While I agree that a lot of the overt partisanship is counterproductive, in THIS particular case it was republicans an masse downplaying this virus since January until very recently and accusing Dems and the media of overblowing it . So when Republicans are on record of ignoring it and saying it's just a media hoax designed to hurt the President , then they get a memo that talks about the possible seriousness of it , THEN THEY dump the stock or buy certain stocks and CONTINUE to poo poo the virus? You see what I'm getting at here? This wasn't a both sides had the same stance and did the same things dynamic .