Hard to accuse Bloomberg of being a right-wing, pro-Trump rag.
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Biden has oft claimed that Trump didn’t have a plan to acquire enough vaccine and that he (Biden) quickly remedied that shortcoming to ensure that all of America got vaccinated fast.
We previously debunked that claim, See Biden: “Trump blundered, I’m saving the day”
Now, a Bloomberg assessment blows holes in Biden’s claim.
The Bloomberg article concludes:
“The U.S. government, first under Donald Trump and then continuing under President Joe Biden, had already arranged to buy all of Pfizer’s and Moderna’s known U.S. production, assuring hundreds of millions of doses for American arms.”
More specifically, Bloomberg says…
> Both Biden and Trump have been unapologetic that they’ve aimed to vaccinate Americans first.
> The Trump administration wrote clauses into contracts with manufacturers and also used the Defense Production Act, … to prioritize U.S. orders, explicitly requiring domestic U.S. production, exclusivity and continuing “rights of first refusal.”
> The same tools the Trump administration used to keep domestically produced vaccines within the nation’s borders have been employed by Biden’s team.
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As one pundit put it:
Biden deserves credit for recognizing the wisdom of Trump’s plan, and for bolstering it by getting Merck licensed to produce Johnson& Johnson’s vaccine.
But the idea that Biden didn’t get a plan or a reliable supply of COVID-19 vaccines is a shabby lie, one that Bloomberg punctures.
Perhaps Biden will concede the point at today’s press conference.
But, I’m betting the under…
The Homa Files 
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