George Conway Puts Trump's Senate Enablers On Notice Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
Conservative attorney George Conway said on Thursday that Republican lawmakers had a chance to stop President Donald Trump before the coronavirus pandemic hit the United States. They failed, he said, and that should be remembered on Election Day.
Trump has repeatedly spread false information about COVID-19. Last month, he insisted U.S. cases would be “down to close to zero” within days. His administration has also been slow to deliver essential testing to health agencies around the country, with Yahoo News reporting this week that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted just 77 tests between Sunday and Wednesday.
Conway, who is married to White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, said Trump shouldn’t be blamed for being “intellectually, psychologically, and morally unfit for any public office.” But the Senate had a chance to stop him during the impeachment trial, and all Republican senators except Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) voted to acquit him. Conway listed each one by name and pinned it to the top of his Twitter feed:
.@realDonaldTrump actually can’t help that he’s intellectually, psychologically, and morally unfit for any public office. But there are 52 people who could’ve done something about it 5 weeks ago. No one should forget their responsibility, not this fall, in 2022 and 2024—or ever. pic.twitter.com/gTQHZLqbiN
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) March 12, 2020
Conway is a member of a group of conservatives called The Lincoln Project, which is working to oust the president in the 2020 election.
Now that Conway has turned his attention to the Senate, others are sharing his call to remember the Republicans who enabled Trump:
#NeverForget https://t.co/XuuuuEkbaM
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) March 13, 2020
And never let them say “but we didn’t know he was THIS bad.” They did. It just didn’t affect them so they didn’t care. https://t.co/MSck8fg7WI
— shauna (@goldengateblond) March 12, 2020
Like I said: The entire country is now paying for those colossally irresponsible decisions--to elect Trump and not impeach him--as we face the worst crisis since 9/11 under the bungling leadership of the worst president in modern times. In @PostOpinions: https://t.co/ZbUK53rInU https://t.co/43g2anJxrE
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) March 12, 2020
I just read an article called 15 Of The World’s Weirdest Marriages and they were pretty weird, a woman and dolphin, a woman and a roller coaster, but none of them confound me as much as this marriage. https://t.co/kFX67FD2XL
— Review Complete Series DVD Is Here! (@TVsAndyDaly) March 12, 2020
Amen to this and retweet it 1 million times
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) March 13, 2020
It is a wall of shame and a wall of shams! https://t.co/8oCunezM3T
— Curtis Ingraham (@CurtisIngraham1) March 12, 2020
I will NEVER forget their responsibility, not this fall, not in 2022 & 2024—or ever. WE MUST VOTE THIS SICKENING BUNCH SELFISH COWARDS OUT! https://t.co/AR2nPyVls6
— Sakina Jaffrey (@sakinajaffrey) March 12, 2020
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