ER Doctor: Let me RECAP 42 WAYS Trump failed America during the pandemic

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I'm an Iraq War vet & ER doctor on the frontlines of the pandemic in NYC and Arizona. My colleagues and I have seen countless people die from COVID who should be ALIVE. Trump dances on the graves of Americans that didn’t have to die #TrumpGraveDancer

As an ER doctor that has lost 3 colleagues and a 27 y.o. cousin to the virus, let me RECAP 42 WAYS Trump failed America during the pandemic!

1. Months before the pandemic, Trump cut the number of CDC experts in China from 47 to 14.

2. The same day WHO warned of global PPE shortages, the Trump admin announced that it was transporting to China 17.8 tons of "masks, gowns, gauze, respirators, and other vital materials to China to appease them for his Trade Deal, leaving healthcare workers with little PPE!!!!

3. Trump "refused" COVID-19 diagnostic tests offered by the World Health Organization, in favor of producing our own, which delayed our detection of the virus.

4. Lied and said anyone could get a test

5. Lied about a deadly virus

6. Said it was “like the flu”

7. Said it would “magically disappear”

8. Wanted the pews filled by easter.

9. Refused to promote wearing masks

10. Mocked @JoeBiden for wearing a mask

11. Encouraged all Republicans to not promote masks

12. Incited insurrection by telling residents of 3 states (Michigan, Minnesota, Virginia) led by Democratic governors to liberate themselves. The FBI would later foil a plot to kidnap the governors of Michigan and Virginia.

13. Accused nurses in NYC of stealing PPE who died on the frontlines

14. Used the Defense Production Act to keep meatpacking facilities open rather than create more PPE including N95s

15. Discredited Dr. Fauci

16. Suggested injecting bleach

17. Suggested using sunlight

18. Lied about hydroxychloroquine, which tied up medical providers in battling disinformation

19. Promoted conspiracy theorists like Dr. Stella Immanuel who lied about HCQ and believes in Alien DNA & Demon Sperm

20. Continued to hold maskless rallies for months infecting 10,000s

21. Blocked CDC from requiring COVID masks on public transit

22. Failed to provide essential workers with N95 masks

23. Slowed down testing

24.Sept 17, 2020: Trump says the U.S. coronavirus death toll is "very low ... if you take the blue states out"

25.After getting infected lied and said he was immune

26. Blocked @USPS from sending 650 million masks to Americans

27. Sabotaged @USPS

28.Spread Misinformation by retweeting a false claim saying only 6% of people listed as having died from COVID “actually died” from the virus.

29. Exposed his secret service to COVID-19 so he could have a parade.

30. Withdrew from @WHO

31. Said he would rather have people remain onboard the Grand Princess cruise ship because, "I like the numbers where they are at," ... 'I don’t need to have the numbers double because of one ship that wasn’t our fault'

32. THOUSAND Americans are dying a day - "It is what it is"

33.Schools that don’t physically reopen would lose out on most funding under Republican stimulus bill

34. Lied about a vaccine and said there would be one by the election

35. Said CDC Director Redfield MISPOKE about vaccines when he said, "I think we're probably looking at third, late second quarter, third quarter 2021”

36. Said CDC Director Redfield MISPOKE about masks when he said, "I might even go so far as to say that this face mask is more guaranteed to protect me against COVID than when I take a COVID vaccine, because the immunogenicity [the immune response to a vaccine] may be 70%."

37. Right now is attempting to strike down the Affordable Care Act, which would make 20 million people uninsured during a pandemic!!!!

38. The experimental antibody treatment taken by President Donald Trump to treat COVID-19, which he called a "cure," was developed using cells derived from human FETAL tissue -- a research technique that his administration has sought in general to limit.

39. 215,000 Americans dead

40. 238 Law Enforcement dead #TrumpKillsCops

41. We still have no PPE. We’re still dying. 1,400 healthcare workers dead @CTZebra

42. Despite all these failings he called COVID19, the ChinaVirus. It should be called the #TrumpVirus.

43. Vote Trump OUT!
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[marble falls]

1. "There must be 50 ways to lose your abuser ..."

"Make a little plan Sam,
Use the ballot box, Knox.
Just make a little 'X', Beck
to set yourself free!"