Trumps fault?  Are you kidding me?

Libs, there is no other way around it.  You all should hang your heads in shame and embarrassment and burn the memory of these times into your soul.

Now ask yourself:  What lesson can I take away from all of this?

Answer 1

Facts don't matter. Pointing out lies and hypocrisies don't matter. These people are deranged. They are poisoned by Trump hate. All we can do is continue to beat them at the ballotbox.

Answer 2

Jan. 22: “We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China. We have it under control. It’s going to be just fine.” — Trump in a CNBC interview.



Jan. 30: “We think we have it very well under control. We have very little problem in this country at this moment — five — and those people are all recuperating successfully. But we’re working very closely with China and other countries, and we think it’s going to have a very good ending for us … that I can assure you.” — Trump in a speech in Michigan.



Feb. 10: “Now, the virus that we’re talking about having to do — you know, a lot of people think that goes away in April with the heat — as the heat comes in. Typically, that will go away in April. We’re in great shape though. We have 12 cases — 11 cases, and many of them are in good shape now.” — Trump at the White House. (See our item “Will the New Coronavirus ‘Go Away’ in April?“)



Feb. 14: “There’s a theory that, in April, when it gets warm — historically, that has been able to kill the virus. So we don’t know yet; we’re not sure yet. But that’s around the corner.” — Trump in speaking to National Border Patrol Council members.



Feb. 23: “We have it very much under control in this country.” — Trump in speaking to reporters.



Feb. 24: “The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA. We are in contact with everyone and all relevant countries. CDC & World Health have been working hard and very smart. Stock Market starting to look very good to me!” — Trump in a tweet.



Feb. 26: “So we’re at the low level. As they get better, we take them off the list, so that we’re going to be pretty soon at only five people. And we could be at just one or two people over the next short period of time. So we’ve had very good luck.” — Trump at a White House briefing.



Feb. 26: “And again, when you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero, that’s a pretty good job we’ve done.” — Trump at a press conference.



Feb. 26: “I think every aspect of our society should be prepared. I don’t think it’s going to come to that, especially with the fact that we’re going down, not up. We’re going very substantially down, not up.” — Trump at a press conference, when asked if “U.S. schools should be preparing for a coronavirus spreading.”



Feb. 27: “It’s going to disappear. One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear.” — Trump at a White House meeting with African American leaders.



Feb. 29: “And I’ve gotten to know these professionals. They’re incredible. And everything is under control. I mean, they’re very, very cool. They’ve done it, and they’ve done it well. Everything is really under control.” — Trump in a speech at the CPAC conference outside Washington, D.C.



March 4: “[W]e have a very small number of people in this country [infected]. We have a big country. The biggest impact we had was when we took the 40-plus people [from a cruise ship]. … We brought them back. We immediately quarantined them. But you add that to the numbers. But if you don’t add that to the numbers, we’re talking about very small numbers in the United States.” — Trump at a White House meeting with airline CEOs.



March 4: “Well, I think the 3.4% is really a false number.” — Trump in an interview on Fox News, referring to the percentage of diagnosed COVID-19 patients worldwide who had died, as reported by the World Health Organization. (See our item “Trump and the Coronavirus Death Rate.”)



March 7: “No, I’m not concerned at all. No, we’ve done a great job with it.” — Trump, when asked by reporters if he was concerned about the arrival of the coronavirus in the Washington, D.C., area.



March 9: “So last year 37,000 Americans died from the common Flu. It averages between 27,000 and 70,000 per year. Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on. At this moment there are 546 confirmed cases of CoronaVirus, with 22 deaths. Think about that!” — Trump in a tweet.



March 10: “And we’re prepared, and we’re doing a great job with it. And it will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away.” — Trump after meeting with Republican senators.



A day later, on March 11, the WHO declared the global outbreak a pandemic.



Update, March 19: This article was updated to include a video.

Answer 3

The lesson to take away is to check your facts before posting. Trump was briefed, at the very latest, on 3 January. Some sources say December or even November. However, he is notorious for not bothering to read his briefings. So, what did he do for the next couple of months? Went golfing, held political rallies, and waited for the first US case (20 Jan). By coincidence, that was the same day that South Korea got its first case. They "flattened the curve" rather quickly. We didn't.  At the end of January Trump blocked Chinese nationals from coming to the USA but still allowed US citizens in to spread the virus. He also ignored the tourists coming in from hot spots in Europe. When he finally got around to doing something about them, he picked and chose, rather than blocking all of them. The WHO offered the USA test kits. Trump refused, wanting the CDC to develop them. That delayed testing and allowed the virus to spread. Meanwhile, Trump called COVID-19 a hoax, designed by the Democrats to make him look bad (as if he needed help). Then, he said that it was no worse than a cold, then, that it would magically go away when warm weather came (as if the Australian summer protected them). It wasn't until two days after the WHO declared it a pandemic that Trump got around to declaring a national emergency. In contrast, when the H1N1 virus hit, Obama took six days to declare a national emergency and held the death toll to some 12,000. What is the death toll from COVID-19? 67,000 and rising, with many more still in danger. Trump may try to blame Democrats, China, and the WHO but people with more than one neuron see past his BS-spewing at the daily briefings. Trump has no business even being there. Only the MDs have anything useful to say.

Answer 4

Because he didn't take corona virus seriously and that he should have acted sooner.

Answer 5

"Trump couldn't respond to the pandemic because somebody ripped a paper in half" 



Why do conservatives always make him look pathetic, even when they're defending him?

Answer 6

Europeans started testing, tracing, and isolating in early January. Trump knew about the looming pandemic and wasted SEVENTY DAYS (= 10 weeks). What the Dems were doing is irrelevant. Trump is the president.

Answer 7

40,000 people entered the US directly from China after the “ban.”



The first US death was on February 6, which means the victim was infected before the ban.



What did Trump do for 8 weeks with the time that he bought?

Answer 8

Lying is literally all they have; all they can do. They have their propaganda and censorship organs working overtime and it still isn't enough to make them look good.

Answer 9

He called it fake.