Comments on: The Trump COVID Legacy: Bad Timing. Lots of Questions. Few Answers.

By: Mike Magee

Mike Magee — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 21:56:57 +0000

Thanks for this, Peter. Many of us would agree with your premise that Trump has the capacity to target vulnerable, non-supportive populations whether by commission or omission. There is also the possibility, supported by Mary Trump’s recent book that he is lazy, incompetent and incapable of leading on this level. Either way, we have a pressing duty this November to vote him and all his enablers out of office. If we are able to do so decisively, we may have the opportunity to not only right his wrongs but improve American society for all of our citizens. National health care would be a logical starting point. Best, Mike

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 17 Jul 2020 13:11:38 +0000

I think the Trump/Republican response to covid has been purely a political war. When they found significantly higher numbers of those infected/died were in the poor, black, hispanic communities it was a political strategy to “mismanage” the pandemic because they were mostly Democratic voters. That’s why vote by mail is not supported by Republicans – it increases turnout of Democratic voters.

New York was the first major epicenter and we saw how Trump did mostly nothing for them while giving Florida everything they wanted. We’ve also seen the distribution of covid emergency money as unaccountable from oversight as the inspector general was fired.