Published 19:40 IST, May 23rd 2020

US COVID-19 crisis 'failure of democracy' at the root, says Obama's ex-speechwriter

The speechwriter for former US President Barack Obama, David Litt, said that the COVID-19 pandemic in America is a ‘failure of democracy’ at the root.

Reported by: Bhavya Sukheja
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speechwriter for former US President Barack Obama, David Litt, reportedly said that COVID-19 pandemic in America is a ‘failure of democracy’ at root. While all 50 states in US have eased lockdown restrictions, Litt, while speaking to an international media outlet, said that it’s become commonplace to refer to COVID-19 as ‘worst public health crisis of lifetime’, however, he ded that it ‘failure of democracy’ that has cost country so many lives and jobs amid pandemic. 

While referring to several polls, Litt reportedly said that majority of Americans want leers to ‘heed experts' vice’. He ded that government was ‘too slow’ to implement social-distancing guidelines and ‘too quick’ to reopen ecomy. Furrmore, Litt also pointed out that lower-income and n-white Americans are those most likely to suffer from government’s failing response to health crisis. 

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Litt, who is author of ‘Democracy in One Book or Less: How It Works, Why It Doesn’t, and Why Fixing It Is Easier Than You Think’ and ‘Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years’, said that ‘Americans political power has been furr diminished’. He believes that lives of US citizens depend on successful government response, however, with rare exceptions, House Members jobs do t. 

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‘Capitalistic influence’ has more influence on policymaking

While giving an example, Litt reportedly said that in early March, virus was spreing and first 15 states to report cases of virus accounted for 56 per cent of America’s population and only 30 per cent of America’s Senators. Moreover, he went on to say that corporations increasing clout with policymakers has also pushed government into acting more slowly and reopening more wackily than American people believe is safe. He ded that ‘capitalistic influence’ has more influence on policymaking than people’s welfare. 

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Meanwhile, US has highest number of confirmed cases in world. With over 1.6 million confirmed coronavirus cases, dely virus has claimed nearly 96,013 lives in country. President Donald Trump recently also said that it is a ‘bge of hour’ that country has highest number of infections globally. He also ded that it is ‘great tribute’ to testing and all of work that a lot of professionals have done. 

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19:40 IST, May 23rd 2020