On Wednesday, Vice President Mike Pence peddled an extraordinary fantasy about Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus. Speaker after speaker at the Republican National Convention referred to Covid-19, if at all, in the past tense. But it isn’t, and the Trump administration is still failing to protect the American people. If I had to pick a single day when America lost the fight against the coronavirus, it would be April 17. “LIBERATE MINNESOTA,” he tweeted, followed by “LIBERATE MICHIGAN” and “LIBERATE VIRGINIA, and save your great 2nd amendment.” (That last bit reads an awful lot like an incitement to armed insurrection.)

Source: New York Times August 27, 2020 22:52 UTC