McConnell finally admits he was wrong. The Obama administration did leave detailed pandemic guide.
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McConnell admits he was wrong to say Obama administration failed to leave a pandemic playbook
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN
Updated 9:05 PM ET, Thu May 14, 202
(CNN)Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell conceded Thursday night that he was wrong to claim that the Obama administration had not left behind a plan to deal with a pandemic in the US.
"I was wrong. They did leave behind a plan, so I clearly made a mistake in that regard," McConnell said during an interview with Fox News' Bret Baier.
The concession comes days after he falsely accused the Obama administration of failing to leave the Trump administration "any kind of game plan" for something like the coronavirus pandemic during a Trump campaign online chat with Lara Trump, the President's daughter-in-law.
"They claim pandemics only happen once every hundred years but what if that's no longer true? We want to be early, ready for the next one, because clearly the Obama administration did not leave to this administration any kind of game plan for something like this," McConnell had said Monday.
In reality, former President Barrack Obama's White House National Security Council left the Trump administration a detailed document on how to respond to a pandemic.
The document, whose existence was publicly revealed by Politico in March, is called the Playbook for Early Response to High-Consequence Emerging Infectious Disease Threats and Biological Incidents.
The playbook contains step-by-step advice on questions to ask, decisions to make and which federal agencies are responsible for what. It includes sample documents that officials could use for inter-agency meetings. And it explicitly lists novel coronaviruses as one of the kinds of pathogens that could require a major response.
Additionally, outgoing senior Obama officials also led an in-person pandemic response exercise for senior incoming Trump officials in January 2017 -- as required by a new law on improving presidential transitions that Obama signed in 2016.
Last week, Obama described the Trump administration's coronavirus response as "an absolute chaotic disaster" during a private call with people who worked for him in the White House.
Still, McConnell added Thursday that "as to whether or not the plan was followed and who's the critic and all the rest, I don't have any observation about that because I don't know enough about the details of that to comment on it in any detail."
CNN's Daniel Dale contributed to this report.
McConnell admits he was wrong to say Obama administration failed to leave a pandemic playbook
By Paul LeBlanc, CNN
Updated 9:05 PM ET, Thu May 14, 202
(CNN)Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell conceded Thursday night that he was wrong to claim that the Obama administration had not left behind a plan to deal with a pandemic in the US.
"I was wrong. They did leave behind a plan, so I clearly made a mistake in that regard," McConnell said during an interview with Fox News' Bret Baier.
The concession comes days after he falsely accused the Obama administration of failing to leave the Trump administration "any kind of game plan" for something like the coronavirus pandemic during a Trump campaign online chat with Lara Trump, the President's daughter-in-law.
"They claim pandemics only happen once every hundred years but what if that's no longer true? We want to be early, ready for the next one, because clearly the Obama administration did not leave to this administration any kind of game plan for something like this," McConnell had said Monday.
In reality, former President Barrack Obama's White House National Security Council left the Trump administration a detailed document on how to respond to a pandemic.
The document, whose existence was publicly revealed by Politico in March, is called the Playbook for Early Response to High-Consequence Emerging Infectious Disease Threats and Biological Incidents.
The playbook contains step-by-step advice on questions to ask, decisions to make and which federal agencies are responsible for what. It includes sample documents that officials could use for inter-agency meetings. And it explicitly lists novel coronaviruses as one of the kinds of pathogens that could require a major response.
Additionally, outgoing senior Obama officials also led an in-person pandemic response exercise for senior incoming Trump officials in January 2017 -- as required by a new law on improving presidential transitions that Obama signed in 2016.
Last week, Obama described the Trump administration's coronavirus response as "an absolute chaotic disaster" during a private call with people who worked for him in the White House.
Still, McConnell added Thursday that "as to whether or not the plan was followed and who's the critic and all the rest, I don't have any observation about that because I don't know enough about the details of that to comment on it in any detail."
CNN's Daniel Dale contributed to this report.
Hear it from Moscow Mitch's own mouth;
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"Because I don't know enough..."
That, and playing more golf and eating more KFC.
C - That was likely McConnell's way of dismissing the topic without answering more questions about it.
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All about Mitch McConnell from about 9 minutes in, not for sensitive ears..
Beau of the Fifth Column
Let's talk about rights and responsibilities....
What's the population of the US? About 330 million?
All those people and you're faced with choosing between Trump and Biden?
Wtf has gone wrong?
I enjoyed the 2nd video the most, as well as the New Yorker's statement to Moscow Mitch.
As soon as he is up for election he should be shown the retirement door.
However, regardless, the next time I'm deleting it from any of my blogs that does not specifically discuss this topic.
First of all, I do not see Biden as a bad choice. He is innocent of any crimes, unless he is proven beyond a
reasonable doubt in a court of law otherwise. His one allegation is insufficient to sway my belief in his participation in a crime. He has a long history of good public service. He has White House experience.
However, I would write in someone else as my choice with or without the allegation. Someone who I think is the absolute best choice.
Last time it was Bernie and under normal conditions, I would do the same this year.
However, this time it is very different. Trump has proven he is a extremely dangerous choice. He is a corrupt lying conman, who is a narcissist, who lacks empathy and uses the position for personal gain.
Plus, it was proven by the last presidential election, the public cannot be trusted to not make the worst choice - Trump. Last time I did not consider that Trump might win. It was clear he was the worst choice.
Yet, he did win with a minority of votes.
Thus, I encourage everyone to vote in Biden. I will be doing the same.
We cannot allow another Trump term. The country may not survive it.