A sampling of reactions to the firehose of bullshit and racism from today's coronavirus "briefing:"
Asked if the rich and famous get unfair advantages, the guy who inherited millions from his father and used it to become a TV game show host and then traded on that fame to become president says "Perhaps that's the story of life."— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) March 18, 2020
The story of his life. https://t.co/tzu3928ikX— Schooley (@Rschooley) March 18, 2020
"no one saw this coming" says the moron who fired the pandemic response team, went golfing, called it a hoax, went golfing again, said he had a "hunch" it wasn't all that deadly, went golfing again, and bragged that 15 cases would soon be down do zero. but cool story, asshole— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) March 18, 2020
"It would have been helpful if we knew about it earlier," @realDonaldTrump says, ignoring the fact that his administration knew about coronavirus crisis long before it recognized it and began to act in a serious way.— Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) March 18, 2020
President Lewis Carroll. https://t.co/UWHIeACvSc— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) March 18, 2020
Trump is still lying about how tariffs work (they are taxes on American companies, not China) pic.twitter.com/FEKAVGZ1LD— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 18, 2020
.@Yamiche: Is a White House official using "Kung-Flu" to talk about the coronavirus acceptable? Do you think your "Chinese Virus" rhetoric puts people at risk?— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 18, 2020
TRUMP: "Not at all. I think they probably would agree with it 100 percent." pic.twitter.com/EqPoVZaU8V
They think they can save Trump from his own failures by being racist then pretending to believe accusations of racism are evidence of how liberal political correctness has hobbled the response. Like how they used to pretend to believe “radical Islamic terrorism” were magic words. https://t.co/pzUmc594hp— subscribe to my newsletter (@brianbeutler) March 18, 2020
How many times does Trump have to tank the markets before someone has the bright idea that maybe he should just zip it and leave it to the experts.— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) March 18, 2020
A transcript of the president's comments right now is going to read like a drug-fueled, stream-of-consciousness novel from a third-tier Beat Poet.— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) March 18, 2020
UPDATE: The World Health Organization is telling Trump to knock off the "Chinese virus" racist
