Bite me, Barry!
I’m sure your response woulda been sooooo much more effective!
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Former President Barack Obama on Friday said that the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has been an “absolute chaotic disaster” and blamed it on a “selfish” and “tribal” mindset that has become operationalized in government.
“This election that’s coming up on every level is so important because what we’re going to be battling is not just a particular individual or a political party. What we’re fighting against is these long-term trends in which being selfish, being tribal, being divided, and seeing others as an enemy — that has become a stronger impulse in American life.”
Barack Obama
Obama’s remarks, reported by Yahoo News, came as part of a web talk with members of the Obama Alumni Association — former members of his administration.
He mentioned the coronavirus response as he urged ex-administration members to help former Vice President Joe Biden beat President Trump in November.
“It’s part of the reason why the response to this global crisis has been so anemic and spotty. It would have been bad even with the best of governments. It has been an absolute chaotic disaster when that mindset — of ‘what’s in it for me’ and ‘to heck with everybody else’ — when that mindset is operationalized in our government…….That’s why, I, by the way, am going to be spending as much time as necessary and campaigning as hard as I can for Joe Biden”
Barack Obama
It comes as a partial response to criticism aimed at Obama’s administration by Trump, who has partly blamed some sluggishness in the initial response to the crisis on limited stockpiles.
Obama says coronavirus response has been a ‘chaotic disaster,’ blames ‘selfish’ mindset
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