McConnell’s Excuse For Trump's Botched Coronavirus Response Isn’t Fooling Tweeters
People on Twitter aren’t buying Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) excuse for President Donald Trump’s haphazard response to the coronavirus pandemic.
McConnell on Tuesday claimed the House impeachment of Trump and the subsequent Senate trial “diverted the attention of the government” away from the developing public health crisis “because everything, every day, was all about impeachment.”
“It came up while we were, you know, tied down in the impeachment trial,” McConnell told conservative radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt.
Critics made the #MitchPlease hashtag trend on Twitter as they bashed McConnell for suggesting that Trump ― who downplayed the threat of the virus for weeks ― and his government could not focus on more than one task at once.
Why didn't Mitch McConnell and the Republicans use all the time they saved not listening to witnesses to get ready for the coronavirus?#MitchPlease
— Middle Age Riot (@middleageriot) March 31, 2020
So @senatemajldr Mitch McConnell thinks Democrats distracted Trump from focusing on Covid-19 in January in February.#Mitchplease
This is the immature nonsense Trump was tweeting last month instead of preparing the government and the nation for the coronavirus pandemic. https://t.co/tbgnpsWBTX— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) March 31, 2020
Mitch McConnell just gave the WORST excuse in the world for Trump's utter failure to lead America during the #CoronavirusPandemic.
What's the next thing you think we're going to hear from #MoscowMitchExcuses?— Grant Stern (@grantstern) March 31, 2020
#MitchPlease
Trump response to impeachment- coronavirus
Jan 9 - rally
Jan 14 - rally
Jan 18 - golf
Jan 19 - golf
Jan 28 - rally
Jan 30 - rally
Feb 1 - golf
Feb 10 - rally
Feb 15 - golf
Feb 19 - rally
Feb 20 - rally
Feb 21 - rally
Feb 28 - rally
March 7 - golf
March 8 - golf— Risky Liberal (@RiskyLiberal) March 31, 2020