Former Vice President Joe Biden slammed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. Tuesday, accusing him of spreading "malarkey" about the Obama administration's preparation for pandemics like the coronavirus outbreak. "This is a bunch of malarkey and you know it, @senatemajldr," Biden tweeted above a link to the interview. But a former U.S. official who served in both the Obama and Trump administrations claimed that the playbook "was thrown onto a shelf" under Trump. The Obama administration's response has come under focus as Trump has continually blamed his predecessor for failing to ensure future administrations would have enough supplies to grapple with new pandemics. CLICK HERE TO GET COMPLETE CORONAVIRUS COVERAGEOn Friday, Obama seemed to fire back when he described the Trump administration's response as an "absolute chaotic disaster."

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