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Biden Tells Crowd At End Of February "It's Not A Time To Panic About Coronavirus"

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It's fairly easy to criticize people in retrospect.

What would Biden, if President (God forbid) have done differently?

The key might be in this clip of Joe talking to a crowd of supporters at the end of February, saying "It's not a time to panic."

Doesn't sound like the type of behavior characteristic of someone who would have immediately shut down the country. As Joe likes to fantasize that he would have done.

 
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It's fairly easy to criticize people in retrospect.

What would Biden, if President (God forbid) have done differently?

The key might be in this clip of Joe talking to a crowd of supporters at the end of February, saying "It's not a time to panic."



1. It is a six second clip .... whatever we just saw is out of context
2. It was never a time to "PANIC" about corona virus, so his words (as ill-informed as he was here -- see below) were spot on.
3. At the time, Biden was not POTUS. He did not have NSA nor CDC briefings. He was not in the know
4. At the time, Biden was not POTUS. This was not his responsibility, he was merely a candidate for the nomination. His words meant nothing. Leading the country through the pandemic was not his job.
5. Remember, Trump actually was President, privy to sufficient information to understand the problem AND responsible to the American people for acting appropriately to the threat at hand. He failed to do his job.


Do you actually have a point or are you simply a Trump supporter pathetically flailing trying to detract from or otherwise diminish Trump's epic failure of leadership here? Please up your game.
Unlike Trump, Biden has articulated what he would do about the pandemic. Joe Biden’s Plan to Beat COVID-19 – Joe Biden for President: Official Campaign Website
 
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It's fairly easy to criticize people in retrospect.

What would Biden, if President (God forbid) have done differently?

The key might be in this clip of Joe talking to a crowd of supporters at the end of February, saying "It's not a time to panic."

Doesn't sound like the type of behavior characteristic of someone who would have immediately shut down the country. As Joe likes to fantasize that he would have done.



Trump downplayed a serious virus for political purposes.

End of story.
 
1. It is a six second clip .... whatever we just saw is out of context
2. It was never a time to "PANIC" about corona virus, so his words (as ill-informed as he was here -- see below) were spot on.
3. At the time, Biden was not POTUS. He did not have NSA nor CDC briefings. He was not in the know
4. At the time, Biden was not POTUS. This was not his responsibility, he was merely a candidate for the nomination. His words meant nothing. Leading the country through the pandemic was not his job.
5. Remember, Trump actually was President, privy to sufficient information to understand the problem AND responsible to the American people for acting appropriately to the threat at hand. He failed to do his job.


Do you actually have a point or are you simply a Trump supporter pathetically flailing trying to detract from or otherwise diminish Trump's epic failure of leadership here?

I don't see any indication that Joe's leadership would have been any better, and from this video clip, I get the feeling that his leadership would have been worse.

Remember Pelosi's reaction? "It's in God's hands!"
 
Trump downplayed a serious virus for political purposes.

Whoa there.

Trump talked down the intensity of the situation so the country wouldn't panic.

I remember being scared to death, hearing Pelosi telling us it was in God's hands, and then seeing Trump on television letting the public know that we weren't all going to die.

But this claim that Biden would have immediately shut down the country runs counter to everything we know about the Democratic response to this, and now, what we see on video.
 
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1. It is a six second clip .... whatever we just saw is out of context
2. It was never a time to "PANIC" about corona virus, so his words (as ill-informed as he was here -- see below) were spot on.
3. At the time, Biden was not POTUS. He did not have NSA nor CDC briefings. He was not in the know
4. At the time, Biden was not POTUS. This was not his responsibility, he was merely a candidate for the nomination. His words meant nothing. Leading the country through the pandemic was not his job.
5. Remember, Trump actually was President, privy to sufficient information to understand the problem AND responsible to the American people for acting appropriately to the threat at hand. He failed to do his job.


Do you actually have a point or are you simply a Trump supporter pathetically flailing trying to detract from or otherwise diminish Trump's epic failure of leadership here? Please up your game.
Unlike Trump, Biden has articulated what he would do about the pandemic. Joe Biden’s Plan to Beat COVID-19 – Joe Biden for President: Official Campaign Website

OP is obviously a failed desperate attempt to divert attention from what America learned POTUS withheld/lied from/to Americans about going back to Jan/Feb.
 
It's fairly easy to criticize people in retrospect.

What would Biden, if President (God forbid) have done differently?

The key might be in this clip of Joe talking to a crowd of supporters at the end of February, saying "It's not a time to panic."

Doesn't sound like the type of behavior characteristic of someone who would have immediately shut down the country. As Joe likes to fantasize that he would have done.



And it wasn't time to panic, panic is never a good thing, to warn people by saying it is not a time to panic is smart advice, only someone who supports Dishonest Donald would make the advice not to panic into a bad thing. Go figure.
 
Whoa there.

Trump talked down the intensity of the situation so the country wouldn't panic.

I remember being scared to death, hearing Pelosi telling us it was in God's hands, and then seeing Trump on television letting the public know that we weren't all going to die.

But this claim that Biden would have immediately shut down the country runs counter to everything we know about the Democratic response to this, and now, what we see on video.

Nope, he downplayed a virus for political purposes.

And it's on tape.
 
Nope, he downplayed a virus for political purposes.

And it's on tape.

The tape indicates he downplayed the virus. In order to prevent the country from descending into the frantic hell liberals would have caused, with statements like “It’s in God’s hands.”

From this footage, looks to me like Joe would have downplayed it as well.
 
It's fairly easy to criticize people in retrospect.

What would Biden, if President (God forbid) have done differently?

The key might be in this clip of Joe talking to a crowd of supporters at the end of February, saying "It's not a time to panic."

Doesn't sound like the type of behavior characteristic of someone who would have immediately shut down the country. As Joe likes to fantasize that he would have done.



I want everybody to read posts like the above and think very, very hard about being baited by "It's just an anonymous source!" arguments in the future.

There is never a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow in arguing that the claim of an anonymous source is true. Only more trolling awaits you.

The next time a trump supporter mocks your article for having an anonymous source, and if you're using a high quality news outlet like NYTimes or WaPo, ignore him.
 
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I want everybody to read posts like the above and think very, very hard about being baited by "It's just an anonymous source!" arguments in the future.

There is never a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow in arguing that the claim of an anonymous source is true.

The next time a trump supporter mocks your article for having an anonymous source, and if you're using a high quality news outlet like NYTimes or WaPo, ignore him.

???

This is not an anonymous source lol.

Biden was caught on tape.

Which makes the accusation true.
 
???

This is not an anonymous source lol.

Biden was caught on tape.

Which makes the accusation true.

Caught on tape saying "don't panic"..... So what? That is suppose to mean something? This whole thread is build on a rather pathetic premise, don't you think?

You do realize the criticism on Trump has nothing to do with the "panic" aspect? Its about him knowing early on that this was deadly serious and then not leveling with the American people about how serious it was (telling us it was just going away; that young people aren't affected) .... he was not only downplaying, he was outright lying.
 
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Caught on tape saying "don't panic"..... So what? That is suppose to mean something?

Biden’s whole claim is that, if President, he would have forced a nationwide shutdown immediately, and saved lives.

From what I see on this video, this claim is BS.
 
It's fairly easy to criticize people in retrospect.

What would Biden, if President (God forbid) have done differently?

The key might be in this clip of Joe talking to a crowd of supporters at the end of February, saying "It's not a time to panic."

Doesn't sound like the type of behavior characteristic of someone who would have immediately shut down the country. As Joe likes to fantasize that he would have done.



Does he say anything after the clip cuts off?
 
And it wasn't time to panic, panic is never a good thing, to warn people by saying it is not a time to panic is smart advice, only someone who supports Dishonest Donald would make the advice not to panic into a bad thing. Go figure.


Indeed. You think of any crisis response training, one of the first things they'll tell you is not to panic.
 
Biden’s whole claim is that, if President, he would have forced a nationwide shutdown immediately, and saved lives.

From what I see on this video, this claim is BS.

How can you possibly base that on just a 7 second clip? To tell people not to panic doesn't mean there's nothing to worry about, or that an immediate response is required. It simply means don't freak out so you don't cause more problems.
 
The tape indicates he downplayed the virus. In order to prevent the country from descending into the frantic hell liberals would have caused, with statements like “It’s in God’s hands.”

From this footage, looks to me like Joe would have downplayed it as well.

You have no idea what "liberals" would have done if President Trump would have taken a different approach in telling the American people about the virus. If you did not know the pandemic and dealing with CV19 is not right or left issue. it is an American issue and a World issue.

It is not surprising the President Trump believes the downplaying was needed. He was banking that the majority of Americans are stupid.
Seems at least for his supporters he got it right.
 
You have no idea what "liberals" would have done if President Trump would have taken a different approach in telling the American people about the virus. If you did not know the pandemic and dealing with CV19 is not right or left issue. it is an American issue and a World issue.

It is not surprising the President Trump believes the downplaying was needed. He was banking that the majority of Americans are stupid.
Seems at least for his supporters he got it right.

CNN was already in Armageddon mode, as was Pelosi. If Trump HADN’T calmed everybody down, the nation would have descended into the chaos the liberal media was trying to create.

More importantly though, to the point of this thread, Joe has absolutely no grounds for claiming that he would have immediately forced a nationwide lockdown.

I don’t believe that for a second, especially in light of the comments on this video.

He even expressed opposition to banning incoming flights from China.

I wonder why.
 
1. It is a six second clip .... whatever we just saw is out of context
2. It was never a time to "PANIC" about corona virus, so his words (as ill-informed as he was here -- see below) were spot on.
3. At the time, Biden was not POTUS. He did not have NSA nor CDC briefings. He was not in the know
4. At the time, Biden was not POTUS. This was not his responsibility, he was merely a candidate for the nomination. His words meant nothing. Leading the country through the pandemic was not his job.
5. Remember, Trump actually was President, privy to sufficient information to understand the problem AND responsible to the American people for acting appropriately to the threat at hand. He failed to do his job.


Do you actually have a point or are you simply a Trump supporter pathetically flailing trying to detract from or otherwise diminish Trump's epic failure of leadership here? Please up your game.
Unlike Trump, Biden has articulated what he would do about the pandemic. Joe Biden’s Plan to Beat COVID-19 – Joe Biden for President: Official Campaign Website

LOL. You take Trump out of context on a daily basis.
 
Imagine thinking that there's nothing between "Denying there is a problem" and "panicking".
 
LOL. You take Trump out of context on a daily basis.

Show me an example of that..... Let me help you, you can't. Because that is not a sin that I am guilty of..... I think its far more likely that it you that takes him out of context; thinking he is something that he is not.

For one, I would never take a single sentence from a speech and try to make an issue out of it. That is, by definition, taking things out of context.

He was doing the very same thing Biden just did in that clip.

Ah no, there you go. Reading deep meaning in a single statement without any of the rest of the speech. That is, by definition, taking things out of context. Its a little like taking a single Bible verse had extrapolating great meaning from it. No, context is everything.
 
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