WEST WING READS 03/23/2020 DEMOCRATS FAIL TO SEE CORONAVIRUS AS NATIONAL EMERGENCY AND CHOOSE PARTISAN POLITICS OVER THE PEOPLE!

Democrats Sink Senate Coronavirus Stimulus Plan to Give Cash to Families “Congress was unable to reach an agreement Sunday on a $1 trillion-plus stimulus package that gives cash to families and keeps small businesses afloat during the COVID-19 pandemic,” Tom Howell Jr. writes in The Washington Times. “This national crisis is not going to wait around if Congress slips back into conventional politics or haggles endlessly over the finer points,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said. Click here to read more. “Third Time's a Charm”: NYT Changes Headline on Failed Relief Bill

“Many procedures are urgent and must be done even in the midst of a global pandemic.” But elective procedures, which are often scheduled weeks in advance and can be postponed without causing great harm, are different. “Until we can flatten the COVID-19 curve in the United States—please consider delaying your elective procedures,” U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams writes in USA Today.

“President Trump has promised to unite the full force of the federal government with the full power of American enterprise to respond to the China Wuhan virus—and the response from the private sector has been overwhelming.” Businesses and manufacturers across America are stepping up to help confront the Coronavirus crisis, White House Director of Trade and Manufacturing Policy Peter Navarro writes in Fox News.

This weekend, CNN argued that the global virus pandemic is not the fault of the Chinese Communist Party, but rather of “‘human activity.’ The big winner in this bizarre way of telling the story is China, which is launching a furious disinformation campaign to distance itself from blame for the pandemic,” David Marcus writes in The Federalist.