By Robert Costa, Laura Vozzella and Josh Dawsey of the Washington Post:
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) clashed with President Trump during a conference call with governors on Thursday, pleading with him to take more dramatic action to secure medical supplies for his state as it suffers from the coronavirus pandemic, according to four people familiar with the call.
After Trump told governors that his administration was ready to be the âbackupâ for states in crisis, Inslee spoke up and said to the president, âWe donât need a backup. We need a Tom Brady,â a reference to the Super Bowl-winning quarterback who has been friendly with the president, said the people familiar with the exchange with the president, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the private conference call.
What would’ve happened if FDR decided to play backup to the states as World War II was breaking out? Where would we be now?
P.S. Shouldn’t Joe fucking Biden be saying this and not me? What, he is busy working on his podcast? We’re so screwed…
I actually saw Joe Biden on MSNBC yesterday and he started off really well, sounded competent, coherent, and feisty. Then as usual, something clicked and grandpa checked out again. I’m pretty sure this is partially why we hear so little from him. He can’t look incompetent if he is invisible. The great strategy of “my dog could beat Trump” again will be tested by our brilliant DNC.
instead of telling mayo pete to drop-out, couldn’t they tell grandpa to drop-out? jeez, why are they so incompetent?
I am full “it should’ve been literally anyone but Joe and Bloomberg” at this point.
That being said, I will still vote so hard for Joe Biden over Trump.
“He canât look incompetent if he is invisible.”
Won’t look competent by being invisible, either.
Yep – and now the blame game has started. Pence is blaming the CDC/China and I’m sure Cuomo is next. Scott Walker has already started the “It’s the WHO’s fault” whining. Meanwhile, the supply chain is so f’ed up that Puty is swooping in to send us supplies. It is a Class 5 Clusterfuck.
Must’ve been tough for a governor with a super-majority of 12th Men for constituents to cite Brady, but smart of him to name-drop someone Trump considers an ally. Even the stable genius had to understand the point being made.