What has Trump done to get the virus under control, in your opinion?
He started to immediately mobilize resources such as mobile hospitals, immigration controls, and implementing the development of anti-virus vaccine. Trump started acting around Feb. 1, 2020 and the Democrats did not wake-up to this problem until late March. In the meantime, Democrats wasted valuable time on a phony impeachment effort that failed.
Conversely, Biden/Pelosi initially said nothing to see here (until late March) and condemned Trumps actions instead of supporting them.
Next there is the issue of the federal level and the state level. Trump has limited authority to act in many respects. A lot of the implementation has to be done at the State level. Note that Cuomo exacerbated the deaths by sending infected elderly people back into nursing homes. Many of the Democratic governors are still keeping their states shut-down. The failures of the Democratic governors in managing the virus in their states cannot be attributed to Trump.
Also, don't forget that initial response to any crises tends to be
chaotic. It takes a while to figure out a strategy. Look at the number of times the "
experts" changed their minds on the efficacy of wearing a mask. The changing evolving recommendations of "
experts" should not be used as "
hammer" for political gain. What was "
true" yesterday may not be "
true" tomorrow as "experts" learn more. Not to also mention that it is "
easy" to criticize and find fault after-the-fact.
Below is an example where Trump was blamed for failing to follow changing "science", but Biden was given a pass.
Sometimes it takes a bit of time before partisan points surface that demonstrate that the debates are blatantly anti-Trump. On Tucker Carlson tonight Tucker played a clip where the moderator (Kristen Welker) pointed out that Trump had made a derogatory comment concerning Dr. Fauci and asked him to explain. Fair enough.
- It turns out that both Biden and Harris also made derogatory remarks concerning Dr. Fauci. These illustrative clips were shown on Tucker's show. How come the moderator never pointed out to Biden his derogatory remarks and asked him to explain?
- The video clips Tucker showed, since they spanned several months, had Dr. Fauci making inconsistent statements: like wear a mask, don't wear a mask. I don't have a problem with those types of inconsistent statements since how we approach the virus changes over time as we learn more. What I do have a problem with, is that Biden insincerously claims to strictly follow "the science" and used that "hammer" to vilify Trump, by saying that Trump has not been following "the science" and is therefore unfit to be re-elected. Seems that it is Biden, by misusing facts is the one unfit to be elected.
Trump has noted that Biden is only weakly proposing to copy what Trump has implemented already. From what I have seen Biden has no actual plan. In fact Biden said he would shut-down the economy, based on science. Well the virus is spiking again and Europe has implemented new shutdowns. By implication, that means Biden, should he win, will shutdown the economy again. Can we stand it?
@Vassago please explain what Biden could have done better.
