Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

The United States will be powerfully supporting those industries, like Airlines and others, that are particularly affected by the Chinese Virus. We will be stronger than ever before!

6:51 PM · Mar 16, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1239685852093169664

John Pavlovitz
@johnpavlovitz
Replying to
@realDonaldTrump
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@realdonaldtrump
, it's time to play, 'Name That Pandemic!'

Two weeks ago: "Democratic Hoax."
Today: "Chinese Virus."
November3rd: "The Reason I Lost."

#ChineseVirus
9:01 PM · Mar 16, 2020·Twitter Web App

https://twitter.com/johnpavlovitz/status/1239718573788053504

During a press conference addressing the growing coronavirus outbreak this Monday, President Trump tried to stress to a room full of reporters that the outbreak was so unexpected that no one knew about it a month ago.

“We have an invisible enemy. We have a problem a month ago nobody ever thought about,” Trump said. “It’s just so contagious — sort of record-setting type contagion.”

But as POLITICO’s Dan Diamond points out, it’s now almost two months to the day that Trump was warned about the impending pandemic.

“In presser, Trump says ‘we have a problem that a month ago nobody ever thought about,'” Diamond wrote. “Trump was first briefed about coronavirus threat almost exactly two months ago today.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/busted-trump-said-nobody-knew-about-coronavirus-a-month-ago-but-he-was-briefed-two-months-ago/

Louie Gohmert single-handedly holds up House coronavirus bill before it can be sent to Senate



https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/louie-gohmert-single-handedly-holds-up-house-coronavirus-bill-before-it-can-be-sent-to-senate/

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) on Monday reportedly blocked “technical corrections” to a House coronavirus relief bill that was scheduled to be sent to the Senate.

Gohmert told Bloomberg’s Laura Litvan that he didn’t know if his concerns could be resolved in time to vote on the technical corrections on Monday.

Laura Litvan
@LauraLitvan
"Technical fix" is a dull-sounding name for something that has to happen before the Senate will take up the coronavirus bill. It's a change that Republicans want to see related to virus-related paid leave for employees of small businesses.
12:11 PM · Mar 16, 2020·Twitter Web App

https://twitter.com/LauraLitvan/status/1239585128122376196

Mar-a-Lago forced to shut down for coronavirus ‘deep cleaning’ after multiple guests test positive



https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/mar-a-lago-forced-to-shut-down-for-coronavirus-deep-cleaning-after-multiple-guests-test-positive/

Trump’s beloved Mar-a-Lago resort won’t be open to the public Monday. The nearly one-hundred year-old Florida mansion and members-only club will be shut down for a deep cleaning after several guests of the President later tested positive for the coronavirus. Among them, several members of the Brazilian president’s administration.

“Members were notified via email that the club will be closed Monday for cleaning,” CNN reports.

But after the deep cleaning, details of which were not made public, is complete, it will be business as usual.

“Dinner will be served as usual Tuesday through Saturday,” CNN notes.

Mrs. Betty Bowers
@BettyBowers

On this #NationalDayOfPrayer, pray that next time a pandemic strikes, we have a president who is actually competent, and addresses national health emergencies with facts, honesty, and science, not patronizing gimmicks like a "National Day of Prayer."
12:07 PM · Mar 15, 2020·Twitter Web App

https://twitter.com/BettyBowers/status/1239221674567970816

Google completely undercuts Trump’s announcement of a new coronavirus testing website

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/google-completely-undercuts-trumps-announcement-of-a-new-coronavirus-testing-website/