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brooklynite

(94,469 posts)
Sun Oct 18, 2020, 11:31 PM Oct 2020

Trump says if Biden's elected, "he'll listen to the scientists"

Source: Axios

The Biden campaign slammed President Trump after he said at a Nevada rally Sunday if his Democratic presidential rival Joe Biden were elected there'd be more coronavirus pandemic lockdowns because "he'll listen to the scientists."

What he's saying: "If I listened totally to the scientists, we would right now have a country that would be in a massive depression," Trump said.

The other side: Biden campaign spokesperson Andrew Bates said in an emailed statement, "Donald Trump tanked the strong economy he inherited from the Obama-Biden Administration by continually discounting and attacking warnings from the scientific and medical experts working around the clock to save lives.


Read more: https://www.axios.com/trump-warns-lockdowns-if-biden-elected-scientists-c1263b65-15c9-47a1-9d6b-63161f6c5170.html



The horror.....
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Trump says if Biden's elected, "he'll listen to the scientists" (Original Post) brooklynite Oct 2020 OP
He truly needs a straight jacket................. turbinetree Oct 2020 #1
In spades ...... secondwind Oct 2020 #4
I like your quote from Mrs. Roosevelt............ turbinetree Oct 2020 #5
Versus trump who only listens to himself because he's a stable genius. CatMor Oct 2020 #2
LOL This is another SNL skit in the making onetexan Oct 2020 #3
That's in the "I'm Joe Biden, and I approve this message" territory n/t NotASurfer Oct 2020 #6
I'd prefer a President who wasn't an acolyte of John Calvin. Hugin Oct 2020 #7
Trump's an ass. Talitha Oct 2020 #8
Had to confirm that this was not Borowitz GeoWilliam750 Oct 2020 #9
That's what I did, too. murielm99 Oct 2020 #22
Anyone that supported Trump after the first 6 months as well as those that continue to support him cstanleytech Oct 2020 #10
To me, it seemed obvious in 2016 before the election. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2020 #20
Aye but I am trying to give some people a chance to simply have made the mistake of voting for cstanleytech Oct 2020 #26
Better they be slow & make good decision than fast & make wrong decision Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2020 #30
God save us orangecrush Oct 2020 #11
Just reading the text, I swear I can hear Grokenstein Oct 2020 #12
Fox let him go on and on but in the end he was too fucking nutz for them and cut him off. Botany Oct 2020 #13
45* acts as if Jamaal510 Oct 2020 #14
For the record: The U.S. has the highest number of cases and death toll from COVID-19 in the world. riversedge Oct 2020 #15
Tell me again what primitive planet this is we landed on. KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2020 #16
... Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2020 #17
Thanks, BD. That's a keeper. KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2020 #18
A massive depression, like New Zealand and Canada? Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2020 #19
"duh"!!! yuiyoshida Oct 2020 #21
If we'd PREPARED for the pandemic we already knew was imminent... Beartracks Oct 2020 #23
Oh, the horror! Listening to scientists! sinkingfeeling Oct 2020 #24
BREAKING: Joe Biden responds brooklynite Oct 2020 #25
8 million unemployed sounds suspiciously like a " massive depression." mpcamb Oct 2020 #27
Yes... and even if doing what scientists said DID make it worse... thesquanderer Oct 2020 #38
In today's NYT, "virus under control, China's economy surges" central scrutinizer Oct 2020 #28
Worse yet, Biden will force schools to teach science dalton99a Oct 2020 #29
Afterward, Trump said he's accepted not winning the Noble Prize. CaptYossarian Oct 2020 #31
"Nobel Prize? Never heard of it!" durablend Oct 2020 #36
Just one more reason to not vote for Trump. marble falls Oct 2020 #32
Yeah, this Biden guy is scary. Turbineguy Oct 2020 #33
A loving dad with the persona of Mr. Rogers who listens to scientists. Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2020 #34
Fascism kwolf68 Oct 2020 #35
My God every day Donald Trump out-stupids himself Blue Owl Oct 2020 #37

Hugin

(33,106 posts)
7. I'd prefer a President who wasn't an acolyte of John Calvin.
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 12:33 AM
Oct 2020

Who's hobby was burning scientists in the village square. Who invented the concept of divine providence. Who said usury was fine and dandy with God.

cstanleytech

(26,273 posts)
10. Anyone that supported Trump after the first 6 months as well as those that continue to support him
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 12:55 AM
Oct 2020

are IMO the very definition of the deplorables that Hillary was talking about.

cstanleytech

(26,273 posts)
26. Aye but I am trying to give some people a chance to simply have made the mistake of voting for
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 09:12 AM
Oct 2020

him simply because they got in the habit of voting for a Republican.
If they continued to support him after that though then they are completely unredeemable.

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,986 posts)
30. Better they be slow & make good decision than fast & make wrong decision
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 10:08 AM
Oct 2020

Maybe they were quick to decide for tRump in 2016 and slow to realize they made a big mistake.

Grokenstein

(5,721 posts)
12. Just reading the text, I swear I can hear
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 01:31 AM
Oct 2020

Last edited Mon Oct 19, 2020, 03:50 AM - Edit history (1)

the little birdies chirping as they circle his head.

Botany

(70,479 posts)
13. Fox let him go on and on but in the end he was too fucking nutz for them and cut him off.
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 01:44 AM
Oct 2020
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214312773

Flat out fucking nutz! On Fox now.

Biden will take away your 2nd amendment freedoms and raise your taxes too.

The man is hopped up on goof balls.

And Joe Biden will turn off the lights and close all the casinos in Nevada too.

500,000 bad ballots were sent out in VA. 50,000 bad ballots in OH.


riversedge

(70,177 posts)
15. For the record: The U.S. has the highest number of cases and death toll from COVID-19 in the world.
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 02:51 AM
Oct 2020



............For the record: The U.S. has the highest number of cases and death toll from COVID-19 in the world. Infections jumped almost 17% over the past week as the number of new cases increased in 38 states and Washington, D.C.

Beartracks

(12,806 posts)
23. If we'd PREPARED for the pandemic we already knew was imminent...
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 07:31 AM
Oct 2020

... we might have 1) instituted contract tracing, targeted quarantines, and limited lockdowns, and 2) avoided the economic disaster that 3) has occurred already under Trump.

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thesquanderer

(11,982 posts)
38. Yes... and even if doing what scientists said DID make it worse...
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 03:34 PM
Oct 2020

...exactly how many hundreds of thousands of lives is a better economy worth?

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
31. Afterward, Trump said he's accepted not winning the Noble Prize.
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 10:38 AM
Oct 2020

He told staffers that "not even the guy who invented gravity, Sir Fig Newton, had won it".

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,159 posts)
34. A loving dad with the persona of Mr. Rogers who listens to scientists.
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 11:30 AM
Oct 2020

Wow, way to go on your framing of the diabolical evil that is Joe Biden, Team Trump!

kwolf68

(7,365 posts)
35. Fascism
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 11:35 AM
Oct 2020

Persecuted the arts, science, academia. Only lackeys and yes men are allowed in the building under a fascist dictatorship.

Blue Owl

(50,325 posts)
37. My God every day Donald Trump out-stupids himself
Mon Oct 19, 2020, 03:00 PM
Oct 2020

How does he do it and yet maintain ANY sense of legitamacy?

I guess his base really is THAT stupid.

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