Jeremy Scahill has long been a strong voice of essential truth that we need to listen to, absorb, and act upon. — Molly
From Democracy Now! —
As President Trump campaigns in swing states that are also coronavirus hot spots, The Intercept’s Jeremy Scahill argues he is directly responsible for the poor U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed almost 220,000 people in the country so far and sickened millions. “I don’t know how else to describe what Trump has done except homicidal,” says Scahill, host of a new seven-part audio series that examines the Trump era.
Jeremy Scahill: "... it’s really an indication of the kind of presidency that this has been. It’s all been one huge grift. It’s all been one huge scam. And I think that perhaps the most long-term danger — the short-term crisis is unconscionable, the number of people that have been killed and made sick because of incompetence. But on a long-term level, if Joe Biden wins and becomes president and we don’t reckon with how we got here, with how Donald Trump was created, nurtured in this system and able to seize power, then I really fear for the future of this country, because this is the tip of the iceberg, seeing someone like Trump take power and bring all of this to the fore. I think if we don’t reckon with history, we are in deep, deep trouble as a country, no matter what happens during these elections."
Please go here for the full original interview, transcript, and additional links: https://www.democracynow.org/2020/10/19/jeremy_scahill_on_trumps_homicidal_pandemic
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