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Trump's Coronavirus Presser Was an In-Kind Contribution to Joe Biden's Campaign (Charles Pierce)
Pierce is referring to Trump's answer to Yamiche Alcindor's "nasty question" about Trump disbanding the WH pandemic office.
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a31493395/trump-coronavirus-press-conference-yamiche-alcindor/
YA: You said you don't take responsibility, but you did disband the White House pandemic office, and the officials working in that office left the administration abruptly. What responsibility you take for that? And officials that worked in the office said the White House lost valuable time? What do you make of that?
THE PRESIDENT: It is a nasty question. What we have done is we have saved thousands of lives because of the quick closing. And when you say me, I didn't do it. We have a group of people. I could ask, perhaps my administration, but I could ask tony about that, because I don't know anything about it. You say we did that. I don't know anything about it.
THE PRESIDENT: It is a nasty question. What we have done is we have saved thousands of lives because of the quick closing. And when you say me, I didn't do it. We have a group of people. I could ask, perhaps my administration, but I could ask tony about that, because I don't know anything about it. You say we did that. I don't know anything about it.
Having already denied responsibility for any mistakes that had been made in relation to the global pandemic here at home, the president* then explained that he was not responsible for anything that happened within his administration. If there were a cock to crow in the Rose Garden, he’d be dead from exhaustion by now.
Anyway, the press conference was a joke but, in its defense, it probably counts as an in-kind contribution to Joe Biden’s eventual general election campaign.
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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Trump's Coronavirus Presser Was an In-Kind Contribution to Joe Biden's Campaign (Charles Pierce) (Original Post)
highplainsdem
Mar 2020
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kurtcagle
(2,371 posts)1. The attack ads write themselves
"I didn't do it!"
"I take no responsibility."
"I didn't know anything about it!"
"It wasn't me!"
Did it ever occur to him that assuming the office of the presidency basically means that you take responsibility for EVERYTHING? That all of the perks that come with the office are there simply because you HAVE assumed that responsibility.
This is the definition of entitlement - taking all of the benefits without assuming any of the responsibilities.
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BidenBacker
(1,089 posts)2. The Buck Stops (Anywhere But) Here
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Cha
(307,119 posts)3. KR! TY, hpd..
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primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden