Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
Updated 12:14 PM ET, Tue May 12, 2020
Obama: Trump’s Covid-19 response is a ‘chaotic disaster’
(CNN) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell prides himself on being a student of history and politics. Which is why what he said Monday about former President Barack Obama is so egregious.
“I think President Obama should’ve kept his mouth shut,” McConnell said on a Trump campaign live-stream event of the former president’s critique of how President Donald Trump has handled the coronavirus pandemic. “I think it’s a little bit classless, frankly, to critique an administration that comes after you. You had your shot. You were there for eight years. I think the tradition that the Bushes set up — of not critiquing the president who comes after you — is a good tradition.
Look. There’s a bunch of problems with what McConnell is saying. Let’s go through them.
First — and most importantly — since we are on the topic of political traditions, it’s long been a tradition that the current president doesn’t personally attack the person who came before him.
Sure, Obama talked about how he inherited a tough economy from George W. Bush. But he didn’t go after Bush personally in any way, shape or form.
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