Meaning, they have to figure out a way for the science to say what they want without people thinking it is politicized.
“There’s little doubt that the American death toll from covid-19 was far higher than it needed to be and that the administration’s early unwillingness to take the issue seriously to listen to and act on the advice of experts and to communicate clearly contributed substantively to that death toll,” Oreskes said in an email.
The only complaining I recall was about Trump restricting travel and taking other early actions. Democrats were calling him xenophobic and encouraging people to go out with the crowds. There was also the obvious misinformation telling people not to worry about masks then later telling everyone to wear masks.