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Attorney General William Barr late Wednesday claimed that the Washington press corps is on a "jihad" against President Trump over his promotion of an anti-malaria drug to treat the novel coronavirus. In an interview ..., Barr lauded Trump's response to the outbreak of the virus, saying that the president's been "very statesmanlike" in his efforts to work with governors around the country to address the crisis.
He railed against the media's coverage of those efforts, though, arguing that the president has been the target of "snarky, gotcha questions from the White House media pool." He said that as soon as Trump promoted hydroxychloroquine, the press launched a concerted effort to discredit the drug.
"Before the president said anything about it, there was fair and balanced drug of this very promising drug," Barr continued. "And the fact that it had such a long track record, the risks were pretty well-known. As soon as Trump said something positive about it, the medias been on a jihad to discredit the drug."
Trump has aggressively promoted hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment to COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, even as leading health experts warn that not enough is known about the drug's effects.
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/491936-barr-claims-media-is-on-jihad-against-trump-over-promotion-of-anti-malaria
BKDem
(1,733 posts)STFU, asshole.
spanone
(135,791 posts)HAB911
(8,867 posts)Lindsay
(3,276 posts)comes with a Certificate of Doctoring, suitable for framing, that allows them to promote whatever quackery they'll profit from, science notwithstanding.
Moostache
(9,895 posts)Fuck I am sick and tired of these imbeciles thinking that they are more educated than people who actually STUDY things like virology, epidemiology, medicine and public health...
You are a (bad hack) lawyer Barr, now get the fuck back in your coffin its daylight right now...
Walleye
(30,977 posts)The Magistrate
(95,241 posts)Give him an enema, you could bury him in a matchbox.
MissMillie
(38,529 posts)ME ME ME ME ME ME
With a nod to Bill Maher--New Rule:
You don't get to complain about ANYTHING AT ALL, until you fully serve your country--which is in crisis mode, BTW.
Never the f*ck mind about having power, keeping power.
You're hear to serve the nation. Get it done or get out of the way.
gibraltar72
(7,498 posts)duforsure
(11,884 posts)How long before trumps using him to silence them Putin style, like they did to Epstein.
Docreed2003
(16,850 posts)We "challenged" Trump because the study that claimed it was beneficial was severely flawed and and the "data" was suspect at best! Wtf does he know about medicine anyway....other than the fact he's probably as financially invested in this as Trump is