GOD BLESS AMERICA

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden went dark at the start of the second and final presidential debate on Thursday, warning Americans of an upcoming “dark winter” with no end in sight, and the deaths of 200,000 more people from the China-originated novel coronavirus.

“We’re about to go into a dark winter, a dark winter, and he [President Donald Trump] has no clear plan, and there’s no prospect that there’s gonna be a vaccine available for the majority of the American people before the middle of next year,” warned Biden.

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I know it’s a reflection of their campaign theme, too, but Trump is very hopeful and optimistic about ability of Americans to conquer Coronavirus and Biden predicts a “dark winter” of discontent and horror.

— Mollie (@MZHemingway) October 23, 2020

Biden pushing fear: “A DARK WINTER”

— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) October 23, 2020

Trump offering optimism and solutions to Wuhan coronavirus. Biden says it’s going to be a “dark winter.”

— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) October 23, 2020

Biden: Dark Winter.
Trump: Morning in America.#Debates2020

— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) October 23, 2020

Joe: “We’re going into a dark winter.”

His strategy is to scare people into voting for him. Weak. #Debates2020

— Jessica O’Donnell (@heckyessica) October 23, 2020

There is Biden again selling fear. “Dark Winter?” Southwest Airlines announced they are opening the middle seats. We need a president that is optimistic.

— Charles V Payne (@cvpayne) October 23, 2020

Trump positions himself as the hope and return to normalcy candidate. Biden as the “dark winter” fear and panic candidate.

— Jordan Schachtel (@JordanSchachtel) October 23, 2020

The Dark Winter exercise portrayed a fictional scenario depicting a covert smallpox attack on U.S. citizens. The scenario is set in three successive National Security Council (NSC) meetings (Segments 1,2 and 3) which take place over a period of 14 days. Former senior government officials played the roles of NSC members responding to the evolving epidemic; representatives from the media were among the observers of these mock NSC meetings and played journalists during the scenario’s press conferences (see Players List). The exercise itself was held at Andrews Air Force Base, Washington, D.C., on June 22-23, 2001.

The Dark Winter exercise was the collaborative effort of four organizations. John Hamre of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) initiated and conceived of an exercise wherein senior former officials would respond to a bioterrorist induced national security crisis. Tara O’Toole and Tom Inglesby of the Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies and Randy Larsen and Mark DeMier of Analytic Services Inc. (ANSER) were the principal designers, authors and controllers of Dark Winter. Sue Reingold of CSIS managed administrative and logistical arrangements. General Dennis Reimer of the Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT) provided funding for Dark Winter.