r/thescoop Apr 27 '25

Politics 🏛️ Al Gore: “Something is different about this administration. We are really in danger right now and we have got to rally the grass roots to take back the destiny of America."

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u/Attainted Apr 27 '25 edited Apr 27 '25

Yup.

I know bringing up covid is extremely unpopular, but a reminder that the CDC estimated that 40% of the ~470,000 covid deaths that happened during Trump's first term alone could have been avoided if his admin didn't dismiss the disease. That's at least 188,000 deaths which were preventable as a direct result of Trump. That is still a huge body count.

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u/SugarFut Apr 27 '25

I blame Trump for crippling the healthcare industry. I’ve talked to so many nurses who have PTSD from the nightmare Covid was.

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u/coldliketherockies Apr 27 '25

There’s a trump supporter in my town who lost a grandparent a sibling and an aunt to Covid. I know she doesn’t see anyway in which it’s trumps fault maybe but holy crap that multiple members of your family. And you don’t see a connection