Political Quotes

On the recordApril 13, 2020
Absolutely. Absolutely. The fact that we didn't start buying up medical supplies, masks, gowns, face shields early on, when we were begging for that funding in early February. The fact that the president didn't put in place an effective plan to develop new tests. The fact that he didn't work with governors and mayors to push social distancing measures earlier has cost lives.
Said by
Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Murphy asserts that Trump's inaction and lack of a national plan in the early stages of the pandemic have resulted in unnecessary loss of life.

Share & report

More from Chris Murphy

Jul 29, 2025

Why would we ask the American taxpayer to spend upwards of $1 billion on a plane that would then only be used for a handful of months and then transfer directly to the president?

thedailybeast.com
Aug 15, 2025

My worry is that the photo-op in and of itself essentially legitimizes war crimes.

nbcnews.com
Jul 5, 2025

And there’s no guarantee that we will ever get back because we have scrambled Iranian politics to the point where they might not now be able to make those concessions that they could have made before the United States and Israel struck…

breitbart.com
Sep 2, 2025

Those people are going to be replaced by lunatic right-wing conspiracy theorists

breitbart.com

Other voices in this conversation