This article was published more than 3 years agoCommentGift Share“Trump noted to GOP senators that Texas — also battered by a spate of hurricanes — was awarded $29 billion in aid, while South Carolina got $1.5 billion to recover from storms. Trump then questioned why Puerto Rico was getting $91 billion, according to two people familiar with his comments, indicating that this was too much compared with compensation for states on the mainland.”— , March 26, 2019President Trump has been complaining about the cost of the recovery effort for Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. In a private...…This article was published more than 3 years agoCommentGift Share“Trump noted to GOP senators that Texas — also battered by a spate of hurricanes — was awarded $29 billion in aid, while South Carolina got $1.5 billion to recover from storms. Trump then questioned why Puerto Rico was getting $91 billion, according to two people familiar with his comments, indicating that this was too much compared with compensation for states on the mainland.”— , March 26, 2019President Trump has been complaining about the cost of the recovery effort for Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. In a private...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift Share“We had a ventilator problem that was caused by the fact that we weren’t left ventilators by a previous administration. The cupboards were bare, as I say often.”— President Trump,, April 30, 2020“You know, if you remember where we started, we had no ventilators.”— Trump, , May 15“He took a ventilator job where the country basically had no ventilators.”— Trump, , May 18“We had none, essentially. We had very few, and they were obsolete. They were broken.”— Trump, , May 19“When we came here, you had very few ventilators in...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift Share“We had a ventilator problem that was caused by the fact that we weren’t left ventilators by a previous administration. The cupboards were bare, as I say often.”— President Trump,, April 30, 2020“You know, if you remember where we started, we had no ventilators.”— Trump, , May 15“He took a ventilator job where the country basically had no ventilators.”— Trump, , May 18“We had none, essentially. We had very few, and they were obsolete. They were broken.”— Trump, , May 19“When we came here, you had very few ventilators in...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift Share“Dr. Fauci at the beginning said, ‘This will pass. Don’t worry about it. This will pass.’ He was wrong.” “Dr. Fauci told me not to ban China, it would be a big mistake. I did it over and above his recommendation. Dr. Fauci then said, ‘You saved tens of thousands of lives’ — more than that.” “Look, Dr. Fauci said, ‘Don’t wear a mask.’ ”— President Trump, , July 19, 2020Over and over, the president has the same three complaints about Anthony S. Fauci, the renowned director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift Share“Dr. Fauci at the beginning said, ‘This will pass. Don’t worry about it. This will pass.’ He was wrong.” “Dr. Fauci told me not to ban China, it would be a big mistake. I did it over and above his recommendation. Dr. Fauci then said, ‘You saved tens of thousands of lives’ — more than that.” “Look, Dr. Fauci said, ‘Don’t wear a mask.’ ”— President Trump, , July 19, 2020Over and over, the president has the same three complaints about Anthony S. Fauci, the renowned director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift Share“As coronavirus spread, Susan Collins took $12,000 from the corporate hotel industry. Then Collins wrote a special loophole into her bill allowing large, out-of-state hotels to get millions — while only one in 10 Maine small businesses were getting the help they needed.” — Voice-over in from challenger Sara GideonSara Gideon is the Maine House speaker and presumed front-runner for the Democratic nomination to challenge U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R).Collins played a key role in crafting the bipartisan Paycheck Protection...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift Share“As coronavirus spread, Susan Collins took $12,000 from the corporate hotel industry. Then Collins wrote a special loophole into her bill allowing large, out-of-state hotels to get millions — while only one in 10 Maine small businesses were getting the help they needed.” — Voice-over in from challenger Sara GideonSara Gideon is the Maine House speaker and presumed front-runner for the Democratic nomination to challenge U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R).Collins played a key role in crafting the bipartisan Paycheck Protection...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareValerie Plame is a “disgraced racist millionaire. Is she running for Congress to represent New Mexicans or white supremacists?” — New ad via dark-money group Alliance to Combat Extremism Fund, May 19, 2020Has there ever been an attack ad as negative as this one? It literally has swastikas superimposed over Plame’s eyes, with images of her alleged “white supremacists friends” marching in Charlottesville as it declares, “Keep your hate out of New Mexico.”A group called the has entered the Democratic congressional primary in...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareValerie Plame is a “disgraced racist millionaire. Is she running for Congress to represent New Mexicans or white supremacists?” — New ad via dark-money group Alliance to Combat Extremism Fund, May 19, 2020Has there ever been an attack ad as negative as this one? It literally has swastikas superimposed over Plame’s eyes, with images of her alleged “white supremacists friends” marching in Charlottesville as it declares, “Keep your hate out of New Mexico.”A group called the has entered the Democratic congressional primary in...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident Trump’s on May 3 sounded like an oral reading of our (or our upcoming book, “,” being published June 2 by Scribner). There were so many old chestnuts, from his false claims about to his tale that the to his ahistorical bragging that he had built .But the president’s favorite foil is his predecessor, Barack Obama. Anything Obama did is inherently suspect, in Trump’s telling, and anything Trump has done is surely superior.We’ve also covered many of these in the past, such as his attacks on . But here are two...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift SharePresident Trump’s on May 3 sounded like an oral reading of our (or our upcoming book, “,” being published June 2 by Scribner). There were so many old chestnuts, from his false claims about to his tale that the to his ahistorical bragging that he had built .But the president’s favorite foil is his predecessor, Barack Obama. Anything Obama did is inherently suspect, in Trump’s telling, and anything Trump has done is surely superior.We’ve also covered many of these in the past, such as his attacks on . But here are two...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareFor weeks, as the coronavirus silently spread through the United States, President Trump belittled the threat and repeatedly praised China for “transparency” and the World Health Organization for its handling of the outbreak. But when the death toll mounted and the scope of the public health crisis became too difficult to ignore, Trump reversed course.“I always felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic,” he declared — then angrily blamed China for failing to contain the new virus and accused the WHO of...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareFor weeks, as the coronavirus silently spread through the United States, President Trump belittled the threat and repeatedly praised China for “transparency” and the World Health Organization for its handling of the outbreak. But when the death toll mounted and the scope of the public health crisis became too difficult to ignore, Trump reversed course.“I always felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic,” he declared — then angrily blamed China for failing to contain the new virus and accused the WHO of...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by “More and more studies show that kids are actually stoppers of the disease and they don’t get it and transmit it themselves, so we should be in a posture of — the default should be getting back to school kids in person, in the classroom.” — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, (iHeart radio), July 16Our eyes popped out when we first heard this comment by Education Secretary Betsy...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by “More and more studies show that kids are actually stoppers of the disease and they don’t get it and transmit it themselves, so we should be in a posture of — the default should be getting back to school kids in person, in the classroom.” — Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, (iHeart radio), July 16Our eyes popped out when we first heard this comment by Education Secretary Betsy...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift Share“In the wake of 9/11, an elite group of American soldiers rode through Afghanistan on horseback to fight the Taliban. New Hampshire’s Don Bolduc was one of them.”— Text of for retired Brig. Gen. Don Bolduc, running for Senate in New Hampshire, June 24, 2020Bolduc, who is running in the Republican primary to challenge incumbent Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D), had a distinguished military career. He served 10 tours in Afghanistan, was awarded two Purple Hearts and five Bronze Star medals and even survived a harrowing friendly-fire...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift Share“In the wake of 9/11, an elite group of American soldiers rode through Afghanistan on horseback to fight the Taliban. New Hampshire’s Don Bolduc was one of them.”— Text of for retired Brig. Gen. Don Bolduc, running for Senate in New Hampshire, June 24, 2020Bolduc, who is running in the Republican primary to challenge incumbent Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D), had a distinguished military career. He served 10 tours in Afghanistan, was awarded two Purple Hearts and five Bronze Star medals and even survived a harrowing friendly-fire...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift Share“When, I started off as a kid, a young man in high school [was], uh, dealing with the issue. I got involved — I wasn’t any great shakes — but got involved in the civil rights movement. Desegregating restaurants, that kind of thing.”—Former Vice President Joe Biden, , June 10, 2020One of the greatest books on American politics, Richard Ben Cramer’s “” has a passage that perfectly captures Biden’s tendency to embellish aspects of his life story. The 1992 book profiles six candidates who ran for president in 1988, including...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift Share“When, I started off as a kid, a young man in high school [was], uh, dealing with the issue. I got involved — I wasn’t any great shakes — but got involved in the civil rights movement. Desegregating restaurants, that kind of thing.”—Former Vice President Joe Biden, , June 10, 2020One of the greatest books on American politics, Richard Ben Cramer’s “” has a passage that perfectly captures Biden’s tendency to embellish aspects of his life story. The 1992 book profiles six candidates who ran for president in 1988, including...WW…