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Trump rallies his base to treat coronavirus as a hoax
At a South Carolina rally on the eve of the Democratic primary, the president also sought to manage expectations about the White Houses response to the outbreak.
By NANCY COOK and MATTHEW CHOI
02/28/2020 08:40 PM EST
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. President Donald Trump on Friday night tried to cast the global outbreak of the coronavirus as a liberal conspiracy intended to undermine his first term, lumping it alongside impeachment and the Mueller investigation.
He blamed the press for acting hysterically about the virus, which has now spread to China, Japan, South Korea, Iran, Italy and the U.S, and he downplayed its dangers, saying against expert opinion it was on par with the flu.
Then Trump called the coronavirus their new hoax.
Trumps comments came as the White House has struggled to adequately respond to and contain the coronaviruss increasingly sweeping path. At the rally held here on the eve of the Democratic primary in South Carolina he sought to manage Americans expectations about the White Houses ability to fight it.
By undermining the news reporting on the virus and by trying to hold liberals responsible for a potential public health crisis that has little to do with politics, Trump did what he often does best: He sought to deflect blame at a time when many Americans sought leadership and scientific facts.
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kysrsoze
(6,019 posts)Poiuyt
(18,114 posts)We need a leader NOW. Not some fool.
madaboutharry
(40,190 posts)He belongs in a psychiatric ward. Shame on his family for not getting him the medical care he desperately needs.
Ohiogal
(31,909 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,816 posts)vastly overreacting, a hoax it is not.
I'm sure it's too much to hope that Republican leaders would come out and say that perhaps it's not serious, but it is definitely not a hoax.
icymist
(15,888 posts)What a moran.
Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)like he has done at times with Global Warming. It's amazing how he can totally fool millions of American adults with his third-grade level excuses that should make them laugh and say WTF.
SammyWinstonJack
(44,129 posts)safeinOhio
(32,641 posts)Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)Response to babylonsister (Original post)
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tulipsandroses
(5,122 posts)And they all get together and get real close to each other at one of those rallies?
If only we could contain them if that happens so they don't spread it to others.
Ron Klein just said, anyone that still believes Trump at this point deserves what they get. I agree - the problem is if this becomes highly infectious then they will bring others down with them. Sigh. But they are just too fucking dumb for words.
BigmanPigman
(51,567 posts)GoneOffShore
(17,337 posts)Here's a video about the virus - what it is, how it works, what precautions to take.
Around 5:39 they begin to talk about who is most likely to die from it.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)He is such a repulsive, lying pig.
tinrobot
(10,885 posts)Anyone who believes this tripe will not protect themselves, will not believe they are infected, and will also infect others.
This will only make it worse.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,741 posts)marybourg
(12,586 posts)All those sick people all across the world are really just crisis actors.
How did this ever happen in the U.S. of A.?
B Stieg
(2,410 posts)or somebody is already cutting ads featuring that clip.
I hope not a single soul dies. But lots of us are going to either get sick or quarantined.
I'm 60 and a diabetic with MS. I'm laying as low as I can go, including starting to video record lectures for my students in case they close my university.
Right now, the virus is still a little to the north and west of me. But I'm not far from an air force base and lots of places where everybody shops and eats. Sigh.
keithbvadu2
(36,655 posts)Crunchy Frog
(26,578 posts)to demonstrate their faith in him by gathering closely together in confined spaces, and coughing and sneezing all over each other.
That'll show those Democrat hoaxers!
ck4829
(35,038 posts)moondust
(19,958 posts)SammyWinstonJack
(44,129 posts)ck4829
(35,038 posts)Rollo
(2,559 posts)captain queeg
(10,092 posts)Then the Dems and liberals arent just trying to make him look bad, hell say they are intentionally killing his followers. Of course they be too stupid to figure out everyone is at risk. I do suppose his followers stupidly mike make them get infected at a greater rate.
Rollo
(2,559 posts)Note: the most severe cases involve multiple interventions, culminating in putting them respirators, temporarily paralyzing them in the prone (face-down) position. Takes a LOT of medical resources to do this. Think your hospital will have the resources to do this for large numbers of patients?