About those two lies told during the cabinet meeting. Do they matter?

[g5000]

Former USAID officials are untrustworthy and HAVE lied to the American people in the past and present, right up until they were exposed.

There is nothing here worthy of attention.

You know fuck-all what USAID does or doesn't do. Stop drinking the bongwater.

 

[luiza]

Apparently partisans of the Uniparty never learn.

Careful .
That's Deep State's control check on Trumpfy through the Gate Keeper Susie Wiles with her husband operating in very interesting areas .
Check their full backgrounds .

 

[RetiredGySgt]

You know fuck-all what USAID does or doesn't do. Stop drinking the bongwater.

Like you do, remind us how finding fraud waste and abuse of our government funds is bad somehow

 

[Ace Nova]

First measles death reported in Texas as Kennedy downplays the outbreak​

Dr. Lara Johnson, a pediatrician and the chief medical officer at Covenant Children’s Hospital in Lubbock, said during a news conference Wednesday afternoon that the patients who were hospitalized were admitted because they were having trouble breathing and needed supportive care such as supplemental oxygen.

"We don’t hospitalize patients for quarantine purposes," Johnson said.

She added that her team has cared for “around 20” kids with measles so far. Several of those patients required intensive care. None of the hospitalized had been vaccinated against measles.

First measles death reported in Texas as Kennedy downplays the outbreak

At least 124 people have been infected in the fast-spreading outbreak. Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said, “we have measles outbreaks every year.”

www.nbcnews.com

Again, context matters.

There is a difference between "downplaying" the outbreak vs. telling people that it has happened before - in order to avoid hysteria.

The irony is that the same publications that accused Kennedy of "downplaying the outbreak" called it an "outbreak".

RFK Jr, on the other hand, called it "an epidemic".

His exact words:

“We are following the measles epidemic every day. I think there's 124 people who have contracted measles at this point, mainly in Gaines County, Texas, mainly, we're told in the Mennonite community,”

If "Following it every day" and calling it "an epidemic" is considered "downplaying it"- then calling it a simple "outbreak" is what?

Personally, I'm ok with calling it either an outbreak or an epidemic but if the media wants to play "word games" and take quotes out of context - then we can do this all day long. I prefer not to because it only leads to further discord and division.

As far as saying the 20 people that were hospitalized were there mainly for "quarantine reasons" he likely misspoke.

That said, the outbreak was mostly in a certain area, among the Mennonite community. Most people may not be aware but the Mennonite community is essentially a branch of the Amish. The Amish/Mennonite communities historically only use hospitals when absolutely necessary. So if RFK Jr. was getting information from people within the Mennonite community, there is a good chance he would have been told that the people who were hospitalized were there mainly for "quarantine reasons" vs getting extensive medical care.

To be clear: I have no idea if this is the case or not - I am simply pointing out "how" that sort of thought process could enter his mind.

But that said, RFK Jr. is on the national stage now - and everything he says or does will be scrutinized - even if it is as simple as a "misspoken" quote. It's not his first rodeo so I'm sure he'll learn from this and move forward - it's not as "big of a deal" as some try to make it out to be, imo.

 

[berg80]

Like you do, remind us how finding fraud waste and abuse of our government funds is bad somehow

I haven't heard anyone object to cutting waste. What I've heard is people questioning the legality of Musk's authority, the legality of specific cuts he has ordered (unconstitutionally), and whether some of the cuts constitute waste.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

I haven't heard anyone object to cutting waste. What I've heard is people questioning the legality of Musk's authority, the legality of specific cuts he has ordered (unconstitutionally), and whether some of the cuts constitute waste.

and yet all the left has done is attack Musk ignoring all the waste he has found.

 

[jc456]

 

[berg80]

As far as saying the 20 people that were hospitalized were there mainly for "quarantine reasons" he likely misspoke.

Or he doesn't have the kind of medical background required to understand why those kids in respiratory distress as a result of getting the measles would need to be hospitalized. So either he downplayed the severity of their condition or he was ignorant of it because he's an anti-vaxxer with no medical training.

 

[berg80]

and yet all the left has done is attack Musk ignoring all the waste he has found.

Again, the attacks have been about methodology, authority, and grossly inflated numbers about the waste that was found. Also, about federal employees who have had to be rehired after mistakenly being fired.

 

[jc456]

dumb ass republicans just let these anti american demofks lie constantly, never challenge them. Just let them stick their fingers in the republicans eyes and take it. It's truly so sad that no one has the balls to stick a finger into their eyes.

 

[Lesh]

So a bunch of twenty something dweebs are trashing agencies that deal with things as important as Ebola

These are supposed to be geniuses?

And who’s in charge of them? When a court demanded to know the White House said Elmo was not.

I was supposedly some unknown staffer


This is nuts and it needs to stop now

 

[jc456]

So a bunch of twenty something dweebs are trashing agencies that deal with things as important as Ebola

These are supposed to be geniuses?

And who’s in charge of them? When a court demanded to know the White House said Elmo was not.

I was supposedly some unknown staffer


This is nuts and it needs to stop now

who is the expert in the bureaucrats?

 

[Lesh]

who is the expert in the bureaucrats?

Not twenty something dweebs named Big Balls

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Not twenty something dweebs named Big Balls

ohh bugger off they are experts in their fields.

 

[jc456]

Not twenty something dweebs named Big Balls

how do you know? How old do you think our military is?

 

[berg80]

ohh bugger off they are experts in their fields.

Their expertise lies in technology. Not in the knowledge of where cuts can be made without doing harm.

 

[Lesh]

how do you know? How old do you think our military is?

I know because it’s fact

And twenty year old army grunts are not rummaging through Social Security.

That’s Elmo’s dweebs

 

[Lesh]

ohh bugger off they are experts in their fields.

Their fields… have nothing to do with what they are doing

 

[Ace Nova]

Or he doesn't have the kind of medical background required to understand why those kids in respiratory distress as a result of getting the measles would need to be hospitalized. So either he downplayed the severity of their condition or he was ignorant of it because he's an anti-vaxxer with no medical training.

....or he misspoke based on the information he was given. What a mystery!

Either way - one misspoken sentence out of a paragraph stating how serious they are taking the "measles epidemic" is hardly "downplaying it".

Like I said - there is a difference between intentionally "downplaying it" vs simply stating that it has happened before - in order to avoid widespread panic.

 

[Lesh]

Or he doesn't have the kind of medical background required to understand why those kids in respiratory distress as a result of getting the measles would need to be hospitalized. So either he downplayed the severity of their condition or he was ignorant of it because he's an anti-vaxxer with no medical training.

That