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kentuck

(110,950 posts)
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 09:46 AM Feb 2020

Mulvaney tells people to turn off their TVs because the media are trying to bring down Trump.

People should only listen to the news that comes out of the White House, via Twitter and Facebook, in order to not fall for the hoax called "coronavirus". That seems to be their message?

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https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2020/02/mick-mulvaney-goes-nuts-at-cpac-and-accuses-media-of-hyping-coronavirus-to-bring-down-trump-thats-what-its-all-about/

Mick Mulvaney Goes Nuts at CPAC and Accuses Media of Hyping Coronavirus to Bring Down Trump: ‘That’s What It’s All About’

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White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney told the audience at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday that the media is only covering the spread of coronavirus because it’s out to get President Donald Trump.

According to the New York Times’ Annie Karni, Mulvaney accused the American media of using coronavirus as a political weapon, despite the fact that concerns about the virus led Japan to shut down its schools for at least a month.

“They think this will bring down the president,” Mulvaney said. “That’s what it’s all about.”

He then downplayed the health risks to Americans who contract the virus by arguing that the virus won’t kill everyone who contracts it.

“It’s not a death sentence,” he said. “It’s not the same as the Ebola crisis.”

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Mulvaney tells people to turn off their TVs because the media are trying to bring down Trump. (Original Post) kentuck Feb 2020 OP
They're whistling past the graveyard.... spanone Feb 2020 #1
You'd think they'd be more concerned about the health of Trump's voting base. tanyev Feb 2020 #2
Unless they don't really need them. durablend Feb 2020 #7
Hmmm, that reminds me of a song, what could that be? ... aggiesal Feb 2020 #21
Well, trumPutin is opening those 15 storefronts ... Hermit-The-Prog Feb 2020 #56
He's such a dangerous person Rorey Feb 2020 #3
Can the WH get any dumber? . . . . Iliyah Feb 2020 #4
they think limbaugh is a fukin genius. mulvaney is an admitted dittohead, a rush baby, like miller. certainot Feb 2020 #39
Damn Soros! durablend Feb 2020 #5
Wtf? Ohiogal Feb 2020 #6
This is what he meant to say ... aggiesal Feb 2020 #23
So according to him the whole world is in ... CatMor Feb 2020 #8
Well the world is against him. So I give it LakeArenal Feb 2020 #30
That is why Disney shut exboyfil Feb 2020 #9
One quick note...Disney doesn't own the parks in Tokyo maryellen99 Feb 2020 #37
the one in china before that. my friend's neighbor's son's family left there because of it before certainot Feb 2020 #41
Only listen to the WH. ha ha ha riversedge Feb 2020 #10
And don't stay home from a Trump rally if you have symptoms. pamela Feb 2020 #11
Gee, isn't the virus an act of God? Maeve Feb 2020 #12
IMO the media downplayed it for to long. dewsgirl Feb 2020 #13
Wasn't Mulvaney part of the gang that held hearings malaise Feb 2020 #14
btw shanti Feb 2020 #55
They've isolated a few people in the past three to four weeks malaise Feb 2020 #57
Sounds like totalitarian claptrap to me The Genealogist Feb 2020 #15
The push is on for state TV. gab13by13 Feb 2020 #16
Sounds like Mulvaney is afraid kskiska Feb 2020 #17
I want you to get up right now and go to the window. Open it, and stick your head out, and yell,... mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2020 #18
One of the greatest rants EVER!!! calimary Feb 2020 #35
true story here... avlbeerfan Feb 2020 #19
That was nice of you ... at this point I'm so fed up with people like that woman mr_lebowski Feb 2020 #29
I would have done something quite similar. 2naSalit Feb 2020 #46
Don't worry Mick, November is coming fast ... aggiesal Feb 2020 #20
This makes my heart smile. Coventina Feb 2020 #22
There's a REALLY simple solution, Mick Roland99 Feb 2020 #24
Only scared-SHITLESS amateurs would dare try sweeping Covid-19 under the carpet. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2020 #25
Pretty sure institutional investors don't get their stock market news from cable tv... ExciteBike66 Feb 2020 #26
There are madmen among us! BlueJac Feb 2020 #27
If people turn off their TVs, no rePutican will ever get elected again. So I agree with him on that ffr Feb 2020 #28
Not turning anything off. If anything, I want more access to news from other countries. nt iluvtennis Feb 2020 #31
So this is a hoax also. gibraltar72 Feb 2020 #32
He's telling them to tune out the news to shield them from Baked Potato Feb 2020 #33
So does that mean they're supposed to turn off Pox Noise? calimary Feb 2020 #38
Yes, I think it's getting that bad for them. Baked Potato Feb 2020 #43
Mulvaney is speaking to the base. Anyone with a brain won't be impacted by any johnthewoodworker Feb 2020 #34
The incubation period Scarsdale Feb 2020 #48
The media isn't going far enough imho. MontanaMama Feb 2020 #36
Just like they elected him - the media. demosincebirth Feb 2020 #40
This is standard talk radio stuff underpants Feb 2020 #42
The Pastor at my mother's batshit-crazy-end-timer church told everyone to only watch the local news OMGWTF Feb 2020 #44
Turn off my tv? You mean so I can't watch FOX ? YOHABLO Feb 2020 #45
I normally would never wish this virus on anyone. I suspect it will kill me... Frustratedlady Feb 2020 #47
HEY Skittles Feb 2020 #60
Thanks for your encouragement, but with heart problems and shortness of breath already in place, Frustratedlady Feb 2020 #62
for folk like you, caution certainly does rule Skittles Feb 2020 #63
while standing in line at the grocery store onethatcares Feb 2020 #49
And people like that guy are going to be the reason this spreads like wildfire nt maryellen99 Feb 2020 #51
You have a heck of a lot of patience my friend. I would have told the assh**e to shut the ... SWBTATTReg Feb 2020 #53
young people want free stuff like healthcare and education? ibegurpard Feb 2020 #59
Reminds me of how the USSR denied Chernobyl. muntrv Feb 2020 #50
To repubs, ignorance is bliss for their base. n/t Liberal In Texas Feb 2020 #52
CPAC Charlatan Pimps @ Absurd Chaos n/t MFGsunny Feb 2020 #54
they are supposed to be working for the American people Skittles Feb 2020 #58
"Or just don't pay your electric bill!" struggle4progress Feb 2020 #61

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
3. He's such a dangerous person
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 09:51 AM
Feb 2020

Yeah, the media has never covered any other outbreak of any virus in the past. This is the first time.

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
39. they think limbaugh is a fukin genius. mulvaney is an admitted dittohead, a rush baby, like miller.
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 12:37 PM
Feb 2020

limbaugh is a genius at denial, rationalization, and lying, but ignorant as shit, denies science, and never leaves the bubble of mansion, limo, studio, private jet, mara lago even though he daily claims to know what the little guy wants. he tells them what they want and they believe it because it comes with psycho sex-on-the-wrong-brain levels of certitude and is repeated obver and over without challenge and they can't get easy free alternatives. they all ride the limbo bandwagon, rechewing the daily smorgasbord of lies and stupid and hate. that's worked for republican dittoheads. and trump sits right behind the driver.

they've been getting dumber and dumber for the last 30 years, but the reign of limbaugh may be over soon if he starts croaking from his cancer

aggiesal

(8,864 posts)
23. This is what he meant to say ...
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 11:15 AM
Feb 2020

“Don’t listen to the news, only listen to our DICKTATOR's propaganda!"

CatMor

(6,212 posts)
8. So according to him the whole world is in ...
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 09:53 AM
Feb 2020

on the conspiracy against trump. He's as much an idiot as trump.

exboyfil

(17,857 posts)
9. That is why Disney shut
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 09:53 AM
Feb 2020

down Disney Japan. Good to know it was because it was a hoax.

Dumb ass. No corporation leaves money on the table unless they have to.

maryellen99

(3,782 posts)
37. One quick note...Disney doesn't own the parks in Tokyo
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 12:34 PM
Feb 2020

A company called the Oriental Land Company does. Disney lets them use their licenses.

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
41. the one in china before that. my friend's neighbor's son's family left there because of it before
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 12:40 PM
Feb 2020

it reached the area...... apparently...... so that's how it gets around

pamela

(3,469 posts)
11. And don't stay home from a Trump rally if you have symptoms.
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 10:11 AM
Feb 2020

They're just trying to make his rallies smaller. No need to stay home if you feel bad. It's just a cold.

malaise

(267,823 posts)
14. Wasn't Mulvaney part of the gang that held hearings
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 10:23 AM
Feb 2020

for Obama's Ebola czar?

That's the problem with projection - they think everyone is doing what they did and do.

malaise

(267,823 posts)
57. They've isolated a few people in the past three to four weeks
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 03:57 PM
Feb 2020

but all have been sent home after the two week quarantine. Been on the road for most of the day and will check if anything has changed.

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
15. Sounds like totalitarian claptrap to me
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 10:33 AM
Feb 2020

These statements tell me that they are afraid their nascent monarchy is in danger of unraveling

mahatmakanejeeves

(56,897 posts)
18. I want you to get up right now and go to the window. Open it, and stick your head out, and yell,...
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 11:05 AM
Feb 2020


I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore! Speech from Network (1080p)
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I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad. It's a depression. Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel's worth, banks are going bust, shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter. Punks are running wild in the street and there's nobody anywhere who seems to know what to do, and there's no end to it. We know the air is unfit to breathe and our food is unfit to eat, and we sit watching our TV's while some local newscaster tells us that today we had fifteen homicides and sixty-three violent crimes, as if that's the way it's supposed to be. We know things are bad - worse than bad. They're crazy. It's like everything everywhere is going crazy, so we don't go out anymore. We sit in the house, and slowly the world we are living in is getting smaller, and all we say is, 'Please, at least leave us alone in our living rooms. Let me have my toaster and my TV and my steel-belted radials and I won't say anything. Just leave us alone.' Well, I'm not gonna leave you alone. I want you to get mad! I don't want you to protest. I don't want you to riot - I don't want you to write to your congressman because I wouldn't know what to tell you to write. I don't know what to do about the depression and the inflation and the Russians and the crime in the street. All I know is that first you've got to get mad. You've got to say, 'I'm a HUMAN BEING, God damn it! My life has VALUE!' So I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window. Open it, and stick your head out, and yell, 'I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!' I want you to get up right now, sit up, go to your windows, open them and stick your head out and yell - 'I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!' Things have got to change. But first, you've gotta get mad!... You've got to say, 'I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!' Then we'll figure out what to do about the depression and the inflation and the oil crisis. But first get up out of your chairs, open the window, stick your head out, and yell, and say it: "I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!"
 

avlbeerfan

(52 posts)
19. true story here...
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 11:06 AM
Feb 2020

This morning i had to go in to my Dr`s office for a routine blood draw.
I wore an N95 mask because number 1 the flu is going around and number 2 since the CDC either cant or wont test people at large for the Corona we dont know how wide spread it is at this time.

An older woman in her 60`s actually said to me i was trying to make Trump look bad!
I said Really!!! his base is mostly made up of older people "i`m 60" and statistics show that's who is dying the most from this so arent you the lest bit concerned they seem to be worried about their portfolio`s rather than if me or you die?

Nothing further was said.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
29. That was nice of you ... at this point I'm so fed up with people like that woman
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 11:54 AM
Feb 2020

I'd probably have blurted out "I hope idiots like you catch the virus and die" and walked away.

ffr

(22,649 posts)
28. If people turn off their TVs, no rePutican will ever get elected again. So I agree with him on that
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 11:53 AM
Feb 2020

Baked Potato

(7,733 posts)
33. He's telling them to tune out the news to shield them from
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 12:15 PM
Feb 2020

the disaster they voted in. Getting close to the last act.

Baked Potato

(7,733 posts)
43. Yes, I think it's getting that bad for them.
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 12:43 PM
Feb 2020

To turn off Faux too. They have that OANN now to pick up the propaganda.

 

johnthewoodworker

(694 posts)
34. Mulvaney is speaking to the base. Anyone with a brain won't be impacted by any
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 12:16 PM
Feb 2020

statements from the white house.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
48. The incubation period
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 12:52 PM
Feb 2020

for this virus is quite lengthy. I wonder what will happen if many of the attendees at this meeting of the (lost) minds come down with it once they return home? Little Mick will be in the WH, spreading this like bedbugs at Doral. I thought the rumor was his days were numbered after admitting the quid pro quo? Must be having trouble finding anyone dumb enough to take the job.

OMGWTF

(3,901 posts)
44. The Pastor at my mother's batshit-crazy-end-timer church told everyone to only watch the local news
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 12:46 PM
Feb 2020

There's no need to know what's going on around the country or the world because … God... blah, blah, blah, God.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
47. I normally would never wish this virus on anyone. I suspect it will kill me...
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 12:51 PM
Feb 2020

being elderly and with health issues. However, I do think Trump and his administration could use a little humbling so they know how the rest of us feel about this horrible fiasco. They should have started preparing the day after China realized what was going on.

That said, it wouldn't hurt them to suffer a few days with the virus and might benefit America by their attitude change. That will come after suffering, as I imagine most are pretty spoiled when it comes to human suffering. A little taste will help them become human.

Just sayin'.

Skittles

(152,965 posts)
60. HEY
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 05:51 PM
Feb 2020

toughen up, Frustratedlady - don't fear the virus: take precautions but also tell yourself, the majority of people DO survive this virus, and so can you........I think a good kick ass attitude helps when battling illness, yes indeed

and you SOOO right about Trump INC - all they are doing is trying to limit their culpability - they don't seem to get that the more they act like this, the more people lose confidence in them.....not that we smart Dems EVER had confidence in the orange ass clown and his bootlickers

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
62. Thanks for your encouragement, but with heart problems and shortness of breath already in place,
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 07:43 AM
Feb 2020

I don't expect an easy time of it if I do catch it. It's bad enough to be stuck with Trump in office, but if he is the one to cancel out my vote by virus, I'll be very pissed.

I am loaded for bear with disinfectants and groceries. As of yesterday, I am confining myself to home until we figure out WTH is going on. Obviously, we can't trust anything coming out of the White House.

Take care of yourself, too.

Skittles

(152,965 posts)
63. for folk like you, caution certainly does rule
Sat Feb 29, 2020, 04:58 PM
Feb 2020

everyone should practice simple hygiene but we know that does not always happen......stay tuned on DU, there's always good information to be found for those with a discerning eye

onethatcares

(16,133 posts)
49. while standing in line at the grocery store
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 01:40 PM
Feb 2020

this a.m. I learned that China has had only 48 cases of the virus and it's due to the diet of rats, bats, dogs, cats, centipedes, spiders, and a bunch of other stuff we don't eat.

I also learned that Canadian hog farms have inspections and that's why the pork from there is so expensive. If meat processors were allowed to do away with those inspections our grocery bills would be a lot lower,

Finally, the final piece of education I got was that the young people want to turn the United by gaud States of America into socialists and get all this free stuff, like education and healthcare.

thankfully, the line for lottery tickets cleared out and the gentleman that informed me of all this bought his ticket and walked away.

I was speechless, well more like, I couldn't get a word in edgewise cause rimballs had set this guy straight and he wasn't going to hear any librul nonsense.

I left the store feeling the need to wash my hands for 20 minutes and buy stock in the clorox company who's stock had gone up $5.00 a share in the past 3 days according to him.

SWBTATTReg

(21,859 posts)
53. You have a heck of a lot of patience my friend. I would have told the assh**e to shut the ...
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 02:45 PM
Feb 2020

blank up and that I am not what-so-ever interested in hearing about his BS. Period.

Have a good one!

Skittles

(152,965 posts)
58. they are supposed to be working for the American people
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 05:44 PM
Feb 2020

but all they are doing is covering for Trump

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