President Donald Trump lashed out at Dr. Deborah Birx, a top official on the White House Coronavirus Task Force, on Monday after she expressed a grim outlook on the virus still rocking the country.
“So Crazy Nancy Pelosi said horrible things about Dr. Deborah Birx, going after her because she was too positive on the very good job we are doing on combatting the China Virus, including Vaccines & Therapeutics,” Trump tweeted. “In order to counter Nancy, Deborah took the bait & hit us. Pathetic!”
The President’s tweet seemed to be a response to Birx’s interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, during which the doctor warned that the U.S. was in “a new phase” of the virus.
“I want to be very clear: What we are seeing today is different from March and April,” Birx told CNN anchor Dana Bash. “It is extraordinarily widespread.”
Though Birx’s comment was a plain contradiction of Trump’s repeated insistence that most of the country is doing “very well,” she did not actually criticize Trump or the administration during the interview.
The health official also denied that she was falsely spinning the pandemic in a positive light on Trump’s behalf after Bash mentioned that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) had said she did not have confidence in Birx.
“I have never been called Pollyannish or non-scientific or non-data-driven,” Birx said. “And I will stake my 40-year career on those fundamental principles of utilizing data to really implement better programs to save more lives.”
Birx stated that she has “tremendous respect for” Pelosi and “her long dedication to the American people.”
And another one bites the Tweet…
“I have never been called Pollyannish or non-scientific or non-data-driven,” Birx said. “And I will stake my 40-year career on those fundamental principles of utilizing
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Really, Dr. Birx, anyone paying attention could see this coming from a hundred miles away. Donnie doesn’t like his enablers to say anything that could conceivably be considered criticism or contrary to his fantasies.
What could Dr. Milquetoast have said to so upset boss baby?
Ah. There it is.
At this point, Trump can attack all he wants. All I hear is “Argle Bargle Lies Nonesense.” After Nevada already shifted into high gear sending out mail-in ballots, it’s only a matter of time before other states follow suit. Trump is a dead man walking.
Journalists have available to them facts that can lay out for the American people just how “successful” this virus is being handled. Why the hell they don’t utilize them is maddening.
For starters, the United States has about 4.25% of the world’s population. Using Johns-Hopkins data, we have 25.8% of confirmed COVID-19 cases, and our fatalities from the disease represent 22.4% of the world total.
I rarely, if ever, see it laid out so plainly by the media.