Birx stung by first public attack from Trump

[spanone]

Dear Debbie, it was just a matter of time...trump always finds room for one more person under the bus...

(CNN) - Dr. Deborah Birx was stung by President Donald Trump's tweet criticizing her after she offered what she believed was an accurate assessment of the current state of coronavirus outbreaks in the US, a person familiar with her reaction told CNN Tuesday.

After Birx warned the pandemic is "extraordinarily widespread" across the country, Trump, who has otherwise praised the White House coronavirus task force coordinator, publicly attacked Birx for the first time Monday morning.

"So Crazy Nancy Pelosi said horrible things about Dr. Deborah Birx, going after her because she was too positive on the very good job we are doing on combatting the China Virus, including Vaccines & Therapeutics. In order to counter Nancy, Deborah took the bait & hit us. Pathetic!" Trump tweeted.

The dust-up comes as the country continues to be ravaged by coronavirus, with more than 150,000 US citizens dead and more than 4 million cases. Trump has consistently lied and misled mostly in attempts to downplay concerns about the virus as he presses for schools and businesses to reopen.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/04/politics/trump-birx-coronavirus-tweet/index.html

[raccoon]

1. Dr. Birx, you knew he was a snake... Nt

[Akacia]

2. Its what he does.

If she was surprised it is because she has not been paying attention to how that clown operates.

[malaise]

3. Serves her right

Remember this from Scarface: Deborah Birx praised Trump as attentive to scientific literature and details. Nope.

https://www.vox.com/2020/3/27/21197074/deborah-birx-praised-trump-scientific-literature-coronavirus

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Dr. Deborah Birx, a respected physician and experienced diplomat who seemingly serves as a voice of reason in her role as coordinator of the White House’s coronavirus task force, raised a lot of eyebrows on Thursday with her effusive praise of President Donald Trump as “attentive to the scientific literature and the details” during an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network.

“He’s been so attentive to the scientific literature and the details and the data,” Birx said. “I think his ability to analyze and integrate data that comes out of his long history in business has really been a real benefit during these discussions about medical issues.”

Despite what Birx would have you believe, Trump has been pushing misleading and contradictory medical advice. On February 26, for instance, he claimed coronavirus cases would “be down to close to zero.” His claim was hard to swallow then, and barely a month later the US has more than 85,000 cases.

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She did this to herself

[dalton99a]

5. "I have never been called pollyannish, or nonscientific, or non-data driven"

There is no data whatsoever to support her ridiculous assertion that Trump has been attentive to the scientific literature and the details and the data or that he has an ability to analyze and integrate data

[malaise]

9. QED

She did this to herself with that asinine comment

“He’s been so attentive to the scientific literature and the details and the data,” Birx said. “I think his ability to analyze and integrate data that comes out of his long history in business has really been a real benefit during these discussions about medical issues.”

She pandered to the ignoramus. I was finished with her that same day.

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. She thought she was special?

That's very Pollyannish, Doc.

[uponit7771]

6. K&R, ... he calls her pathetic, what did she expect? What world did she live in?

[Blues Heron]

7. the best thing for her to do now would be to resign.

They should all resign en masse

[wishstar]

8. She seemed enthralled over her installation in the West Wing

Typical that she enabled him rather than standing up enough for months but the first time she forcefully warns public, he attacks her.

[bullwinkle428]

10. Paging Dr. Birx - Michael Cohen available on line 1!

[durablend]

11. Hey, she'll always have her scarves

[nuxvomica]

12. I just finished watching all 5 seasons of "Peaky Blinders"

And I gotta say, for all their cutting people and killing people and robbery and extortion and heavy drinking and coke snorting, those gangsters had ten times the class of this bacciagalupe.

[COLGATE4]

13. in order to cover up all the tire marks

she'll need a new set of scarves

[Wounded Bear]

14. If your name's not Putin, sooner or later Trump will attack you...

as sure as tomorrow's sunrise.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

15. Frog stung by scorpion it was helping to cross the river. nt

[Autumn]

16. Get used to it Berkie. You can do whatever he tells you and he will turn around and shit on you

for one reason or another. Tots and Pears.