What's more depressing than our stock portfolio right now? The news that Idris Elba has tested positive for the coronavirus. We cats will have to rethink our leg-rubbing and lap-snuggling plans, because Idris was always at the top of our list.
And there's plenty more to get mad about. After acting like Republican stenographers for years (Judith Miller) (emails), The New York Times has performed a public service by summarizing all the ways that Team Trump has dropped coronavirus balls and made things worse. Read the whole thing, and you'll be incensed. Here's a quick timeline of just the lies that Trump told while the virus was taking hold:
January 22 — "We have it totally under control. It’s one person coming in from China, and we have it under control. It’s going to be just fine."
January 30 — "We have it very well under control. We have very little problem in this country at this moment — five. And those people are all recuperating successfully."
February 10 — "Looks like by April, you know, in theory, when it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away."
February 26 — "We’re going down, not up. We’re going very substantially down, not up."
February 27 — "It’s going to disappear. One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear."
March 4 — "It's very mild."
March 6 — "Anybody that wants a test can get a test."
That last lie may be Trump's worst. Remember how the GOP excoriated Barack Obama for "If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor"? How harmless that gaffe seems in comparison.
Today, Americans — both the sick and the only worried-sick — will be lucky if they get to see a doctor, any doctor, when they need to. There's one silver lining to all this. With everyone staying cooped up at home, pollsters will be a lot more successful in reaching furious voters. Forget Wall Street: Trump will soon see some numbers he really won't like. We cats HISS and PURR at the same time.
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