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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump flees news conference when Kaitlan Collins calls him on promoting quack doctor
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/trump-storms-out-after-cnns-kaitlan-collins-puts-him-to-shame-for-prom/President Donald Trump abruptly ended his press briefing on Tuesday when CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins pressed him on his promotion of a quack doctors dangerous claims about COVID-19.
On Monday night, Trump shared a video of the doctor who falsely claimed hydroxychloroquine is a cure for COVID-19 and that it obviated the need to wear masks or undertake other mitigation measures during the pandemic. Some of her claims were clearly wrong on their face its important to reduce the risk of catching diseases even if we have a cure for them and top experts argue that the evidence continues to give little indication that hydroxychloroquine is effective against the virus. The video Trump shared was so dangerously wrong that social media platforms began removing it.
Subsequent reporting revealed that the doctor in the video is a complete quack she has previously promoted claims about alien DNA and demon sperm.
The woman that you said is a great doctor in that video that you retweeted last night said that masks dont work and theres a cure for COVID-19, both of which experts say is not true, Collins told Trump during the evening briefing. Shes also made videos saying that doctors make medicine using DNA from aliens and that theyre trying to make a vaccine to make you immune from becoming religious. So, whats the logic in retweeting that?
Trump shook his head and looked down.
I can tell you this, he said. She was on air with many other doctors. They were big fans of hydroxychloroquine. And I thought she was very impressive in the sense that where she came I dont know what country she comes from but shes said that shes had tremendous success with hundreds of different patients. And I thought her voice was an important voice, but I know nothing about her.
Trump tried to move on to another reporter, but Collins had a follow-up. As she tried to cut in, he clearly grew annoyed. He decided to give up on getting a question from another reporter, said only, Thank you very much, everybody, and quickly left the room.
Trumpy doesn't like being totally owned by a woman.
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Trump flees news conference when Kaitlan Collins calls him on promoting quack doctor (Original Post)
yellowcanine
Jul 2020
OP
"Alien DNA and demon sperm" We are now officially in the Trump Twilight Zone.
yellowcanine
Jul 2020
#5
She's also the one who asked the magic question "Who told you that?" a while back.
gulliver
Jul 2020
#8
CurtEastPoint
(18,655 posts)1. Liar: I know nothing about her.
GusBob
(7,286 posts)2. Your called the country she comes from a shithole
shithead
IggleDuer
(964 posts)3. We're the other "doctors" behind her really doctors ...
... or just actors in white coats?
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)4. There's a Nigerian prince who'll be calling
Chump soon, and he'll be so impressed that he'll take the call.
yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)5. "Alien DNA and demon sperm" We are now officially in the Trump Twilight Zone.
Reality is so so 20th Century, dontcha know?
Rebl2
(13,536 posts)6. Hydroxychloroquine
is fine for malaria or rheumatoid arthritis, but it does have serious side effects. It is not proven for Covid-19 and thought some people had serious reactions to it after taking it for Covid. Took it for years for rheumatoid arthritis and now have eye damage from it.
mcar
(42,364 posts)7. That was a thing of beauty
Especially compared with Biden's great presser a short time earlier.
gulliver
(13,186 posts)8. She's also the one who asked the magic question "Who told you that?" a while back.
tandem5
(2,072 posts)9. Flee is not the right word -- he shambled away.
yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)10. Stopped abruptly and shambled away.
How's that?
tandem5
(2,072 posts)11. Abruptly... I dunno. Maybe he ceased unexpectedly?