O Say Can You Please Entry 21
O Say Can You Please Entry 21: We Shall Overcomb OK, so I’ve got good news and bad news. The good news is that I’m back. The bad news is that a pandemic has been keeping us at home for months on end. COVID-19 is no laughing matter, so I won’t cover the virus as a whole here. However, I will cover some specific factors as to why America’s response to the pandemic is widely regarded as a fiasco. The three factors are partisan leadership, President Trump’s complete lack of competence and foresight, and Republican politicians in lock-step with him. Let’s start by explaining the partisan leadership, and this is best exemplified by Congress. The House of Representatives is controlled by the Democrats, while the Senate is led by Republicans. Since the politicians in both parties are becoming increasingly partisan and often one-sided, it leads to Congress being less effective than it could be. A big reason for this is that Mitch McConnell, the Senate Majority Leader, is sitting on hundreds...