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Botany

(76,697 posts)
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 09:35 PM Jun 2020

Trump, "If we stop testing right now, we'd have very few cases, if any." 100% Gaslighting

And why is Trump working so hard to gas light America today? Because his "snake oil aka
HCQ was exposed as a fraud and a scam today by the FDA.

FDA has withdrawn emergency use authorizations for two treatments pushed by Trump

POLITICO

@politico
The Food and Drug Administration has withdrawn emergency use authorizations for two controversial coronavirus treatments promoted by President Trump, amid concerns about their safety and effectiveness https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/15/fda-ends-emergency-use-of-hydroxychloroquine-319872

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213597227

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Trump, "If we stop testing right now, we'd have very few cases, if any." 100% Gaslighting (Original Post) Botany Jun 2020 OP
If we stop testing our kids, there will be no more F's in school. n/t Beartracks Jun 2020 #1
Well, yeah. If we stopped testing for cancer we'd have none of that, either. Asshole. TreasonousBastard Jun 2020 #2
Can anyone really be so fucking stupid grumpyduck Jun 2020 #3
It is all about changing the narrative and the news cycle Botany Jun 2020 #5
This is too unbelievable....is there a video of this quote... kwolf68 Jun 2020 #4
sort of lapfog_1 Jun 2020 #7
Link Quixote1818 Jun 2020 #10
Today on "Not Quite How It Works" Blue Owl Jun 2020 #6
It's the sequel to: "When we don't count the unemployed, the unemployment rate plummets!" struggle4progress Jun 2020 #8
I don't think he's gaslighting. He actually believes that stupidity. brush Jun 2020 #9

grumpyduck

(6,672 posts)
3. Can anyone really be so fucking stupid
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 09:37 PM
Jun 2020

to think anyone will fall for that bullshit?

Oh, sorry, I forgot. His followers.

Botany

(76,697 posts)
5. It is all about changing the narrative and the news cycle
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 09:42 PM
Jun 2020

So Trump's snake oil aka HCQ now exposed as a fake by the FDA so then Trump/Stephen Miller/Fox News
put out a bullshit story in order to get people saying, "Did you see what Trump just said?"

kwolf68

(8,297 posts)
4. This is too unbelievable....is there a video of this quote...
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 09:38 PM
Jun 2020

Still remember the Jim Jeffries standup about voting for Trump, he said something like ..."part of me wants him elected just to see how fucked up it can get"...Well Jim?
 

brush

(61,033 posts)
9. I don't think he's gaslighting. He actually believes that stupidity.
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 11:55 PM
Jun 2020

To his walnut-sized brain it makes sense.

No testing=no cases.

Easy peasy!

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