Susan Rice: Obama Admin Prepared Incoming Admin With ‘a Pandemic for Dummies Playbook’
Former National Security Adviser Susan Rice , who served in former President Barack Obama’s administration, is slamming the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. Rice is pointing out a pandemic…
Former National Security Adviser Susan Rice, who served in former President Barack Obama’s administration, is slamming the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Rice is pointing out a pandemic playbook “for dummies” was left behind for the incoming administration, adding that a pandemic was “inevitable.”
“We prepared the administration with a pandemic for dummies playbook and a tabletop exercise,” Rice said during an appearance on ABC’s “The View.”
She added, “So the fault here, the tragic loss of 150,000 Americans and counting, is on Donald Trump and his gross mishandling of this pandemic.”
Rice — who is speculated to be considered for Joe Biden’s running mate in 2020 — tore into President Donald Trump for saying COVID-19 would “go away,” pushing for states to reopen, and urging children to go back to school in the fall.
“Every step of the way, Donald Trump has put his own personal political interests ahead of the health and wellbeing and the economic security of America,” Rice continued. “That is why this tragedy has been as bad as it has been.”
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Following reports that the Trump administration threw out a pandemic response playbook from the Obama administration, White House Press Secretary