No, seriously, Credentialed Media folks and Democrats, along with #NeverTrumper nutballs, are actually going down this road. Her’s CNN’s Chris Cillizza
Is coronavirus Donald Trump’s Katrina?
What sunk President George W. Bush and Republicans in his second term wasn’t the war in Iraq. It was his administration’s mishandling of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Whispers have begun that President Donald Trump’s handling (or mishandling) of the ongoing coronavirus epidemic has the potential to have political consequences just as devastating for the GOP.
“Viral Katrina,” tweeted “Never Trump” Republican Rick Wilson over the weekend.
The problem for the administration at the moment is an inability to stay on message. The White House and/or experts on the coronavirus task force say one thing that is then publicly contradicted by the President.
Except, see, the problems with Katrina weren’t due to the Bush administration: states like Alabama and Mississippi, which saw a direct strike from Katrina, did much better because they had Republican governors who took appropriate action pre and post hurricane, working with Los Federales. Louisiana’s Democrat governor refused to declare a state of emergency in time, despite Bush begging Kathleen Blanco. Further, the Democrat run government of New Orleans was utterly incompetent. Remember the buses (the article is charitable) that weren’t used? The failure to declare an emergency in a timely fashion (they waited till 24 hours out). Most of the rest of the state actually did well.
In the last two days I've seen the coronavirus described as potentially "Trump's Katrina" and "Trump's Iran hostage crisis." These people are crossing their fingers so tight for something awful to happen you can hear their knuckles cracking. https://t.co/GuOv8HM8jn
— Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) March 8, 2020
What the Media, Dems, and #NeverTrumpers want is Americans being harmed, hurt, and killed for their political purposes.
More: And, then I look and see this
The coronavirus is Trump’s Chernobyl—a growing catastrophe in which the government response is deadly because Trump is more worried about protecting the myths that define his alternative reality than protecting vulnerable people who will die. My column: https://t.co/G0InGAtJ7j
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) March 9, 2020
