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Thu Apr 9, 2020, 11:18 PM Apr 2020

Laura Ingraham and Fox News Medical Guests Met With Trump to Discuss Hydroxychloroquine: Report

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Thu, Apr 09, 2020
Laura Ingraham and Fox News Medical Guests Met With Trump to Discuss Hydroxychloroquine: Report
By Daniel Villarreal On 4/7/20 at 12:23 AM EDT


Fox host Laura Ingraham and two of her regular medical guests—cardiologist Ramin Oskoui and infectious disease specialist Stephen Smith—reportedly met privately with U.S. President Donald Trump and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn last Friday to persuade him to endorse the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment for coronavirus, according to The Washington Post.

Ingraham has been promoting the drug as a potential treatment to coronavirus on her Fox News show and has referred to the two aforementioned doctors as her "medicine cabinet." During the meeting, Smith said he showed Trump documents and "a detailed presentation" about hydroxychloroquine's benefits "based on his own experiences and studies" and its uses in hospitals.

White House officials who spoke anonymously with The Post to candidly comment on the meeting said it "appeared to be an effort to press Trump to ratchet up his public support for the drug." Trump reportedly "listened intently" and left "seemingly determined" to push for its wider use.

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https://www.newsweek.com/laura-ingraham-fox-news-medical-guests-met-trump-discuss-hydroxychloroquine-report-1496472?fbclid=IwAR2Uu5wLagactl21Kqn_oh3usxMr8adfVEtmktntbP7xDQKkTMd66Ngtujk

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Laura Ingraham and Fox News Medical Guests Met With Trump to Discuss Hydroxychloroquine: Report (Original Post) babylonsister Apr 2020 OP
... and now we have "doctor" William Barr ... IllinoisBirdWatcher Apr 2020 #1
And that, folks is a prime time TV version of an echo chamber... Wounded Bear Apr 2020 #2
They are so low they have to reach up to touch the curb in the morning. CentralMass Apr 2020 #3
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