Particularly serious is trying to confuse a possible lab accident with a deliberate weaponization of a virus.

And the other side calling anyone suggesting a lab leak a right wing conspiracy nut wasn't politicizing it?

Was Trump the one making it political? Or were his opponents making it political by using it as a cheap excuse to accuse him of racism/xenophobia, as they did when he suggested a travel ban in March while democratic senators were explicitly encouraging citizens to visit their local chinatowns?

Two words "China virus" . He absolutely was promoting it as a theory to radicalize his base further and scare them thus making them more likely show up and vote for him so he could protect them from "the other".

He left people on stranded on a cruise ship because he didn't want the "numbers" in February 2020.

Joe Biden and the democrats strongly supported Xi's ascent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQaBdlu4rL4

So, I'd say that this actually wasn't an example of TDS the left really supports Xi and China.

So you are saying the democrats knew what Xi was going to do? Why are Democrats always ascribed to having talents of precognition and ultimate power to control the country yet they are also seen as "blundering idiots" by republicans?

biden is a liberal but he isnt a leftist by any stretch

The amount of retconning that's being attempted to shore up how dismal of a response Trump's administration had to Covid is something to behold. People were calling trump racist/xenophobic because he was calling it the china virus and the kung flu in the face of a huge rise in attacks on AAPI americans and still lying about his travel ban and about Pelosi visiting Chinatown..

https://www.factcheck.org/2020/04/trumps-false-claims-about-...

https://www.factcheck.org/2020/03/the-facts-on-trumps-travel...

tbh it went both ways