Now that the coronavirus crisis has subsumed all other issues in American life and threatens to spiral out of control, Americans are rightfully left to wonder why their government didn’t do more to stop it and prepare for the outbreak.
George Conway, an adviser of an anti-Trump super PAC and husband to White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, wrote an op-ed Wednesday with lawyer Carrie Cordero calling for the release of information that was provided to the president and Congress before the pandemic spread across the country. With this information, we could gain better insight into how political leaders have handled the crisis and whether they should have done more.
“What did the president know about the coronavirus, and when did he know it?” they asked. “What did members of Congress know, and when did they know it?” Continue reading.