Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) thinks that President Trump saw the COVID-19 pandemic coming when he delivered his State of the Union speech in early February.
During an interview on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures,” Scott lamented that the country is in a position of economic “devastation” in light of 22 million unemployment claims filed in the past month, which he said is “consistent throughout this nation.”
Scott went on to say that the President “has got to balance living and livelihood” because poverty has “a negative consequence that lingers for decades if not generations.”
“He is understandably concerned not simply about our health — he’s done a great job of trying to balance that — but he’s also concerned about the economic health of this nation,” Scott said. “We both know that poverty kills, and so what he’s trying to do is to position this economy to come back with a vengeance.”
Scott then off-handedly theorized that Trump foreshadowed the pandemic during his State of the Union speech.
“I think during his State of the Union speech, when he was talking about the great American comeback, he was talking foreshadowing the necessity of a v-shaped recovery coming out of this virus before we even knew about a virus,” Scott said. “So it’s really important for us to get back to work.”
Scott’s latest remarks come as Trump faces increasing scrutiny over his downplaying of the novel coronavirus early into the outbreak, which included accusing Democrats of “politicizing” COVID-19 by creating a “new hoax.”
Later Sunday, Trump re-upped his praise for Scott’s newly released book in a tweet.
Great book by @SenatorTimScott! https://t.co/9o31w3DhJr
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 19, 2020
Watch Scott’s remarks below:
Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) says Trump foreshadowed the COVID-19 pandemic and the "necessity of a v-shaped recovery" from it during his State of the Union speech pic.twitter.com/uGQnaUJOjJ
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) April 19, 2020
Every Current Occupant needs an African-American of their own, slavery or not.
In answer to the question that was not asked: Yes, they really do think we are that dumb.
Metastatic capitalism is killing us all. The GOP death cult is calling for human sacrifice to the economy - rich people need to have people risk dying in order to keep piling up more money for them.
What you talking about Willis?
First of all, there’s not going to be a v-shaped recovery, as any opening would be gradual and hesitant. The recovery, by necessity, will be lengthy and drawn-out.
And if Trump was indeed “foreshadowing” the pandemic and the recovery in its aftermath during his SOTU on February 4, why the hell did he not do anything that entire month?
If there was any foreshadowing at all, it was Speaker Pelosi ripping up his speech to portend his disgraceful non-response to a deadly pandemic.
And what about the testing and contact tracing, Senator? When will the guy you’re defending do his damn job?
If you squint, you can maybe imagine that Tim Scott isn’t a complete moron – or lickspittle.