Unfathomable Evil: Trump Failed To Disperse $14 Billion To Communities Overwhelmed By Virus, Deliberately Causing The Deaths Of Thousands of Americans; Biden Blasts Trump's "Whining And Self-Pity ... He's Like A Child Who Hasn't Grasped The Most Basic Facts"

Donald Trump recently admitted to ordering administration officials to "slow the testing down" as the pandemic surged across the country. It was reported last week that Trump failed to disperse $14 billion in funds approved by Congress back in April.

Several months ago, when Trump publicly told the states the federal government was refusing to help them and that they had better find their own supplies - and then had the federal government secretly outbid the states for that same equipment, likely causing the deliberate deaths of thousands of Americans - Trump also was sitting on $14 billion that could have helped countless overwhelmed hospitals and clinics across the US.

That's evil of an almost unfathomable degree. More than 124,000 Americans have died in less than four months.

Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) stated, in a letter to HHS Secretary Alex Azar:

While it has been months since these funds were first appropriated, the administration has failed to disburse significant amounts of this funding, leaving communities without the resources they need to address the significant challenges presented by the virus. The United States is at a critical juncture in its fight against COVID-19, and now is the time for an aggressive and fast response. This administration will put our country at grave risk if it tries to declare an early victory, leave lifesaving work undone, and leave resources our communities desperately need sitting untouched.

Joe Biden is a detestable choice for president, but he spoke some rarely-heard truth today:

He admitted telling people, and I quote, "You have to slow the testing down — slow it down, please." He thinks that finding out that more Americans are sick will make him look bad. That's what he's worried about — he's worried about looking bad. ...

If Donald Trump has his way, complications from Covid-19 could become a new pre-existing condition. ...

The number of cases is increasing in 29 states. We are going to be dealing with this for a long time. Trump can't wish it away. He can't bend it to meet his political wishes. There are no miracles coming. ...

I know as Americans, it's not something we're used to [wearing masks in public], but it matters. All the evidence from all over the world tells us it might be the single most effective thing we can do. ...

The president wants you to believe this is a choice between the economy and the public's health. He still hasn't grasped the most basic fact of this crisis: To fix our economy, we have to get control of the virus.

He's like a child who just can't believe this has happened to him. It's all whining and self-pity. This pandemic didn't happen to him. It happened to all of us. And his job isn't to whine about it, his job is to do something about it.

Dr. Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said on Thursday that the number of Americans who have been infected with the coronavirus is most likely about 10 times higher than the reported 2.3 million cases.

That would mean 23 million Americans have been infected. The New York Times reported:

The C.D.C. is basing those estimates on antibody test results from across the country. The tests detect whether an individual has ever had Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus, as opposed to diagnostic tests, which detect current infections. Both types of tests have been plagued by accuracy problems, although the antibody tests, which are based on blood samples rather than nasal swabs, have had a higher rate of failures.

On Tuesday, Dr. Anthony Fauci told Congress the virus is not yet under control in the United States. "The virus is not going to disappear."

Fauci said the surge of new cases in more than two dozen states is "very troublesome to me. ... The next couple of weeks are going to be critical in our ability to address those surges that we are seeing in Florida, in Texas, in Arizona and other states."

Eight members of Donald Trump's campaign team have tested positive following his rally in Tulsa. The campaign had made assurances that the outbreak was contained and no staff members who had tested positive were in the arena, but that turned out to be a lie. Of course. Trump must somehow be immune.