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Posted On: 05/14/2020 11:39:12 PM
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McConnell says Obama administration 'did leave behind' pandemic plan
Source: MSN
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Thursday walked back comments made earlier this week, where he said the Obama administration didn't leave behind a "game plan" for a pandemic. McConnell, asked about his comments during a Fox News interview, said that "I was wrong."
McConnell's comments come after he appeared to blame the Obama administration for not leaving guidelines behind for the Trump White House during the transition in 2017. President Trump and his allies have made similar remarks.
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His comments sparked backlash from former Obama administration officials. Ronald Klain, who was the Ebola coordinator for the Obama administration, tweeted that "we literally left them a 69-page Pandemic Playbook.... that they ignored."
"And an office called the Pandemic Preparedness Office... that they abolished. And a global monitoring system called PREDICT .. that they cut by 75%" he added.
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mccon...li=BBnb7Kz
It is so rare to get a Republican to acknowledge facts, science or even reality.
Source: MSN
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Thursday walked back comments made earlier this week, where he said the Obama administration didn't leave behind a "game plan" for a pandemic. McConnell, asked about his comments during a Fox News interview, said that "I was wrong."
McConnell's comments come after he appeared to blame the Obama administration for not leaving guidelines behind for the Trump White House during the transition in 2017. President Trump and his allies have made similar remarks.
* * *
His comments sparked backlash from former Obama administration officials. Ronald Klain, who was the Ebola coordinator for the Obama administration, tweeted that "we literally left them a 69-page Pandemic Playbook.... that they ignored."
"And an office called the Pandemic Preparedness Office... that they abolished. And a global monitoring system called PREDICT .. that they cut by 75%" he added.
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mccon...li=BBnb7Kz
It is so rare to get a Republican to acknowledge facts, science or even reality.
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