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Katherine Harris: “It didn't have to be this way. Six years ago, in fact, we had a different health crisis. It was called Ebola, and we all…”

On the recordAugust 12, 2020
It didn't have to be this way. Six years ago, in fact, we had a different health crisis. It was called Ebola, and we all remember that pandemic. But you know what happened then? Barack Obama and Joe Biden did their job. Only two people in the United States died, two. That is what's called leadership.
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Katherine Harris
Republican · Florida
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Kamala Harris contrasts the leadership during the Ebola crisis under Barack Obama and Joe Biden with the current handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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