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The coronavirus is bad. Trump could make it worse.

To manage the growing coronavirus outbreak, the Trump administration will need something it’s been devoid of over the past three years: a commitment to truth-telling and competent leadership.

Washington Monthly

Chris Lu on Trump's Ability to Manage Coronavirus

Senior Fellow Chris Lu is interviewed on MSNBC.

Chris Lu

‘This Was Not a Great Night for the Democratic Party’

Tuesday’s debate concluded with a two-part question for each of the candidates: What’s the biggest misconception about you? And what words do you live by? None of the responses was particularly surprising or interesting, as each candidate basically used the time allotted to make a closing statement to voters in South Carolina and the Super Tuesday states. But the question itself provides a great way to summarize the debate.

Jennifer Lawless

MSNBC Host Chris Matthews Under Fire For Sexist Grilling Of Elizabeth Warren

“The idea that he wouldn’t believe a woman, who has nothing to gain by coming forward, but would believe a man, who has everything to lose, is appalling,” said Jennifer Lawless, a political science professor at the University of Virginia. “It’s also almost unimaginable that he’d doubt a male candidate’s confidence so explicitly.”

Jennifer Lawless

Trump is still downplaying the coronavirus epidemic

Trump has "hollowed out the senior leadership of so many departments of the government — especially in the scientific community," University of Virginia presidential historian Russell Riley tells the Post, "If the markets continue to drop and the medical news gets very bad, then this president is singularly ill-prepared to deal with it in a rational manner."

Russell Riley

Episode 156 Professor Barbara Perry

Director of Presidential Studies Barbara Perry is interviewed on the presidency.

Barbara Perry