Absorb These Words

THE BACKCHANNEL
FREE EDITION
Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.
Your subscription has been successful.
NEW!
A FREE email newsletter from Josh Marshall An email newsletter from Josh Marshall

In his Fox News town hall this afternoon President Trump said he needs good treatment or favors in return if states want the federal governments assistance as hospitals are overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients. Read the words and then watch them.

“Usually we’ll have 50 governors that will call it the same time. I think we are doing very well. But it’s a two-way street. They have to treat us well, also. They can’t say, “Oh, gee, we should get this, we should get that.” We’re doing a great job. Like in New York where we’re building, as I said, four hospitals, four medical centers. We’re literally building hospitals and medical centers. And then I hear that there’s a problem with ventilators. Well we sent them ventilators. And they could have had 15,000 or 16,000 – all they had to do was order them two years ago. But they decided not to do it. They can’t blame us for that.”

Here’s the video.

Latest Editors' Blog
  • |
    October 3, 2023 10:23 p.m.

    Here is the chain of events as I understand them. Yesterday Matt Gaetz filed his motion to vacate. Last night…

  • |
    October 3, 2023 8:22 p.m.

    I find this both fascinating and comical. The first big collateral damage of McCarthy’s fall may be the bipartisan “problem…

  • |
    October 3, 2023 7:58 p.m.

    That did not play out how I expected. No other way to put it. Kevin McCarthy was ousted and then…

  • |
    October 3, 2023 3:24 p.m.

    Kevin McCarthy lost the first procedural vote. It now seems almost certain that he’ll lose the real vote and be…

Masthead Masthead
Founder & Editor-in-Chief:
Executive Editor:
Managing Editor:
Associate Editor:
Investigations Desk:
Reporters:
Editor at Large:
General Counsel:
Publisher:
Head of Product:
Director of Technology:
Associate Publisher:
Front End Developer:
Senior Designer: