More about the coronavirus relief debacle: What should Republicans have known, and when should they have known it? 1/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/opinion/republicans-unemployed-coronavirus.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/0...

According to Times reporting, in April the WH was convinced that we& #39;d follow Italy& #39;s trajectory, with the pandemic rapidly fading away 2/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/18/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-response-failure-leadership.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/1...

By May, however, it was obvious that this wasn& #39;t happening — and Democrats moved quickly to enact a new relief bill 3/

Republicans, however, turned a blind eye; Trump, it& #39;s now clear, surrounded himself with toadies who assured their naked emperor that he was wearing the finest of clothes. And so they did nothing as catastrophe approached 4/

Seriously, these are people I wouldn& #39;t trust to water my houseplants. And no way would I trust them to feed my cat 5/