I was asked by a Trump supporter of why Trump should be blamed for COVID-19's spread. She saw it as all politics in an election year. Here is my answer: The buck is stopping with him as more people realized: 1. he denied the virus and said it was a hoax for months...and his true-believing followers acted accordingly, and became anti maskers. 2. He finally agreed there was a problem in July when "his people", meaning White, people and his supporters, especially those in the red state South, began getting sick and dying 3. He made it a priority to open business ignoring the guidelines set forth by his own administration members of when and how 4. He relied on the private sector to fill the needs of PPE and testing when defense act and money needed to come from the government as well as a national effort.5. He set a horrible personal example not wearing a mask and promoting rallies and indoor gatherings in which no guidelines were followed..including mask-wearing and social distancing. 6. He turned mask-wearing and other precautions into a political issue. 7. He touted bogus cures when even a 4th graders knew were stupid..injecting household cleaners, etc into the body. 8. He supported and still supports cures that subsequent testing and studies proved were ineffective and even dangerous..even after the studies and evidence were presented to him. And yes, it is an election year, but this issue affects everyone's lives, red and blue, old, young, and of any race. It is potent enough for that reason to cost him re-election.
All of that is reason. And the reason that an American dies of COVID-19 every 80 seconds. It’s why countless businesses have had to shut their doors for good. It’s why there is complete chaos over when and how to reopen our schools. Mothers and fathers are confused and uncertain and angry about childcare and the safety of their kids at school. Whether they will be in danger if they go, or fall behind if they don’t. Trump is also the reason millions of Americans are now unemployed. He inherited the longest economic expansion in history from Barack Obama and Joe Biden. And then, like everything else he inherited, he ran it straight into the ground. Because of Trump’s failures of leadership, our economy has taken one of the biggest hits out of all the major industrialized nations with an unemployment rate that has tripled as of today. This is what happens when we elect a guy who just isn’t up for the job. Our country ends up in tatters, and so does our reputation around the world."
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