Democrats’ attempt to politicize coronavirus will fail

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What a difference a month makes. In January, President Trump made the bold and tough decision to suspend travel from China after reports began to reveal the severity of the coronavirus outbreak there. For his efforts, he faced a barrage of criticism from leading Democrats and their mouthpieces in the media who labeled the ban extreme, premature, and (of course) racist.

While the administration was busy setting up a task force to assess and deal with the new risk, Democrats took time out from flogging their latest Russia conspiracy theory to criticize the lack of diversity in the experts Trump had chosen for the coronavirus group.

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