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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAyman Mohyeldin: Journalists will need memory span longer than a flash to hold trump accountable
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THREAD/ For weeks, Pres Trump has downplayed the risks Coronavirus posed to Americans. He either deflected or said it was under control.
If journalists are to hold elected officials accountable for their words and actions, we will need to have a memory span longer then a flash
Here is Pres Trump in his own words (and tweets) as compiled by the @NBCNews White House Unit.
Read them, save them and dont forget them so when he says Ive always known this is a real pandemic long before it was called a pandemic you can actually call him out on it
Jan. 22: Its going to be just fine. We have it totally under control.
Jan. 24 (tweet): It will all work out well.
Jan. 30: We think we have it very well under control. We have very little problem in this country at this moment
Feb. 7 (tweet): as the weather starts to warm & the virus hopefully becomes weaker, and then gone.
Feb. 10: I think the virus is going to be its going to be fine.
Feb. 14: We have a very small number of people in the country, right now, with it. Its like around 12. Many of them are getting better. Some are fully recovered already. So were in very good shape.
Feb. 19: I think its going to work out fine. I think when we get into April, in the warmer weather, that has a very negative effect on that and that type of a virus. So lets see what happens, but I think its going to work out fine.
Feb. 24 (tweet): The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA. Stock Market starting to look very good to me!
Feb 25: You may ask about the coronavirus which is very well under control in our country. We have very few people with it & the people that have it are getting better. Theyre all getting better. As far as what were doing with the new virus I think that were doing a great job
Feb. 26: Because of all weve done, the risk to the American people remains very low. When you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero. Thats a pretty good job weve done."
Feb. 28: I think its really going well. Were prepared for the worst, but we think were going to be very fortunate."
Feb. 28: Its going to disappear. One day, its like a miracle, it will disappear.
Feb. 28: This is their new hoax.
March 4: Some people will have this at a very light level and wont even go to a doctor or hospital, and theyll get better. There are many people like that.
March 9 (tweet): So last year 37,000 Americans died from the common Flu. It averages between 27,000 and 70,000 per year. Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on. At this moment there are 546 confirmed cases of CoronaVirus, with 22 deaths. Think about that!
March 10: And it hit the world. And were prepared, and were doing a great job with it. And it will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away.
March 11: I think were going to get through it very well.
March 12: Its going to go away. The US, because of what I did and what the administration did with China, we have 32 deaths at this point when you look at the kind of numbers that youre seeing coming out of other countries, its pretty amazing when you think of it.
March 15: This is a very contagious virus. Its incredible. But its something that we have tremendous control over.
March 16: If youre talking about the virus, no, thats not under control for any place in the world.
March 17: Ive always known this is a, this is a real, this is a pandemic Ive felt that it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic.
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March 17: Ive always known this is a, this is a real, this is a pandemic Ive felt that it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic.
He's a LIAR
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