Mitch McConnell says he was wrong to claim Obama didn't leave Trump a pandemic plan after people pointed out the former president left a 69-page playbook
Donald Trump,Trump Administration,White House,Barack Obama,US Senate,Politics
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell walked back his claim that the Obama administration didn't leave President Donald Trump a plan for pandemics, saying he made a mistake.
McConnell said in a Trump campaign livestreamed event this week that the Obama administration didn't leave Trump "any kind of game plan for something like this."
Obama administration officials quickly pushed back on McConnell's claim.
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