'Now, maybe there's an honest explanation for what [Burr] did,' Carlson said. 'If there is, he should share it with the rest of us immediately.'
Roughly two weeks after selling the stocks, Burr gave a speech in North Carolina in which he told attendees that the coronavirus"is much more aggressive in its transmission than anything that we have seen in recent history," according to NPR.
Saturday, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper issued an executive order closing schools in the state for two weeks. "The message I shared with my constituents is the one public health officials urged all of us to heed as coronavirus spread increased," Burr tweeted."Be prepared." "His message has always been, and continues to be, that we must be prepared to protect American lives in the event of a pandemic or bio-attack," Carroll continued.Senator Burr has been banging the drum about the importance of public health preparedness for more than 20 years.
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