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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHere is trump telling everyone the Coronavirus is a "hoax":
Has he seen this yet?
Eyeball_Kid
(7,432 posts)he has NOT walked it back. He hasn't SAID that he was mistaken, or that the Hoax is NOT a hoax.
So, it's likely still true that MILLIONS of Trump's supporters believe that the COVID-19 pandemic is a hoax, because Donnie hasn't said that it isn't. It's quite likely, then, that there will be MILLIONS of people who will get infected because they are ambivalent about protecting themselves and others.
degage
(103 posts)Trump never admits he's wrong. His toadies give him sharpies and put out false press releases to back him up.
When confronted with his actions, he simply lies and says "I never said that" or "That's not what I meant" or "I was just joking." These are all in his standard playbook. He will continue to use them.
Sugar Smack
(18,748 posts)and keeping his cult members healthy. I can't imagine the sheer numbers of people who'll be waking up too late. I'm wondering why actual footage of him saying this crap isn't making at least some of them them think twice.
sprinkleeninow
(20,246 posts)🤔 🙄 🤒 😷
Sugar Smack
(18,748 posts)greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)"...is a hoax."
This is a nice soundbite for them, but what does it actually mean? What part was the "hoax" part?
Sugar Smack
(18,748 posts)And he's calling it a "hoax" out loud, over & over. Maybe he was *trying* to imply that Dems were helping this country in the quickest way, and we can't have that.
Maybe the "hoax" part means he thinks Democrats are being "phony" or something?
I have no idea either, because neither of us knows how he comes up with all this horseshit he does.
That must make us sane.
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)"He didn't say the virus was a hoax, but that the Dem and media criticisms were a hoax!"
But weren't those criticisms simply that the virus was extremely dangerous and he was not paying enough attention to it? Do you not agree that the virus is extremely dangerous (they all have to pretend that they've always agreed with this now)? Are you completely satisfied with the Admin's early response (They will say that they are, inexplicably)?
Sugar Smack
(18,748 posts)been there from the start, working as fast as they could. Plus, I saw Seema Verna make all kinds of faces behind him as he asserted that he tries never to shake anyone's hand.
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)It is essentially indefensible.
Some say "It was hard to tell the extent of the virus," at which point you say "I thought they were on it the whole time? They were both extremely proactive and knowledgeable AND didn't understand the extent? Is that your answer?"
I've heard one RWNJ say "soon to zero" doesn't mean that it won't go up, even to the thousands - just that in some short amount of time, it will crest, and go donw to zero." How do you say anything to somebody like that, other than "Sir, are you insane?"
Sugar Smack
(18,748 posts)"Fifteen soon to zero"! Huh, mr. president?
And for god's sake, if someone *finally* uttered the words, "Sir, are you insane?" to trump, or to even demand he explain what he's saying, that would give me a modicum of joy.
Stuart G
(38,421 posts)Sugar Smack
(18,748 posts)to ask him if he remembers saying the Pandemic is a hoax? It would take four seconds; "You called it a hoax?" Or "You called it a hoax...", Or my favorite, "YOU CALLED IT A HOAX!" In front of the cameras, please.
dalton99a
(81,485 posts)Sugar Smack
(18,748 posts)Don't you think?
dalton99a
(81,485 posts)They only missed his expert prediction:
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Slightly ahead of the news, eh Donnie? After this performance, he should have been Target #1.
Sugar Smack
(18,748 posts)getting it, the fact that he is *so* cheerfully going to lead them to their own demise. He really should have been target # 1.
SWBTATTReg
(22,114 posts)actually reeks of fear and the unknown. And one person that is associated w/ these fears? Trump.
No one else.
Sugar Smack
(18,748 posts)who is hellbent on causing malicious harm to his own people, not here in America. While I knew at some point we'd have trouble, this coronavirus is off the scale. The R's are either suffering from it or helping trump make things far worse.
ooky
(8,922 posts)Sugar Smack
(18,748 posts)Stuart G
(38,421 posts)Sugar Smack
(18,748 posts)I'm so glad it's out there.