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35,000 Vietnam War Deaths Ended a Presidency. Can Trump Survive 100,000 Coronavirus Deaths?

“What was it that was causing people to have the reaction that they had to Lyndon Johnson? And why is it they don’t seem to be having that against Trump, or at least not yet?” said Barbara Ann Perry, presidential studies director at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. There are some obvious answers. Trump, through Fox News and much of the conservative media’s nervous system, enjoys a platform that LBJ could never have dreamed of. It is a rear guard that minimizes or glosses over the president’s most outrageous statements while constantly attacking his critics.
Barbara Perry
Lisa Birnbach podcast

EP 91 – With Chris Lu - Surviving a pandemic

My guest this week, Chris Lu, is very knowledgeable about all things pandemic. As the Secretary to the Obama Cabinet, and later the Deputy Secretary of Labor, Mr. Lu was part of the team who helped in the transition to the Trump White House. Under his purview, he helped lay out “what to do in the event of a global pandemic” scenario to the incoming senior staff.
Chris Lu
MSNBC

Chris Lu: March job loss numbers are just the 'tip of the iceberg'

Former Deputy Secretary of Labor Chris Lu join Andrea Mitchell to analyze the March jobs report showing the economy losing 700,000 over the course of the month, which he calls the "tip of the iceberg" as the data is based on information from before most of the economic impact of the coronavirus was felt. He also ways in on bureaucratic hurdles that could delay the disbursement of emergency economic relief measures like small business loans, unemployment benefits, and direct payments.
Chris Lu