Eric Boehlert: The Trump Covid crisis: "Washington" isn't unraveling, the GOP is

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The Trump Covid crisis: "Washington" isn't unraveling, the GOP is
Politico gets it all wrong
Eric Boehlert


Anxious to portray the Covid-19 infection outbreak that has sidelined Trump and scores of top Republicans as a symptom of bipartisan dysfunctions, the Beltway press seems eager to push the idea that "Washington" is unraveling, and that both parties are to blame for the startling revelations that have tumbled out in recent days. It's a lazy narrative that lets the press avoid telling ugly truths about today's GOP.

"Let’s not mince words: Washington has been plunged into a crisis of historic proportions, frozen by a disease it is both unwilling and unable to control," Politico reported over the weekend, in an article headlined, “The virus slams into a broken Washington.” The piece stressed that "Washington" — both parties — have been "unwilling" to control the deadly virus. Nothing could be further from the truth.

The claim that Both Sides haven't taken serious, painful steps to get the pandemic under control is not only completely false, it provides cover for Republicans who have made the public health crisis worse at every conceivable juncture.

All across the country, Democratic leaders on the local and national level have tried to take strong measures to help the country control the public health crisis. Democrats have generally been a model of precaution, as they put science first. And all year they've been met by Republicans who have embraced Trump's reckless message of "re-opening" the country, even as the virus rages from coast to coast. Expressing disdain for health regulations and those who abide by them ("politically correct" ), the Republican Party has made a point of mocking preventative measures. (The Politico article even admits, "The Capitol is filled with Republican lawmakers who decline to wear masks.&quot

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The truth is, today’s Republican Party cannot govern and that's why there's so much trouble brewing in the nation's capital — a pandemic health crisis, a pandemic economic crisis, and a Supreme Court crisis. Those aren’t the fault of "Washington." They're the fault of Trump and the GOP.

[The Magistrate]

1. He Is Absolutely Right, Ma'am

Republicans all over the country have tried to block sensible public healthy measures, and in the Senate, refuse to provide adequate assistance to the people impacted.

[Thekaspervote]

7. Yup, it isn't a long list of Dems that are infected!! Hello

[ihas2stinkyfeet]

2. politico is not on our side.

or the american people's.

[Thekaspervote]

6. Exactly!! When I open a post and see it has a Politico link, I close it immediately

[ihas2stinkyfeet]

8. yeah, me too.

but not until i shake my head and say- wtf?

[tblue37]

3. And GOP office holders legislatively attack and sue Dems who try to enforce safety measures.

[crickets]

9. Exactly. It's crazy to try to 'both sides' the situation at this late date. nt

[malaise]

4. THIS

Reckless ReTHUGs are going down. Yah1

[Wounded Bear]

5. K & R...for truth...nt