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TeamPooka

(24,223 posts)
Mon Jul 13, 2020, 06:25 PM Jul 2020

'Everyone is lying': Trump undercuts public health officials in fresh attacks

‘Everyone is lying’: Trump undercuts public health officials in fresh attacks
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/13/trump-questions-public-health-experts-twitter-359388

President Donald Trump on Monday launched new attacks on his own administration’s public health officials, while the White House denied that it had perpetrated a smear campaign against Dr. Anthony Fauci, one of the most venerated voices combating the coronavirus.

As his standing in public polling sags amid record numbers of daily Covid-19 infections in the United States, Trump has continued to express public dissatisfaction with Fauci for his dire assessments of the outbreak, including on social media.

On Monday morning, he retweeted messages from the politically conservative former game show personality Chuck Woolery — who served stints hosting “Wheel of Fortune” and “Love Connection” — which lamented the “most outrageous lies” being spread about the coronavirus pandemic.

“Everyone is lying. The CDC, Media, Democrats, our Doctors, not all but most, that we are told to trust. I think it’s all about the election and keeping the economy from coming back, which is about the election. I’m sick of it,” Woolery wrote in a tweet shared by the president.

In another post Trump retweeted, Woolery claimed there exists “so much evidence, yes scientific evidence, that schools should open this fall. It’s worldwide and it’s overwhelming. BUT NO.”

Trump also retweeted a message from Mark Young, Woolery’s co-host on his “Blunt Force Truth” podcast, which asked: “So based on Dr. Fauci and the Democrats, I will need an ID card to go shopping but not to vote?”

At an afternoon news briefing, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany insisted the president and the country’s top infectious disease expert “have always had a good working relationship,” even after it seemingly plummeted to a new nadir over the weekend.

The most recent public schism between Trump and Fauci, exacerbated by the former’s determination to reopen the national economy and the latter’s dread over the nature of the outbreak, came after an apparent attempt to discredit the doctor Saturday and Sunday.

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'Everyone is lying': Trump undercuts public health officials in fresh attacks (Original Post) TeamPooka Jul 2020 OP
Guv. Cuomo said, "So fire them. Why would you keep someone who's lying to you?" soothsayer Jul 2020 #1
The idiot's next ... might be an Executive Order to stop ALL testing across the US. RKP5637 Jul 2020 #2
Deliberately fomenting chaos, confusion, suspicion and lack of faith in people enough Jul 2020 #3
it is Putin's wet dream Skittles Jul 2020 #4
Save it. smirkymonkey Jul 2020 #5

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
1. Guv. Cuomo said, "So fire them. Why would you keep someone who's lying to you?"
Mon Jul 13, 2020, 06:31 PM
Jul 2020

Then he says he won’t, because it’s really Trump who’s lying.

(Something like that)

RKP5637

(67,107 posts)
2. The idiot's next ... might be an Executive Order to stop ALL testing across the US.
Mon Jul 13, 2020, 06:33 PM
Jul 2020

That, is how F'ed up this ass is in the White House. It's hard to tell what floats through his impaired mind. Then, he could just monitor the number of deaths. Phew, I never though I would see the US this screwed up ... than again, there is no leadership in this country at the presidential level. I guess he figures if he does nothing, then he can't be blamed and he can go around blaming others.


enough

(13,259 posts)
3. Deliberately fomenting chaos, confusion, suspicion and lack of faith in people
Mon Jul 13, 2020, 06:43 PM
Jul 2020

who have knowledge and experience. It’s anarchy beyond Bannon’s wildest dreams.

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