NEW: In a secret recording, Sen. Richard Burr is heard 3 weeks ago warning a group of well-connected constituents to prepare for dire effects of the coronavirus. The remarks were much starker than any Burr had delivered in public at the time.
Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., leaves Capitol Hill on June 4, 2019. On Feb. 27, 2020, a secret recording of Burr shows him warning people about the impact of the coronavirus on the U.S.Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., leaves Capitol Hill on June 4, 2019. On Feb. 27, 2020, a secret recording of Burr shows him warning people about the impact of the coronavirus on the U.S.
"It's going to disappear. One day, It's like a miracle. It will disappear," the president said then, before adding,"it could get worse before it gets better. It could maybe go away. We'll see what happens." The luncheon had been organized by the Tar Heel Circle, a nonpartisan group whose membership consists of businesses and organizations in North Carolina, the state Burr represents. Membership to join the Tar Heel Circle costs between $500 and $10,000, andthat members"enjoy interaction with top leaders and staff from Congress, the administration, and the private sector," according to the group's website.
Sixteen days before North Carolina closed its schools due to the threat of Coronavirus, Burr warned it could happen. Hospital clinicians work on testing patients for coronavirus at Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Newton, Mass., where the hospital has set up tents in a parking garage.And Burr invoked the possibility that the military may be mobilized to combat the Coronavirus. Only now, three weeks later, is the public learning of that prospect.
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