Rep. Ted Lieu Says Trump And Fox News Are To Blame For Severity Of U.S. Coronavirus Outbreak

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Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) said on Tuesday that the constant downplaying of the coronavirus from Donald Trump and Fox News contributed to the severity of the outbreak that is now wreaking havoc across the United States.

In an interview with MSNBC’s Ari Melber, the Democratic lawmaker said, “The president kept saying things that were false and misleading, and it led a lot of people to go and not social distance, it led a lot of people to take actions they shouldn’t have.”

Rep. Lieu added, “[Fox News] just kept giving false information, misleading information to many Americans, and they really should apologize for what they did.”

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Keep repeating that fact over and over. Just let the conservative incompetence sink in as we watch the body bags going into truck trailers.

[pat_k]

1. More than "apologize." I hope there are lawsuits.

I know there will be cases where the causal chain can be proven. I hope people take it to the courts and sue the propagandist liars on air and the organization and producers who allowed them to mislead people into killing themselves or a loved one.

[BComplex]

2. Fox "news" has single handedly done more permanent damage to this country

than any other person or thing anyone can point to. They need to be off the air.

[ResistantAmerican17]

3. If you are liable for yelling "fire" in a crowded theater

Then you should be liable for screaming “just ignore it” to people in a flooding basement.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. Spot The Lie!

There isn't one. Lieu is on the money.

[cstanleytech]

5. I disagree about blaming Trump.

Oh its not that he is doing a good job........far from it in fact but rather imo the ones we should really hold accountable are the Republican Senators who decided to fuck the American people and the nation over by not impeaching Trump because they wanted him to stack the court with more judges of their choice.

[Grokenstein]

6. Strike out "apologize"...

and substitute "be burning in hell by this afternoon."