How desperate are Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders? They’re trying to score political points against President Trump over COVID-19.

Biden’s campaign has gone as far as to spread the conspiracy theory that President Trump “decided to let” the coronavirus get “out of hand.”

And when President Trump was announcing travel restrictions to China back in January, Joe Biden was falling back on talking points and criticized President Trump for “xenophobia.”

However, President Trump’s early decision to institute travel restrictions with China “was a very smart move” and the Europe restrictions are “ahead of the curve” according to Dr. Anthony Fauci.

Here are the facts: President Trump has instituted a whole of government response to address the pandemic. As Dr. Scott Gottlieb said this morning, the White House has “been on top of this” since January.

President Trump has:

Worked with Congress to secure $8.3 billion in funding.

Declared a National Emergency which will give states access over $42 billion in existing funding.

Created the White House Coronavirus Task Force to coordinate the whole of government response.

Back in January, President Trump implemented travel restrictions with China and he has announced further travel restrictions with Europe, the UK, and Iran.

On the testing front, the FDA has issued emergency approval for new COVID-19 tests to expand testing across the country. And President Trump is on the cusp of securing legislation that makes these tests free.

On the economic front, VP Pence has said, “If you're an hourly wage earner in America, you need not be concerned about staying home. If you're sick, stay home. You're not going to miss a paycheck because of this legislation that's moving through the Congress.”

Bottom Line: Since January, President Trump has taken aggressive steps to respond to coronavirus while Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders looked to play politics.

Click here for more on the Trump admin’s aggressive response to coronavirus from RNC Research.

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