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The Criminal Case Against Donald Trump
His recklessness in handling the COVID pandemic can be seen as tantamount to second-degree, if not first-degree, murder
Today is November 14th, 2020, and since the beginning of the year, more than 250,000 Americans have died from COVID-19. In face of such calamity, we must remember that beyond the statistics, each and every one of these lost lives was a mother, father, grandparent, sibling, friend, or colleague who is dearly missed and whose death may have been prevented.
Trump’s responsibility in the failure that has been the Federal response to the crisis is obvious to all (New York Times, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, WaPo, USA Today, Nature, Vox, The Guardian) but Trump himself. In a March 2020 press briefing, the president uttered the now infamous words:
I don’t take responsibility at all. — Politico
Which he reiterated in his Axios interview in September 2020, proving yet again his complete lack of empathy for the thousands of victims:
It is what it is. — Full interview on Youtube
Not once since the beginning of the crisis has Trump showed an ounce of remorse over his actions and the dire consequences they have had on the citizens he was elected to protect. Yesterday…
