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"This had real effect on countless Americans' perceptions of risk..." (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Sep 2020
OP
And his cult following still believes him as he continues to say what good shape we are in!!
Thekaspervote
Sep 2020
#1
People ABSOLUTELY know it now, and they still call it a hoax, doesn't make ANY difference.
BamaRefugee
Sep 2020
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Thekaspervote
(32,755 posts)1. And his cult following still believes him as he continues to say what good shape we are in!!
Johnny2X2X
(19,038 posts)2. And not just his cult
There are millions of Americans who maybe don't pay attention to politics that much, but think that what the President says is probably true about something like this.
This was life or death, he gave people information that ensured they'd pick death.
Rhiannon12866
(205,220 posts)3. Twitter reply :
BamaRefugee
(3,483 posts)4. People ABSOLUTELY know it now, and they still call it a hoax, doesn't make ANY difference.
I don't have a single friend who thought it was "just the flu", all the info was out there for any thinking person to find, and any thinking person also knew instinctually that trump was lying about it.
And we've all done everything we could.