Posted on 09/22/2020 5:43:08 PM PDT by Kaslin
The Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic will be debated, analyzed, and investigated for decades. It’s also unlikely the critique of President Trump and his administration is fair, given the already highly politicized coverage in most media outlets. Congress is getting into the action too by starting to call upon administration officials to testify and requesting documents and reports relating to the federal government’s efforts to combat the deadly virus.
This effort appears to be an attempt to win political points for the Democrats leading up to the election. There are many unintended consequences of partisan fishing expeditions, but the most concerning is the vilification of the private sector that jumped into action to help the federal government manufacture life-saving materials in a time of need. The House Oversight Committee, that is taking the lead on this investigation, has their work cut out for them.
The onset of the coronavirus pandemic, a never-before-seen or researched virus that proved to be fatal, was unsettling for millions of Americans. President Trump, with guidance from his administration, which had already banned travel from China to the United States, realized that was not enough and acted to keep our nation safe by acquiring PPE and life-saving medical supplies.
The House Oversight Republicans will have to spend their time pushing back on false claims, starting with the ventilator contracts the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) entered with Philips, Hamilton, and Vyaire that were canceled before the order was complete. The press coverage surrounding this specific issue is concerning because it conflates different types of government contracts while comparing them as equal.
Government contracts vary in every imaginable way. The ventilator contracts from this spring played a critical role in the public health response to the pandemic. Once the Trump administration got involved, any American who needed a ventilator got one, and that’s thanks to the HHS contracts. This also resulted in the medical device manufacturers hiring hundreds of well-paid new employees to keep producing this life-saving device around the clock, all while unemployment was at a high.
Some House Oversight Committee Democrats appear to be touting false information to put pressure on the Trump administration before the election by stating the American taxpayers overpaid for the ventilators. The evidence from this claim is from a six-year-old Philips research and development ventilator contract with a branch of HHS called Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority. Philips charged the government a lower price because the agency was investing in the company in addition to paying per unit for the ventilators. It’s also fair to point out that previous government contracts for medical devices didn’t have a condensed timeline amid a pandemic.
Our country will feel the impact of the coronavirus pandemic for many years to come, and it’s crucial that we examine our government’s response to benefit our future. But so far, it seems our lawmakers are engaging in partisan attacks that negatively hurt the private sector that put themselves at risk to work on the front lines of the pandemic to help Americans combat the virus. Congress needs to focus on helping our nation recover from the coronavirus, not engage in unfounded attacks on the Trump administration.
Oh Dem Doom and Gloomers ,LOL
Seems I recall the President wanted to go much further, but he was told he was racist for his efforts. Screw ‘em; this is NOT going to play well.
And that is not enough?!??!
He's leading a world war against covid!
Trump is breaking records in vaccine research. Scientists will marvel at it. Foreign powers were caught trying to steal the research.
At the same time we look at Sweden and are filled with envy.
That's one aspect. Now compare Trump with Italy. And consider other nations. Few places are safe.
This is the China flu, and China lied to us.
Now for the clencher— Trump's ‘xenophobic’ shutdown with China. Did Biden support that?
As for a nationwide mandate, imagine Trump implementing that. He would be rounding up peaceful protesters. No I mean truly peaceful protesters. Like a fascist dictator. Unless I’m mistaken about specifics, Biden’s national mandate is dictatorial. That is why we have states’ rights, to prevent dictatorships.
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THis will certainly not be “debated, analyzed and investigated for decades.” In fact it will mostly disappear after the election because it is all election hype and rhetoric anyway. the “Science” has been left in the dust months ago. A year from now it will be ancient history and some new world threatening crisis will have been drummed up.
I don’t think anyone with much common sense is listening to the Democrats about that. Every day, I see many people making their own decisions as to what to do. There are odd ebbs and flows of traffic to some businesses. Some businesses were losers due to the epidemic. Doesn’t appear to have much to do with politics. More people are wearing masks and being somewhat careful and polite. All appear to be calm but busy.
Well said.
The Dems are doing this for political brownies points.
And a virus that is really a biological weapon of mass destruction fron the CHICOMS.
Don’t forget EVER that Obama and Biden left our PPE national stockpiles completely EMPTY after H1N1 Trump rallied the private sector in ways NO ONE could have done!! Biden would have been WAITING for the Chinese to replenish our ventilators and PPE the guy is an absolute IDIOT and would never have thought of getting ANYTHING except through the normal government routes!!! GIVE ME A DAMN BREAK!!
Hey, does anyone organize research here, a tight reference list on single pages?
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