Current Events > Republicans storm out of coronavirus briefing after Dem rips Trump's response

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https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/28/house-coronavirus-trump-response-118121

Several House Republicans walked out of a closed-door coronavirus briefing Friday with Trump health officials in protest after a senior Democrat blasted the Trump administrations handling of the response effort. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) kicked off the briefing sharply criticizing the administration as disorganized and lacking urgency in combating the coronavirus, lawmakers said. Her speech frustrated Republicans and some Democrats assembled to hear from the slate of officials from the CDC, NIH and State Department. "If I wanted to hear the politics of it, I'd read POLITICO or something, let's be serious," said Rep. Paul Mitchell (R-Mich.), who was among the walkouts. A handful of Republicans began booing almost immediately after DeLauro raised concerns with the administrations efforts, according to two people in the room.

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jfc.

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Trump and the Republican party are going to end up getting a lot of Americans sick and killed because they simply just don't care and only one that matter is if they get reelected and keep their power while making a profit while not getting hand cuffed and being thrown in prison.

Dems: "You guys are doing a shitty job of managing this. You have an actual medical doctor in your cabinet, but instead you decided to put a guy who thinks you can pray away the gay in charge of managing a lethal epidemic. Do better."

GOP: "reeeeeeeeee!!!!! We'll just storm out, that will help"

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Republicans really hate doing the job they wanted.

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Lebronwon posted...

"If I wanted to hear the politics of it, I'd read POLITICO or something, let's be serious," said Rep. Paul Mitchell (R-Mich.)

Let's be serious: Paul Mitchell doesn't read anything.
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What a bunch of babies.

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I, for one, am enjoying the meltdown both the left and right are having from this.

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I don't get why Republicans think it's okay to not do their jobs.

If any blue collar worker refused to do there job and walked off, they would be fired.
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our Republican officials have the mental capacity of your average football fan

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Wow

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ah, the old michael scott negotation tactic

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ScazarMeltex posted...

Dems: "You guys are doing a shitty job of managing this. You have an actual medical doctor in your cabinet, but instead you decided to put a guy who thinks you can pray away the gay in charge of managing a lethal epidemic. Do better."

A governor knows how to manage and allocate resources effectively, which is what's needed for a situation like this. Doctors should be a part of the team, but the person running it needs to be someone with great management skills.


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MeltyAlert posted...

I, for one, am enjoying the meltdown both the left and right are having from this.

Left: "You guys are doing a terrible job at dealing with this serious outbreak"
Right: "NUH UH! We're just gonna storm out of here and continue to do nothing!"

Yea...totes both sides, dude.

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VipaGTS posted...

Left: "You guys are doing a terrible job at dealing with this serious outbreak"
Right: "NUH UH! We're just gonna storm out of here and continue to do nothing!"

Yea...totes both sides, dude.

Calm down, dude

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UnfairRepresent posted...

I don't get why Republicans think it's okay to not do their jobs.

If any blue collar worker refused to do there job and walked off, they would be fired.

Because their side of the voters will support them even if they need to offer up their firstborn child.

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Snowflakes

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DifferentialEquation posted...

A governor knows how to manage and allocate resources effectively, which is what's needed for a situation like this. Doctors should be a part of the team, but the person running it needs to be someone with great management skills.

Agreed. Except Pence proved that he couldn't do those things when he was Governor of Indiana.

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DifferentialEquation posted...

A governor knows how to manage and allocate resources effectively, which is what's needed for a situation like this. Doctors should be a part of the team, but the person running it needs to be someone with great management skills.

A governor known to ignore expert advice leading to more infections.
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MeltyAlert posted...

I, for one, am enjoying the meltdown both the left and right are having from this.

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I've been listing to Right Wing Radio doing damage control over the coronavirus, and trumps response to it..It's been entertaining, tbh.
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Imagine being such a child that you boo someone in a closed door meeting lol
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Lonestar2000 posted...

What a bunch of babies.

Thats all republicans are

Conflict posted...

I'm imagining them just running out of the room and slamming the door

And shouting "I hate this family! I wish I was adopted!"

Zikten posted...

And shouting "I hate this family! I wish I was adopted!"

I DIDNT EVEN ASK TO BE BORN!!!

lol
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ScazarMeltex posted...

Agreed. Except Pence proved that he couldn't do those things when he was Governor of Indiana.

I know people from Indiana who said that the state ran like a well oiled machine when Pence was governor.

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DifferentialEquation posted...

I know people from Indiana who said that the state ran like a well oiled machine when Pence was governor.

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DifferentialEquation posted...

A governor knows how to manage and allocate resources effectively, which is what's needed for a situation like this. Doctors should be a part of the team, but the person running it needs to be someone with great management skills.

I agree with you one hundred percent. And Pence did a terrible job as governor of Indiana, especially during a health crisis.

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DifferentialEquation posted...

I know people from Indiana who said that the state ran like a well oiled machine when Pence was governor.

And this person from Indiana can tell you his time as Governor was a shit show. I know a lot of people who agree. Of course I live in northern Indiana and we are more liberal here. Maybe he is loved in the south.

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creativerealms posted...

And this person from Indiana can tell you his time as Governor was a shit show. I know a lot of people who agree. Of course I live in northern Indiana and we are more liberal here. Maybe he is loved in the south.

These friends were students at Indiana University in Bloomington. I don't know what the general opinion of Mike Pence was with students in general, but the ones I know spoke very highly of him.

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guys, DE is a joke account.

its been his gimmick
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What snowflakes.
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creativerealms posted...

And this person from Indiana can tell you his time as Governor was a shit show. I know a lot of people who agree. Of course I live in northern Indiana and we are more liberal here. Maybe he is loved in the south.

Nope, we hated him here too. People only voted him because they are Republican and he is Republican.

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berlyman101 posted...

our Republican officials have the mental capacity of your average football fan

I remember when those two Florida legislators got into it, and Jon Stewart's comment was "We are ruled by children."

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I cant wait for the presidential debates to consist of jousting, bare-knuckle boxing and lastly a walk-ten-paces-and-turn duel to the death.

I swear thats the direction this country is heading.

Kastrada posted...

Nope, we hated him here too. People only voted him because they are Republican and he is Republican.

Mike Pence gets unfairly shit on just becasue he's very religious. If someone who was an atheist was promoting being charitable, helping the sick, loving/accepting your neighbors, etc., you would cheer him on. But when someone like Pence promotes those same values, and the only real difference being he does so because the Bible tells him to, he gets criticized and ridiculed.

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DifferentialEquation posted...

Mike Pence gets unfairly shit on just becasue he's very religious. If someone who was an atheist was promoting being charitable, helping the sick, loving/accepting your neighbors, etc., you would cheer him on. But when someone like Pence promotes those same values, and the only real difference being he does so because the Bible tells him to, he gets criticized and ridiculed.

Show me where I said it was because of his religion.

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Lebronwon posted...

A handful of Republicans began booing almost immediately after DeLauro raised concerns with the administrations efforts

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Kami_no_Kami posted...

I cant wait for the presidential debates to consist of jousting, bare-knuckle boxing and lastly a walk-ten-paces-and-turn duel to the death.

I swear thats the direction this country is heading.

If that started happening, Trump would go down with one hit to the gut.
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Republicans are basically cartoon villains now. Are they ever going to be morally right in their lives? It's like they want to be the bad guys.

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E32005 posted...

guys, DE is a joke account.

its been his gimmick

Is it really a gimmick at this point?

But yeah, no surprise that the same people calling other people snowflakes and how facts don't care about their feelings...... get sore over being called out.


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Are Republicans the type of villains you learn to understand when you get older and have more life experience? Like Thanos and Magneto? Because I have streaks of gray in my beard already, and I still don't understand.


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Intangible posted...

Are Republicans the type of villains you learn to understand when you get older and have more life experience? Like Thanos and Magneto? Because I have streaks of gray in my beard already, and I still don't understand.

No, you understand them much sooner than that.

You just wish the motive was better.

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Republicans have been kool-aid drinkers for decades and the Bush era neocons made sure to stomp out any wrinkles in the ranks. There are few remnants of the time when the Republican party stood for any bipartisanship. Mitt Romney is a dinosaur even in his own time, clinging futilely to an ideology long since smothered and suffocated.

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So not only are Republicans trying time take away our health insurance, but now theyre trying to get us all sick through inaction and throwing fits.

what a bunch of useless fucks.

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Kami_no_Kami posted...

I cant wait for the presidential debates to consist of jousting, bare-knuckle boxing and lastly a walk-ten-paces-and-turn duel to the death.

I swear thats the direction this country is heading.

That would actually significantly improve the character of those running. You'd have to be brave and willing to risk it all to implement what you want.

I dont see most of the cowards running things risk their own money very often, let alone lives.

TheBiggerWiggle posted...

So not only are Republicans trying time take away our health insurance, but now theyre trying to get us all sick through inaction and throwing fits.

what a bunch of useless fucks.

Population control is a real discussion. There are many mouths to feed, and most people don't want to break their comfortable habits. Thanos saw this and put a plan into action.

We have chemicals in our food, pharmaceutical companies pushing questionable drugs, healthcare being harder to come by, education taking a backseat to military/prison(soldier or slave), whistleblowers being persecuted, transparency being discouraged(like with GMO labeling), farmers being pushed out of the game, journalists being attacked, fear/hate mongering, etc...

Basically everything is to keep Americans sick, angry, dumb, scared, confused and too medicated to even find a way out on their own.

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Can we please vote these fuckers out of office?

They are literally killing us now

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Kastrada posted...

Nope, we hated him here too. People only voted him because they are Republican and he is Republican.

Hear that. Even the ones in my family weren't sorry to see him go. They only voted "better to have Pence than any Democrat".

Tried explaining it doesn't make sense to vote for someone when you disagree with most of their policies and dislike em, but didn't accomplish anything.
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