ACOSTA: How could you have inherited a broken test if it's a new virus with a new test?

[kpete]

Trump again blames the Obama administration for the "broken" coronavirus tests that were developed during the Trump administration because the virus was not around during the Obama administration.

THIS IS ALL TRUMP HAS FOLKS:

ACOSTA: You say you had inherited “broken tests” from Obama — the coronavirus is a new virus, so how could the tests be broken?

TRUMP: We have broken tests. We had tests that were obsolete. We had tests that didn’t take care of people.

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[still_one]

1. Thank-you journalist Acosta

[samsingh]

20. Acosta is a great journalist and brave human being

[still_one]

23. +++

[maddiemom]

27. Does it bother anyone else...

that we consider a journalist who questions the POTUS "brave? Wouldn't it be delightful to see Trump questioned by the late, great Helen Thomas?

[lagomorph777]

28. Helen Thomas would've left Pres. Turd whimpering on the floor.

[samsingh]

30. yes

[samsingh]

32. Helen Thomas would have revised her statement

to bush is the second worst president ever. trump now is the worst president for the us ever - but good for russia.

[samsingh]

29. he's brave because trump attacks him mercilessly, as do trump's demented followers.

[SouthernCal_Dem]

2. Well done, Acosta

[MFGsunny]

3. Major props and kudos to Acosta.

It's notable that "YET, HE PERSISTED" in spite of MF45's virulence against him, over and over and over again.

[Caliman73]

4. Jim and other journalists have been doing a better job...

I wish though, that they would go to the next step as Aron says in the parenthesis.

"That doesn't make sense. Please explain. Did you expect that tests designed for an ENTIRELY different virus would work on one that has never been seen before?"

"Also, the WHO had offered the US tests that were already working in Taiwan and South Korea, who have successfully blunted the virus with massive testing and tracing efforts, yet you rejected the test for one made by the CDC which did not work. Why would you do that?"

and when he lies, which he will, then say that. "That is not true. Why do you keep saying things that are not true, that can be easily proven?"

[spudspud]

25. +1,000 /nt

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Reasoning inside the rabbit hole.

[PCIntern]

6. Yes but Acosta should have followed up with

“You know Mr. President, that is the most ridiculous thing you said except for everything else you have ever said.”

[gibraltar72]

7. I'm gonna nominate him for the Noble prize for that question.

[Dream Girl]

10. I'm glad you spelled that correctly

[Yavin4]

8. By next year, the right wing will be saying that this virus/quarantined happened when Obama was

president. Guaranteed.

[sop]

12. Next year they'll be saying President Biden is making it much worse, that he's responsible for the

economic crash, that we have to slash corporate taxes and eliminate regulations on the job creators to lower unemployment, that congressional Democrats are exploding the debt and deficit, that we have to immediately balance the budget by cutting entitlements...

[hedda_foil]

19. Yup. I have absolutely no doubt that's what they'll say!

[malaise]

9. He's right

This is a spectacular rate of infection and loss of life

[Hav]

11. This is madness

and indistinguishable from the Onion.
It's like the joke wondering why Obama wasn't there in the aftermath of 9/11.

[DallasNE]

13. But The Tests Weren't "Broken"

They were designed for other purposes, such as testing for SARS. Every single point Trump is making is just plain false.

[gordianot]

14. That is using logic with someone who does not have logic in his vocabulary.

[SpankMe]

15. Trump is high on something. n/t

[Trenzalore]

41. Aderall nt.

[kacekwl]

16. Question asked. Lie given for answer sooooo

that's it then. Let's move on .

[world wide wally]

17. He just said words and that is all MAGAts need to believe whatever it is

[rickyhall]

18. Maybe he's losing his short term memory, a symptom of Alzheimers.

[TomCADem]

21. Trump Does Not Understand the Concept of Time.

Or the idea of before and after. If you need further proof of his diminished capacity.

[leftieNanner]

22. I think Grover on Sesame Street

did a bit on over/under/around/through. Maybe he should have done one on before/after!

[lagomorph777]

31. Causality is a hoax.

[bucolic_frolic]

24. That's the "Answer a different question" trick response

Trump knows public relations. Shifty Trump!

[spanone]

26. Trump is the least honest person on the face of the earth....HANDS DOWN

[tblue37]

33. He just mindlessly doubles down on his ridiculous lie. nt

[JHB]

34. All he has to do is blame Obama, no matter how nonsensically...

...and the only audience who counts for him will eat it up.

[rickford66]

35. I've been asking this all along.

Also if the shelves were empty when he took office, why didn't he fill them these last three years ? Hey ! MSM ! Ask the obvious questions.

[Victor_c3]

36. Even if you follow that logic, you have to accept that trump had 3 years to solve that problem

At this point in his presidency, the only thing trump can blame Obama for is the successful economy Obama left him.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

37. they need to harp on him with language a 5 year old understands.

Follow up: "This virus needed a new test once it was revealed. That is why Obama had the cdc in China and you removed them making you actually responsible for preventing the ability to start tests for Covid-19 in a timely manner. Don't interrupt my question. Why do you lie about Obama so much?

[LiberalLovinLug]

38. This is for the red meat

If any of us gets into an argument with a MAGA-T, this is yet another easy answer to throw back if they get painted into a corner "But but Trump inherited "broken tests" from Obama!" It goes in the vault of "alternative facts" they can use.

Which brings up another thing. So sick of Democrats getting pwned. They should have been harping for weeks, months, already, every chance they get, to inform the public how Trump dismantled the pandemic response team he had set up to deal with just this type of situation. Republicans, especially Trump, will just repeat repeat repeat this lie until its a fact with half the country. Its amazing that this rag tag incompetent R party is so damn effective at not only rewriting history, but the present too.

They now don't even just deflect criticism, now they actually turn it around and accuse the silent Democrats of it until it sticks. So even if Democrats, and competent MSM news, spends all their time debunking Trumps lies about incompetence and inaction by Obama, what is lost is that Obama had actually set up this team in the first place. That he was proactive. It all gets reduced down to he said, he said. False equivalency. And the best outcome will be a conclusion by the MSM that BOTH SIDES are equally incompetent on dealing with pandemics.

Every time, LIKE THIS TIME, Trump tries to invent reality and blame Obama, a Democrat should demand to be heard by the MSM to react immediately and set the record straight.

[liberalla]

39. Trump is such an idiot. The whole room should've bust out laughing

"That's hilarious Don, but seriously, why would you think old tests would work on a new virus?

Of course they're obsolete. It's a new virus and NEW tests need to be invented specifically for the new virus. "

Get it, Don?

.

I want people to call him Don, since he likes to abbreviate or give nicknames to everyone else.

[Trenzalore]

40. They were offered tests from Germany before this got out of hand

They insisted on developing their own because MERICA