Democratic presidential candidates are accusing the Trump administration of 'incompetence' in its handling of the new coronavirus. Meanwhile, the president claims that 'the Democrats are politicizing the coronavirus.'
, Biden said,"is not just the pandemic concern, but the way in which the president is handling this."
"You would think that you'd have a president of the United States leading, working with scientists all over the world, bringing people together to figure out how we're gonna deal with this crisis. He is here in South Carolina," said Sanders, ahead of the Trump campaign rally later that night in Charleston."He doesn't even have any opposition in the Republican primary.
"The coronavirus has already arrived here in America, and make no mistake: The incompetence in the White House is endangering lives and hurting our economy," Bloomberg said, accusing Trump of"burying his head in the sand" when he was first briefed on the issue two months ago. "This can't be about politics. We've got to have leadership that puts the input of public health experts first," former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg told CNN Friday."I don't know where the presidentthat this is something that could just take care of itself when it got warmer.
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