Mitch is possibly worse than 45, if that’s at all possible.

McConnell claims impeachment ‘diverted the attention’ of Trump administration from coronavirus response
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mcconnell-claims-impeachment-diverted-the-attention-of-trump-administration-from-coronavirus-response/2020/03/31/6cd84128-736f-11ea-a9bd-9f8b593300d0_story.html

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday that the impeachment of President Trump distracted the administration’s attention away from the coronavirus crisis, defending the president amid criticism of the delayed U.S. response to the pandemic.
In an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, McConnell blamed the Democratic-led impeachment effort, even though Trump was acquitted by the Senate on Feb. 5 — more than three weeks before the first coronavirus death in the United States.
“It came up while we were, you know, tied down in the impeachment trial,” McConnell told Hewitt. “And I think it diverted the attention of the government, because everything, every day, was all about impeachment.”
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McConnell’s comments also do not take into account the president’s own words and actions related to the coronavirus.
Trump repeatedly played down the threat the virus posed toward the United States. When news of the first U.S. case broke in late January, Trump declared, “We have it totally under control. .?.?. It’s going to be just fine.” At the same time, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) was calling on the federal government to declare the crisis a public health emergency.
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