Source: AP Photo/Susan Walsh
The liberal media may have temporarily won the battle to
trash the stock market with this Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, but the Trump
administration’s proactive response to this disease is winning the larger
public relations battle. Polls show
a majority of Americans now approve of how the president is handling
the crisis.
The anti-Trump media cannot fight a two-front war. They’re not
smart enough.
So, either way—Trump has won—again. And if this outbreak is
contained—and God-willing that occurs soon—the economy should recover.
The media has done well in stirring up apocalyptic-laced
reports about this disease, which while highly contagious, has not reached numbers
as bad as the seasonal flu. It could if people don’t take the proper
precautions, like engaging in social distancing.
The seasonal flu is bound to
kill some 18-50,000 people this year, with another 32-49 million being
infected. In 2009, the Swine Flu killed 12,000 and infected some 60 million. We
can beat this virus—and the Trump White House has instituted new travel
restrictions, pushed back tax filings to July 15, proposed a massive economic
package to help struggling Americans and businesses, and continue to push to
make tests more readily available to those who need them.
Medical supply
production has also been an area of concentration with this administration.
Even some of the president’s fiercest critics, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, have praised this administration for helping them
curb this outbreak in their states that have been hit hard by this virus.
And yet, have you noticed there hasn’t been much from
Democrats on this front. It didn’t dawn on me until two things happened. I read
the Huffington Post (yes, you should read what the libs are digesting) and saw
“#WhereisJoe” was trending on Twitter.
Former Vice President Joe Biden, the
presumptive 2020 Democratic nominee, is nowhere to be found in the crisis. Sen.
Bernie Sanders’ policies are insane, but at least he held some pressers on this
matter, mostly to push for his Medicare for All proposal which would have done
nothing to shield people from getting sick.
The Democrats are nowhere to be found on this. It’s been
Republicans who have been quarterbacking the response on the Hill. HuffPo
described their move on this matter as disastrous, as the GOP has taken the
leadership role, despite Democrats controlling the House and the money for all
this stuff.
Granted, the article does bash Trump for obvious reasons, but
equally lays into Democrats (via HuffPo):
Trump
does not have a monopoly on political malpractice. As the crisis has spread,
Democratic Party leaders ? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Senate
Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and presumptive presidential nominee Joe
Biden ? have either been missing in action or short on solutions.
Their
silence has ? incredibly ? allowed a handful of arch-conservative Republicans
to take public credit for advancing the popular, progressive idea of just
sending every household a large check for the duration of the crisis.
Pelosi
explicitly rejected that very idea in early talks among House Democrats,
overruling pleas from Democratic economists. With Democratic leaders thinking
small, a majority of the public now actually approves of Trump’s catastrophic
pandemic management, according to a new poll.
The
leader of one party has caused a national calamity, while the leaders of the
other have nothing much to say.
[…]
And
where is Biden? What, exactly, would Pelosi want to see happen?
What
does the Democratic Party even stand for?
Democratic
leaders pride themselves on getting things done. They extoll compromise as the
highest of all political virtues and boast about reaching across the aisle ?
even when the party across the aisle is run by wannabe authoritarians.
An
endless parade of centrists vied for the 2020 Democratic nomination not by
talking about ideas, but by talking about competence, leadership and other
intangibles while warning that candidates that did talk about ideas were too
dangerous and scary.
One
of those centrists, Biden, has now all but sewn up the nomination — and made
himself all but invisible as the worst economic and public health crisis in
generations has blossomed.
Concerning Joe, that is a good question. It’s a fair
criticism and one that will surely be brought up in the debates between Trump
and Biden in the fall.
Biden might very well think he’s running for the U.S.
Senate and forgot he’s running for president. I don’t know. But we could be
seeing some liberal reporters seething with an extra layer of rage at Democrats
for letting a prime opportunity to deliver a potential death blow slip away.
Even in pandemics, political games have to happen.
For now, Trump is winning.
He’s working hard to keep this country safe, healthy, and ready to go when this
thing breaks, and it will in due time. Just follow the regulations on social distancing,
personal hygiene, and just being smart about what you touch. Wash those hands.
Be mindful of the elderly. Two weeks of not going to the bars isn't going to
kill you.
