• AbidanYre@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    It’s horrifying to think that if not for COVID, he probably would have won a second term.

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      3 months ago

      I he had promoted mask wearing and distancing, sold MAGA masks, called it a “war on Corona” and pushed the “American-made” vaccine, it would have been a landslide.

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        3 months ago

        Remember Cuomo taking control of Covid leadership? It felt like everyone was watching him until it came out that he lied about the nursing home.

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      3 months ago

      If not for COVID, the US would’ve entered a recession anyway but it might have been properly attributed to Trump. He was already badgering the Fed to lower interest rates in 2019, before the disease was even discovered, because of his disastrous tax handout for the wealthy and trade war with China.