Barack Obama Said People Would Still Be Alive If Donald Trump “Paid Attention” To The Pandemic Playbook He Gave Him

In early 2020, then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) claimed that the Obama administration didn’t leave any pandemic playbook. Soon after that, Ronald Klain, the White House Ebola response coordinator from October 2014 to February 2015, posted the playbook on social media, while Nicole Lurie, an Obama administration official, confirmed its existence.