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- ABC News
- March 3, 2020
Candidates blast Trump coronavirus response
Warren and Bloomberg are the first to offer health plans to combat the virus.
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In response to the president's tweet criticizing his work as New York City mayor, Bloomberg went after Trump's handling of the coronavirus, writing, \"Why don't you spend 60 minutes getting up to speed on the coronavirus crisis you're mismanaging?\"
Instead of watching me on @60Minutes, why don't you spend 60 minutes getting up to speed on the coronavirus crisis you're mismanaging? Is that too much to ask? https://t.co/b62PqGHUcY
— Mike Bloomberg (@MikeBloomberg) March 2, 2020
In the interview, Bloomberg said that instead of cutting funding to the National Institute of Health, he would have raised it.
\"We have to prepare for the fact that, if it is, we have the medicines and the structure and the knowledge to deal with it,\" he said.
\"This is up to the scientists and the doctors as to whether there is a problem,\" Bloomberg said. \"And it is just ignorant and irresponsible to not stand up and be the leader and say, 'We don't know, but we have to prepare for the fact that, if it is, we have the medicines and the structure and the knowledge to deal with it.'\"
On Sunday, former Vice President Joe Biden appeared on ABC's \"This Week with George Stephanopoulos\" and blasted the president's remarks.
\"This is not a Democratic hoax. This is incompetence on the part of the President of the United States at the expense of the country and the world,\" Biden told Stephanopoulos.
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Biden compared the Trump's administration's response to the coronavirus to the Obama administration's response to Ebola, citing the efforts he helped put in place to fight the outbreak in West Africa.
\"I see no preparedness other than a political talking point, putting someone in charge who is not a scientist and not -- and muzzling the scientist,\" Biden said.
\"We knew this was coming ... back as far as January,\" Biden said on Sunday during his appearance on CNN's \"State of the Union.\" \"They didn't even begin to prepare the testing kits ... That is kind of elementary.\"
During an event in St. George, South Carolina, Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., slammed Trump for campaigning as the coronavirus spreads across the country and world.
\"Everybody knows there is a coronavirus spreading all over the world. Very frightening, stock market is tanking,\" Sanders said. \"You would think that you'd have a president of the United States leading -- working with scientists all over the world, bringing people together to figure out how we're gonna deal with this crisis.\"
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Calling Trump \"pathetic\" and \"petty\", Sanders stated that instead of staying in Washington, D.C., and addressing the issue, as he believes a president should, Trump was traveling to rallies to disrupt Democratic primaries.
\"Hey Mr. Trump, why don't you worry about the coronavirus rather than disrupting the democratic primary right here in South Carolina?\" Sanders said to the crowd.
Sanders said the administration's response is \"inadequate and incompetent,\" reiterating his deep belief that health care is a human right and pointing to his Medicare for All plan as a source of support during such health crises.
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, has also called for the suspension of flights from Japan and South Korea to Hawaii, citing the safety of the community.
\"It is irresponsible for our leaders to endanger the health and wellbeing of Hawai'i's people by continuing to allow travel from Japan and South Korea,\" she said in a statement. \"I know there will be economic hardship, but it will pale in comparison to the cost in lives and economic damage to Hawai'i and our country if we don't suspend travel from these countries.\"
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