ColonelAngus
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Trump disbanded the team, and some were put into other positions. So, in a sense, Snopes is not lying. That team no longer exists, and Trump was responsible for it. So, collectively, the team as a unit, was fired. Putting those people in other positions, does not mean the team itself was not fired. They were. They were just placed someplace else with a "new" job.Goodness, so many lies.Did Obama say that before or after he refused to replenish the national stock of pandemic response supplies?
Trump fired the Pandemic Response Team. Obama officials say the "cupboards/Pantries" were fine when they left. Other than Trump - do you have any "credible" proof otherwise? Other than Trump - have you ever heard anyone from the Department of Defense say President Obama left them with no "ammunition"?
"Trump fired the Pandemic Response Team"
No, he didn't.
Media, Democrats Ran With False Claim Trump ‘Disbanded’ Pandemic Office
The official who once ran the White House pandemic program dismissed a false Democratic talking point that Trump eliminated the pandemic-response team and criticized reporters for parroting the claim in news stories.
"No, the White House didn’t ‘dissolve’ its pandemic response office. I was there," wrote former National Security Council adviser Tim Morrison for the Washington Post on Monday.
"It has been alleged by multiple officials of the Obama administration, including in The Post, that the president and his then-national security adviser, John Bolton, ‘dissolved the office' at the White House in charge of pandemic preparedness," Morrison wrote. "Because I led the very directorate assigned that mission, the counterproliferation and biodefense office, for a year and then handed it off to another official who still holds the post, I know the charge is specious."
"Obama officials say the "cupboards/Pantries" were fine when they left."
They may have said it, but they were lying. Even Snopes admits it.
What's TrueThe U.S. federal stockpile of N95 protective face masks was largely depleted during the 2009 swine flu outbreak and was not restocked.
As for your last claim about ammunition, I haven't heard it from anyone, and it's deflection on your part.
You are lying. Lots of you are LIARS. Snopes said you are lying.
1. Yes Trump disbanded the pandemic. There were couple of threads about disbanded the Pandemic Team. This was part of his deregulation program that idiots were celebrating.
2. He defended himself why he did it. Prove that you are lying.
3. If he didn’t then we would/should NOT have this much sufferings and unpreparedness. Part of the Pandemic team is supposed to give the president the advance warning before it hit this country.
Did Trump Administration Fire the US Pandemic Response Team?
The Trump administration fired the U.S. pandemic response team in 2018 to cut costs.
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Snopes is lying.
Partly false claim: Trump fired entire pandemic response team in 2018
Correction: the headline of this fact-check earlier read "Trump fired pandemic response team in 2018", it has been amended to "Trump fired entire pandemic response team in 2018"www.reuters.com
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Partly false: The Trump administration disbanded the “pandemic response” team, but some of the team members were reassigned to roles that included pandemic response
It was reorged, not eliminated. Fake news.