Trump accuses NY governor of creating 'death panels' in Fox coronavirus rant

[RandySF]

During a Fox News “town hall” with President Trump and the White House coronavirus task force, Trump read a headline from the right-wing website Gateway Pundit that accused New York Governor Andrew Cuomo of establishing “death panels” in his response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Citing the article, Trump said that Cuomo “had a choice” to order thousands of ventilators back in 2015 but refused to do so.

“This says, ‘New York Governor Cuomo rejected buying recommended 16,000 ventilators in 2015 … for a pandemic,'” Trump said, reading from a printout of the article. “‘…established death panels and lotteries instead.’ So, he had a chance to buy in 2015, 16,000 ventilators at a very low price and he turned it down. I’m not blaming him or anything else, but he shouldn’t be talking about us.”

It should be noted that the Gateway Pundit has an incredibly low credibility rating from fact checkers. According to the media watchdog group NewsGuard, the Gateway Pundit “regularly publishes hoaxes and widely shared conspiracy theories.”




https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/oh-my-god-viewers-shocked-as-insane-trump-accuses-ny-governor-of-creating-death-panels-in-fox-coronavirus-rant/

[C_U_L8R]

1. Trump wants to pick a fight with Gov Cuomo?

Pass the popcorn. This'll be an orange crush.

[Grammy23]

2. I'd pay good money to watch that Beat Down.

trump going down.

[Roland99]

3. Ventilator cost, in 2005, dollars - $548,000,000

https://www.aast.org/GeneralInformation/mechanicalventilation.aspx

-Mean hospital costs were $34,257 dollars (+/- $40,559 dollars) with lower average costs in rural and small hospitals.

[duforsure]

4. Coming from the person responsible for this becoming as bad as it is now

Because he knew but refused to do anything about it, and still is refusing to help in a time of a National Emergency . He continues lying to the American people , and by his own suggestions this was a hoax , and people can rush back to work early before its over shows he could care less about the health of the American people. He's too lazy and greed driven to help OUR country now. His failures are pilling up fast now, and lies. He'll blame the people for this soon, never himself, just watch him.

[SunSeeker]

5. Trump is a one man death panel. nt

[angstlessk]

6. How many lives did trump save with that revelation?

[dalton99a]

7. Says the purveyor of death and destruction.

[gratuitous]

8. Trump will say anything to deflect culpability

I'm waiting for the Nazi frogmen* to burst in through the window.

*Long time readers of Doonesbury will get the reference.