by Qasim Rashid, Democratic candidate for Congress in VA-01
#COVID19 has now killed 20,304 Americans đ. We asked my GOP opponent @RobWittman why he falsely told constituents that  âthe virus is NOT spreadingâ while buying himself Pharma stock in a potential COVID19 treatment? He called our question âdespicableâ. But thats the least of the problem đł…
First, @RobWittman calls our simple ask for transparency a âserious allegation.â We didnât make any allegation. We asked why he falsely told us the virus is NOT spreading while he bought himself COVID affiliated Pharma stock? He hasnât answered or set any facts straight. But it gets worse..
Nextâ@RobWittman argues âeveryone does it,â and he gives âcomplete authorityâ to someone else. He doesnât call it a blind trust. He wants us to believe AS he got briefed on COVID19 pandemicâ*coincidentally* his advisor bought stock in a Pharma corp working on a potential COVID19 treatmentđ¤
Then, remarkably, right after saying he gave âcomplete authorityâ to someone elseâ@RobWittman defends himself by saying that someone else âacted w/o prior approval.â
Why would someone who has your âcomplete authorityâ need your prior approval?
It gets even more obscureâŚ
Now @RobWittman goes on the attack & claims weâre âcontradictingâ that heâs updated constituents constantly. But we never contradicted that. We simply asked why he falsely told us the virus was NOT spreading while he bought himself Pharma stock. He still hasnât answered.
Finally, @RobWittman calls our ask for transparency âdespicableâ & accuses us of playing politics. He still wont answer our inquiry of why he bought stock in a potential vaccine while falsely telling us the virus is NOT spreading. But letâs talk about actually playing politics.
During the 2014 Ebola outbreak when 1 American died @RobWittman sent this letter to President Obamaâdemanding we shut down travel and protect our military. ONE American died and Wittman sent this to a Democratic POTUS. So letâs compare Wittmanâs response when a Republican President is in office.
Instead, he’s falsely told us the virus is NOT spreading and bought himself Pharma Stock. Meanwhile
â˘Virginia lacks adequate PPE
â˘100 Virginians have died and James City County in VA-01 is Virginia’s #COVID19 epicenter.
And ZERO letters from @RobWittman to Trump.
Yet at 1 US Ebola deathâWittman wrote an open letter demanding Obama take action. To be clearâI admire the letter @RobWittman wrote Obama demanding accountability at the death of 1. American. But to demand accountability at 1 death under a Dem POTUS but ignore accountability at 20,000+ deaths under a GOP POTUS? That’s deliberate. Thatâfolksâis “party politics“.
Here’s the deal: I donât know if weâll ever get those answers but let the record showâwhen 1 American died under Obama, @RobWittman and the GOP raised their voice. But as 20,000 Americans die under TrumpâWittman and other GOP members of congress bought themselves Pharma Stock, told us falsely the virus is NOT spreading, and refused to hold Trump accountable.
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