Leadership during Covid 19

The United States jumped into the Corona Virus fray on January 31st. President Trump banned all flights from China. The Democrats as usual, called his ban racist and xenophobic. The first case of the Corona Virus was confirmed on January 21st. Nancy Pelosi was in Chinatown on January 24th saying it is safe everyone come down to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

President Trump has put his face out in front of this issue, on T.V. almost everyday with his team. Good, bad or indifferent of your personal view on the man, he has been in front of the issue. The media has blown up this virus to monumental status from the get go, along with the supposed lack of PPE equipment. My wife and I every morning before work watch ESPN, low and behold, sports stars were able to buy and ship PPE equipment to healthcare workers in their communities. What about the shortage? The Massachusetts Governor asked Robert Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots to fly the team plane to China for PPE, again, the shortage?

There are no pro sports in America right now. No revenue what so ever, think of all of those stadium employees out of work. Countless sports stars donated money to their teams employees to make sure they had paychecks. Upper management of teams are taking pay cuts to keep people afloat. President Trump donated his quarterly salary to fighting the Corona Virus. One! Only one member of Congress donated salary to the Corona Virus fight, Senator Rob Portman, from Ohio donated two months of salary to help.

We have had at least four members of Congress save themselves millions of dollars in the stock market by their standing in certain committees. They broke the law being involved in, insider trading, using their knowledge ahead of news hitting the mainstream media. I am sure those four weren’t the only ones. We had the CARES ACT almost ready to pass, Nancy Pelosi came swooping in and managed to block it, spouting her joy of blocking the first iteration of the bill, eating ice cream from her millionaire kitchen. Some members of Congress don’t want to come back to work because of the virus, they are still getting paid!

Here is my take. Leadership comes in many forms, I prefer the kind that is honest open and at the end of the day, I can look myself in the mirror and say I did good things today. In some cases decisions I had to make were not easy and made my life a little harder in the short term. The long term affects made me better prepared for any bump in the road. That being said, I see no leadership from Congress, too afraid to step up because they will have to face the voters at some point! They think “their leadership” comes from the chair they sit in, in the halls of Congress. You don’t know true leadership until you put your face in front of an issue!