Comments by "Jack Haveman" (@JackHaveman52) on "Ingraham: A land of risk-takers" video.

@GA477 Read my earlier comment. There are some facts there that imply that this may not be true. I suppose, had the Democrats been in power, they wouldn't have been zeroed in on the impeachment. That was the centre of their attention back in January and early February while Covid was taking hold. Had they been focusing on real issues and threats at the time, maybe they could have saved some lives but I doubt it. They would have been more forceful in their opposition to the "xenophobic" travel bans to China instead of claiming it was a contrived distraction to get the focus away from impeachment. However, we JUST DON'T KNOW.
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@MilkByCow The US has a population of 330 million. It would take the countries of Italy, France, Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom to match that population. Do you know how many deaths those 5 countries had, in total? 135k. Did you get that? 135,000 deaths to the United States 102,000 deaths. The same populations and those 5 Europeans have over 30,000 more deaths than the US. So.....NO. I doubt that it would have made any difference had the Democrats been in power. There are factors involved that apply to westernised, mobile societies that weren't manifested in other, poorer countries. But I suppose, there's a degree of satisfaction in laying blame. Don't want to take the joy of being so smug away from anyone but I thought I'd lay out some facts.
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@GA477 Your short 4 word question demonstrates EXACTLY where you're coming from. It shows a predisposition, a bias and a desire to lay blame on a specific target and you will REFUSE to consider anything that might go against your preconceived claims. Those figures that I quoted.....don't matter. Spanky is to blame. That he restricted travel....no matter. Spanky is to blame. That it was a virus and situation that hasn't happened, in the memory of any living person on the planet....who cares. Spanky is to blame. Unless you can prove that "Spanky" knowingly, and with intent, allowed the virus to come to the US and spread, then no, he's NOT to blame. You may be able to show errors in judgement but I can show you all kinds of errors in judgement that had nothing to do with him that cost lives. Do those errors have consequences? Of course they do. However, when you're faced with an unprecedented crisis, errors will be made. It's inevitable. That's why De Blasio saying that the travel ban was racist and that everyone should go to the Chinese New Year's Parade in New York is an error, even stupid, but doesn't mean that De Blasio is to blame, UNLESS he wanted New York to be the epicenter of the pandemic. I'm sure that you won't get it. You're so driven by hate and bias that you're incapable of making any objective assessments on this or anything. It's the blame that counts. Blame at all costs and to hell with the facts, circumstances or objectivity.
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@inigo4937 What? The first thing that Biden did, after the China travel ban, was call Trump and the ban "xenophobic". Yet, Doctors Fauci and Brix said it was the right thing to do. Mayor De Blasio, backed up by Governor Cuomo, said that there was nothing to worry about and people should go to the Chinese New Year's Parade. That's not being political? The reason that the Democrats and the MSM weren't in full anti-virus mode, on Feb. 1st, was because their focus was exclusively on impeachment. 24/7 coverage on impeachment at the time. They were being political. In fact, the press should have been all over the virus, at the time, but they were too focused on the political games that they loved so much. A strong opposition should be pointing out potential threats and offering solutions. All they could think about was finding a way to rationalise why they lost in 2016 and that's exactly why they'll lose again in 2020. Stupid political games and a smugness that will not allow them to consider the fact that they could have made a mistake.
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@inigo4937 All I will say is that the coronavirus pandemic, in the way it has manifested itself around the world, is a brand new phenomenon. It's unprecedented in its scope and response. When dealing with the unknown, you're going to see mistakes. Party politics didn't have to be an issue in the US. Unfortunately, it was the Democrats who started to lay the blame on Trump. "He called it a hoax". "He's xenophobic". That was a Democrat call. Then, when a stimulus package was presented, it was the Democrats that wanted to add items that had NOTHING to do with the virus. Equity in corporate boards? That's going to solve the Covid economic problems? Increased emission standards for airlines? Money for PBS? That's politics and nothing else. Had the Democrats shown more concern for beating the Covid crisis instead of using it as a platform for societal change, maybe they'd have greater support from the people. Instead of yelling "Trump's fault", they stood beside him, offering support and suggestions, they'd have shown themselves to be the advocate of the people, instead of trying to argue every word, phrase and utterance out of the president's mouth. I've been saying this since 2016. The Democrats are the architects of their own political problems. I don't like it but it's the facts. Anyone, not willing to sit down and ask where they could have gone wrong, will NEVER solve their problems. Admitting that there is a problem is the first step to solving it. The simplest of axioms that the Democrats refuse to face.
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@GA477 Still at it I see. I guess facts aren't a thing that you have a respect for. Just attack and call people names. You do realise that's how a kindergartner would behave, don't you? You, Jim Acosta and Trump would have a great time yelling insults at each other.
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