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EarlG

(21,935 posts)
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 10:12 AM Oct 2020

Pic Of The Moment: Let This Sink In



Study Finds 'Single Largest Driver' of Coronavirus Misinformation: Trump


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Pic Of The Moment: Let This Sink In (Original Post) EarlG Oct 2020 OP
I am Jack's total lack of surprise... Moostache Oct 2020 #1
There's lying going on here. I'm shocked. Shocked. Cyrano Oct 2020 #2
The deaths and suffering of others bring him joy. dalton99a Oct 2020 #3
He feels that he got to be number one at something Cyrano Oct 2020 #4
It's going to get worse Larissa Oct 2020 #17
trump LIED about it for "70 days.. calling it Cha Oct 2020 #5
Is it a legal stretch to prove he lied with intent to deceive so he could "save" Wall Street? BeckyDem Oct 2020 #6
there is NO mention or consideration of radio because it is not readable or searchable except certainot Oct 2020 #7
"Vaccine or no vaccine, we're back"... czarjak Oct 2020 #8
Holy crap. How many people has he killed??? LymphocyteLover Oct 2020 #9
THIS. Had Bolton not fired the CDC team in China, things might have been completely different. nt crickets Oct 2020 #21
He is a menace all around the world pandr32 Oct 2020 #10
This does not surprise me one bit Larissa Oct 2020 #11
Great idea DENVERPOPS Oct 2020 #12
For tRump, there's no filter between the brain and the mouth like most people. NoRoadUntravelled Oct 2020 #13
I wish he'd get it, he fucking deserves nothing less. rickyhall Oct 2020 #14
A.P. is reporting that Trump has cancelled his Wisconsin rally Larissa Oct 2020 #15
38% sounds extremely low Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2020 #16
No surprise to me apkhgp Oct 2020 #18
Not surprised at all. TigressDem Oct 2020 #19
Trump is the worst thing that has happened to America and the world Aussie105 Oct 2020 #20
Congrats, donnie. crickets Oct 2020 #22

Moostache

(9,895 posts)
1. I am Jack's total lack of surprise...
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 10:17 AM
Oct 2020

Trump has been lying about COVID-19 since January and has NEVER stopped.
He is incapable of admitting he was wrong, even as infections rise (AGAIN after schools reopened, just as after the "economy" was reopened, and after Memorial Day and 4th of July and Sturgis and Tulsa and on and on) and deaths are sure to follow.

There are two things that have happened of consequence with COVID since March - 1) healthcare workers have become better equipped to slow the disease and its progression to help lower the death rate and 2) Republicans found out that it affected minorities and the poor more than whites and the rich and have acted EXACTLY as you expect for a bunch of racist turds.

The misinformation and frankly disinformation continue to flow like all the other lies from Trump and his sycophantic enablers.

Larissa

(788 posts)
17. It's going to get worse
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 06:28 PM
Oct 2020

Winter is coming. As usual wash hands, wear your mask. But, above all, stay away from people indoors: restaurants, bars, parties. Yes, it is schizophrenic that across America bars, restaurants and parties continue. Just don't! People tend not to wear masks at these venues, where they congregate for hours. When people get lubricated by booze, the spittle flies like confetti. Even during sober conversations, the droplets still magic carpet ride in the air. Consequently, they remain the most dangerous places you can be when it comes to contracting the novel coronavirus. The breeze from the air conditioners (spit launchers) recirculate and SARS-CoV-2 surfs right into the nostrils, its preferred landing strip. How do I know this? Science, baby!*


* Science Daily: Key nose cells identified as likely COVID-19 virus entry points
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200423130420.htm

Cha

(296,871 posts)
5. trump LIED about it for "70 days.. calling it
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 10:32 AM
Oct 2020
"democrat hoax".. admitting to Bob Woodward that it was deadly & air borne.. so of course he made sure to Mock wearing Masks.

Then he has these fucking govs like desantis & kemp acting like mini trumps.. fucking their states up.. and all his Cult spreading the trump Virus whenever and wherever they get a chance.

I can't imagine how they came up with trump as the head spreader of Misinformation.

BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)
6. Is it a legal stretch to prove he lied with intent to deceive so he could "save" Wall Street?
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 10:43 AM
Oct 2020

He sure as hell never tried to prevent the spread of the disease.

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
7. there is NO mention or consideration of radio because it is not readable or searchable except
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 10:51 AM
Oct 2020

for limbaugh transcripts except in this trump disaster it is the single biggest source. the WH/trump coordinates with it- they all called COVID a hoax, like a common cold, politicizing masks, herd immunity etc

republican talk radio reaches 50 mil/week and at $1000/hr x 1200 stations x 15hrs/day it's worth about 90MIL/week FREE

putin figured that out a long time ago and has probably been feeding it since at least 2008

LymphocyteLover

(5,638 posts)
9. Holy crap. How many people has he killed???
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 11:21 AM
Oct 2020

And I still think an early more robust response in China a year ago could have stopped this massive global outbreak that has killed a million people.

Larissa

(788 posts)
11. This does not surprise me one bit
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 12:21 PM
Oct 2020

To Trump, the lives of Americans are expendable. Business profits and the investor class are Trump's agenda over any and all measures our government needs to take to protect Americans. Trump is swimming in debt and needs the largess of corporations to help get him out of it. This is just the latest example of how the Trump administration has hijacked the Centers for Disease Control. There are rumors about that Dr. Redfield, the C.D.C. Director, will resign. It was in this way that Trump helped to make the meat processing industry in the U.S. hot zone super spreaders. A good step towards stopping the spread of COVID-19 is to vote Trump out.

The New York Times: White House Blocked C.D.C. Order to Keep Cruise Ships Docked
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/30/health/covid-cruise-ships.html

"The White House has blocked a new order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to keep cruise ships docked until mid-February, a step that would have displeased the politically powerful tourism industry in the crucial swing state of Florida."

DENVERPOPS

(8,790 posts)
12. Great idea
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 12:57 PM
Oct 2020

Instead of all these articles listing all of each day's lies,

Why doesn't someone just document the times he tells the truth??????? Much simpler.........

It has become a national pastime for everyone to log on and see what lies he has told in the last 24 hours.
He loves the fact that he has a captive audience to all his antics and lies. A Narcissist's wet dream......

NoRoadUntravelled

(2,626 posts)
13. For tRump, there's no filter between the brain and the mouth like most people.
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 02:49 PM
Oct 2020

It's just an open tunnel gushing hot air except when he decides to share classified intel with foreign adversaries.

Larissa

(788 posts)
15. A.P. is reporting that Trump has cancelled his Wisconsin rally
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 05:50 PM
Oct 2020

I watched a Wisconsin medical director on t.v. last night. The hospitals have reached maximum with COVID-19 patients and they are starting to use the hospital hallways and unused spaces for beds. Sounds like NYC in the beginning. Trump will, however, be holding other outside, airport rallies in Wisconsin.

https://www.startribune.com/trump-s-plans-for-rally-in-western-wisconsin-up-in-the-air/572602462/

apkhgp

(1,068 posts)
18. No surprise to me
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 10:06 PM
Oct 2020

Not when you know everything out of his mouth is a lie. Until this nation bands together and votes that asshole out of OUR WHITE HOUSE we will have to keep on dealing with him.

THIS ELECTION PLEASE PLEASE ON THIS ELECTION

AND THEN ON INAUGURATION DAY
WE CAN LIVE A LOT EASIER

TigressDem

(5,125 posts)
19. Not surprised at all.
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 10:17 PM
Oct 2020

The more people that die in this pandemic, the less people to vote against him.

The worse it gets the more he can say, "Oh, it's a national emergency, I can't step down until it's over."

What a maroon.

Aussie105

(5,334 posts)
20. Trump is the worst thing that has happened to America and the world
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 11:04 PM
Oct 2020

since the Great Dinosaur Extinction.

Nothing else comes close.

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