Susan Rice blames President Trump for American coronavirus deaths — and blatantly lies in the process

Susan Rice, a national security adviser during the Obama administration, claims President Donald Trump is responsible for American deaths during the coronavirus outbreak.

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Speaking with the Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart on the "Cape Up" podcast, Rice said Trump's "incompetence" has cost "tens of thousands of American lives."

"He has demonstrated utter lack of leadership, utter incompetence. And he's been profoundly dishonest about the nature of the threat to the American people by downplaying it, by dismissing it, by comparing it to the flu," Rice said.

"He has misled the American people to such an extent that lives have been lost in the process," she continued. "Whether that's because he didn't care or he was trying to downplay the problem and buoy his electoral prospects mistakenly, or whether it was to buck up the markets, or because he doesn't care, I don't know what it was.

"I just know that he has cost tens of thousands of American lives," Rice declared.

Specifically, Rice alleged the Trump administration ignored pandemic preparedness, while, of course, claiming the Obama administration prioritized such readiness as "a top national security priority."

However, research indicates this is not completely accurate.

In fact, the Obama administration significantly depleted the national stockpile of medical equipment containing N95 respirator masks and other personal protection equipment that has now become vital in the face of COVID-19.