Ray Lenzi, Democratic candidate for Congress in Illinois’ 12 District
Carbondale, Ill. – It is now clear that the Trump administration has failed us when it comes to the Coronavirus epidemic. As in other areas, such as healthcare and climate, Trump and the Republican Party have tried to move us backward. Their failure with COVID-19 is the poster boy case for bad government. This has not happed by accident.
As with other parts of the government, there has been gross impotence from unqualified hacks due to their fealty to Trump. Trump’s self-interested Republican allies who make their living from attacking government as a guise and smokescreen to massively cut taxes for the one percent (those making $500,000 annually or more) produced the flowing decision that led to a national failure on Corona:
1) Gutted funding for the Centers for Disease Control
2) Gutted the funding for the National Institute of Health
3) Gutted funding for the World Health Organization
4) Disabled Barack Obama’s National Security Council Task Force on Pandemics, eliminating funding and ending the director position for this issue.