Back in February, White House National Economic Council director Larry Kudlow announced that the coronavirus was “contained.” In fact, it was “pretty close to airtight,” he claimed.
Two months later and, well, let’s just say it didn’t play out that way.
CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday showed the clip to Kudlow, asking him, “is there a disconnect between what people such as you who want things to be better than they are, so as to help the economy, are saying, and what people in the health field are saying?”
Kudlow was clearly peeved.
“For the umpteenth time I will say, my quote then was based on the actual facts which at the time there were only 40 or 50 cases and it was contained,” he said, touting the same refrain his boss has often repeated, that the travel restrictions “boldly” placed on China made a huge difference.
“I don’t want to get in and play this game, who said what and when,” Kudlow added. “My quote was at that time, there were very few cases. Then, as the virus spread exponentially in ways that virtually no one could have predicted, of course we changed our mind.” |
