Florida: Former President Barack Obama lambasted President Donald Trump over his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic while campaigning for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in Florida on Tuesday.
Speaking at Tinker Field in Orlando, Fla., Obama highlighted the toll of the pandemic, which has sickened 8.7 million Americans and killed more than 226,000, while also pointing to multiple outbreaks at the White House.
“The pandemic would have been challenging for any president, but the idea that this White House has done anything but completely screw this up is nonsense,” Obama said.
Trump and about a dozen people linked to events he attended at the White House tested positive for COVID-19 earlier this month and over the weekend, Vice President Mike Pence’s chief of staff, Marc Short, and several of his close aides tested positive for the virus.
