America will have the worst #coronavirus outbreak in the developed world because we have the most corrupt and least competent executive branch in the developed world.

This would be the primary message of any competent opposition party. (1/x) https://twitter.com/jaysbookman/status/1237024775488155648">https://twitter.com/jaysbookm...
A month ago @demandprogress& #39; David Segal and I wrote this on how "Personnel is Policy." https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/coronavirus-congress-democrats-pandemic-spinelessness">https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/coro... (4/x)

The main issue in presidential politics is who a candidate will appoint across their executive branch--corporate owned hacks or dedicated public servants????
As my colleague @MaxMoranHi wrote after analyzing the make up of Trump& #39;s #CORONAVIRUS Task Force, "Trump’s Failing Coronavirus Response is Standard Issue Republicanism in 2020." https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/coronavirus-pence-trump-response-republicanism-2020

That& #39;s">https://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/coro... why GOP doesn& #39;t want scrutiny & Dems must provide it!!! (5/x)
As @ThePlumLineGS has noted, our November elections are in peril: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/11/another-reason-worry-coronavirus-could-upend-our-election/

Democrats">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/... have the leverage to condition stimulus on funding and buy-ins that effectively ensure best in breed vote by mail across the country in November.

Now use it! (7/x)
And here we are, sadly, as predicted: https://twitter.com/juliaioffe/status/1243297913863835648">https://twitter.com/juliaioff...
South Korea had vastly less advance notice than the USA, has an actually dangerous border to worry about, and isn& #39;t quite as rich as the US. That the US wil have an order of magnitude or more death per capita is due to Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, and the rest of the Trumpists.
Pelosi et al are INFURIATING me! Thread here: https://twitter.com/jeffhauser/status/1245317569994723331">https://twitter.com/jeffhause...
Here is a thread of mine on death stat juking: https://twitter.com/jeffhauser/status/1248972002351894532">https://twitter.com/jeffhause...
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