An internal March GOP poll showed that far more Republicans than Democrats were influenced by Trump’s dismissive depictions of the virus. “Denial is not likely to be a successful strategy for survival,” the pollster concluded. https://t.co/CkZY6LTCME
— Yasmeen Abutaleb (@yabutaleb7) April 4, 2020
In early February, deputy NSC adviser Matt Pottinger wanted to ban travel to Europe as more cases popped up. He was backed by health officials like Fauci. But Mnuchin and others pushed back over concerns about the economy and prevailed https://t.co/CkZY6LTCME
— Yasmeen Abutaleb (@yabutaleb7) April 4, 2020
thread continues..