The Rest of Us

When you're a Trump Republican and the Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee you know it's your job to warn "the right people" when you learn about a threat that might impact their privileged status. You know that they're the only ones who really matter to you and your boss. The rest are just sheep to be fleeced and led to slaughter.

Click the title below to read and hear the NPR report featuring a recording of Senator Richard Burr tipping off fat-cat Republicans to the real threat posed by the coronavirus sixteen days before the general public got the same news.

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Intelligence Chairman Raised Virus Alarms Weeks Ago, Secret Recording Shows

March 19, 2020, 5:08 AM ET

Heard on Morning Edition

TIM MAK

Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., pictured here in 2019, warned a small group of constituents on Feb. 27 about the impact of the coronavirus on the U.S., according to a secret recording obtained by NPR.
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Click here to download the recording.