Boy you just unthinkingly gobble down ALL the Kool-Aid, huh?
Perhaps if you weren't so busy getting your news from unhinged ultra-partisans like American Independent (even the wildly biased mediabiasfactcheck admits they're on the lunatic fringe), you might realize all the gaping holes in this fallacy-riddled talking point.
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Let's review:
1) Discrediting scandals like these are why the corrupt incompetence of CDC and NIH has not been rewarded with filled vacancies (scandals that occurred under Obama, if you want to blame someone). You don't throw your support behind fundamentally broken institutions.
2) Democrats weaponized and politicized virtually every part of the government under Obama, many of which have abused their power for partisan gain and ideological bullshit (like the CDC's anti-gun propaganda). Don't maximize the swamp's corrupt, power-abusing sleaze and then whine about President Trump refusing to play along and give your corrupt, incompetent (often openly partisan) swamp hacks a future in government.
3) Not filling swamp vacancies in no way indicates that the operations of those offices were compromised.
4)
-Democrats caused the mask shortage. -Democrats caused the ventilator shortage.
-Democrats put bureaucratic FDA red tape in the way of responding to this crisis.
-Democrats opposed the China travel ban that saved thousands of American lives.
-Democrats attacked President Trump as overreacting in the beginning and demanded that he prioritize the flu instead.
-Democrats were downplaying COVID and telling everyone to live their lives normally as recently as March.
-Democrats spent the first months of this pandemic diverting all the federal resources they could to impeachment.
-Democrats wasted critical time and resources blocking emergency relief to stuff the bill with taxpayer-funded power grabs and handouts for their donors.
-Democrats are lying to make the most prepared country on the planet look unprepared.
5)There are plenty of indications that not filling swamp vacancies DIDN'T impede any part of the CDC's response.
January 6: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a travel notice for Wuhan, China due to the spreading coronavirus
January 7: The CDC established a coronavirus incident management system to better share and respond to information about the virus
January 11: The CDC issued a Level I travel health notice for Wuhan, China
January 17: The CDC began implementing public health entry screening at the 3 U.S. airports that received the most travelers from Wuhan – San Francisco, New York JFK, and Los Angeles
January 20: Dr Fauci announces the National Institutes of Health is already working on the development of a vaccine for the coronavirus
January 21: The CDC activated its emergency operations center to provide ongoing support to the coronavirus response
January 23: The CDC sought a “special emergency authorization” from the FDA to allow states to use its newly developed coronavirus test
January 27: The CDC issued a level III travel health notice urging Americans to avoid all nonessential travel to China due to the coronavirus
January 29: The White House announced the formation of the Coronavirus Task Force to help monitor and contain the spread of the virus and provide updates to the President
January 31: The Trump Administration:
1. Declared the coronavirus a public health emergency.
2. Announced Chinese travel restrictions
3. Suspended entry into the United States for foreign nationals who pose a risk of transmitting the coronavirus.
January 31: The Department of Homeland Security took critical steps to funnel all flights from China into just 7 domestic U.S. airports
February 3: The CDC had a team ready to travel to China to obtain critical information on the novel coronavirus, but were in the U.S. awaiting permission to enter by the Chinese government
February 4: President Trump vowed in his State of the Union Address to “take all necessary steps” to protect Americans from the coronavirus
February 6: The CDC began shipping CDC-Developed test kits for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus to U.S. and international labs
February 9: The White House Coronavirus Task Force briefed governors from across the nation at the National Governors’ Association Meeting in Washington
February 11: The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) expanded a partnership with Janssen Research & Development to “expedite the development” of a coronavirus vaccine
February 12: The U.S. shipped test kits for the 2019 novel coronavirus to approximately 30 countries who lacked the necessary reagents and other materials
The CDC was prepared to travel to China but had yet to receive permission from the Chinese government
February 14: The CDC began working with five labs to conduct “community-based influenza surveillance” to study and detect the spread of coronavirus
February 18: HHS announced it would engage with Sanofi Pasteur in an effort to quickly develop a coronavirus vaccine and to develop treatment for coronavirus infections
February 24: The Trump Administration sent a letter to Congress requesting at least $2.5 billion to help combat the spread of the coronavirus
February 26: President Trump discussed coronavirus containment efforts with Indian PM Modi and updated the press on his Administration’s containment efforts in the U.S. during his state visit to India
February 29: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allowed certified labs to develop and begin testing coronavirus testing kits while reviewing pending applications
February 29: The Trump Administration:
. Announced a level 4 travel advisory to areas of Italy and South Korea
. Barred all travel to Iran
. Barred the entry of foreign citizens who visited Iran in the last 14 days
March 3: The CDC lifted federal restrictions on coronavirus testing to allow any American to be tested for coronavirus, “subject to doctor’s orders.”
The White House announced President Trump donated his fourth quarter salary to fight the coronavirus!
March 4: The Trump Administration announced the purchase of $500 million N95 respirators over the next 18 months to respond to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus
March 4: Secretary Azar announced that HHS was transferring $35 million to the CDC to help state and local communities that have been impacted most by the coronavirus
March 6: President Trump signed an $8.3 billion bill to fight the coronavirus outbreak.
The bill provides $7.76 billion to federal, state, & local agencies to combat the coronavirus and authorizes an additional $500 million in waivers for Medicare telehealth restrictions
March 9: President Trump called on Congress to pass a payroll tax cut over coronavirus
March 10: President Trump and VP Pence met with top health insurance companies and secured a commitment to waive co-pays for coronavirus testing
What else you got?
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