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Exactly 17 years ago Friday, former President George W. Bush appeared on the USS Abraham Lincoln with a large banner saying "Mission Accomplished." Bush was announcing the end to the war in Iraq. In fact, the war continued for nearly ten more years, when former President Barack Obama announced an official end to the war, Dec. 15, 2011.

Former Ebola Czar Ron Klain blasted President Donald Trump during an appearance on MSNBC Wednesday.

MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace noted that the White House is getting really good at deflecting blame for their role in the coronavirus crisis in the United States.

President Donald Trump denied on Wednesday that he had earlier said that the United States would soon be able to process 5 million coronavirus tests per day.

Fox Business host Stuart Varney on Wednesday chastised Vice President Mike Pence for refusing to wear a mask during his recent visit to the Mayo Clinic.

Michigan U.S. Rep. Justin Amash, a former Republican, on Wednesday defended his possible presidential candidacy over concerns that it could lead to the re-election of President Donald Trump.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) said on Wednesday that the "rest of the economy" should be immediately reopen even though it almost certainly means an increase in coronavirus deaths.

MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace wondered why House Speaker Nancy Pelosi doesn't reach out to Trump and tell him to set aside partisan politics and focus on the coronavirus. She explained it wasn't worth the time when he has been ignoring her since she became Speaker anyway.

Frank Figliuzzi, the former assistant director for Counterintelligence at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, compared President Donald Trump's mistakes around the coronavirus crisis to the warnings ignored ahead of Sept. 11, 2001 when Al-Qaeda flew planes into the World Trade Towers.

Ashley Smith, the leader of a movement to "reopen" North Carolina, was reportedly arrested on Tuesday after she disobeyed police orders.

An emergency room doctor from Odessa, Texas told MSNBC on Tuesday that he believed the state's economy should open back up to allow the virus to "go through all of us."

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) on Tuesday insisted that his remarks about sacrificing senior citizens to reopen the economy were "misreported."

"The View" co-hosts assumed that President Donald Trump couldn't stay away from the daily press briefings the coronavirus task force is continuing to do, despite his flub suggesting people inject disinfectant.