Apparently Trump can't stand the contrast between our competent hard working Governor, Jay Inslee, and his own incoherent leadership, (consisting mostly of trying to make himself look good).
President Trump on Friday slammed Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) as the state grapples with an outbreak of the coronavirus, calling him a "snake" for criticizing the administration's response to the disease.
The president was asked during a tour of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about Vice President Mike Pence's trip a day earlier to Washington, where Pence met with Inslee and other state officials to discuss the virus.
"I told Mike not to be complimentary to the governor, because that governor is a snake," Trump said of Inslee. "I said, 'if you’re nice to him he will take advantage.'"
"Let me just tell you, we have a lot of problems with the governor… So, Mike may be happy with him, but I’m not," Trump continued, claiming Democrats would refuse to give him credit regardless of the quality of response to the coronavirus.
Pence commended Inslee's work combatting the coronavirus in Washington state during a press briefing on Thursday night. Inslee added that he and the vice president had productive discussions, but largely dodged questions about his issues with Trump.
What a venal self centered fraud of a president! This is unbelievable!
Jay Inslee will likely emerge from this crisis with a reputation for tackling a daunting predicament with intelligence, hard work, and competence. During his joint press conference with Vice Prersident Pence Inslee tried to set the politics aside, to help all the people of Washington State. Something Mr. Trump is incapable of doing, even in the midst of a crisis.
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Full disclosure, I supported Jay Inslee’s candidacy for president, and have long been a supporter and an admirer. I beleive that two weeks ago I was sick with COVID-19. But I was never tested. A close friend of mine worked at the Life Care Center of Kirkland back in the 1980s. So this hits close to home for us in Washington.