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Checked by Washington Post14 May 2020United States
Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader

“They claim pandemics only happen once every hundred years but what if that’s no longer true? We want to be early, ready for the next one, because clearly the Obama administration did not leave to this administration any kind of game plan for something like this.”

Washington Post rated this: Three Pinocchios

Washington Post says: McConnell is wrong to say the Obama administration left “no game plan” to deal with a pandemic; the Obama team crafted a detailed document setting forth questions and policies that should be considered.