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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPoll: 90% of Republicans trust Trump for COVID-19 information, 84% trust CDC
A new CBS/YouGov poll asked Democrats who they trust for information on the coronavirus pandemic. Their answers are instructive: the CDC 87%, your governor 75%, the media 72%, friends and family 72%, religious leaders 44%, President Trump 14%.
Compare that to the answers of Republicans: President Trump 90%, the CDC 84%, friends and family 81%, religious leaders 71%, your governor 65%, the media 13%.
https://politicalwire.com/2020/03/25/two-very-different-takes-on-coronavirus/
bluestarone
(16,867 posts)Moostache
(9,895 posts)Now? I hope to see a lot of them infect each other and die, but I hate that they are doing so at the cost of innocent people as well...
Eliot Rosewater
(31,106 posts)them
Latest numbers, 150 million infected which will require over SEVEN MILLION ventilators...guess how many we have
120,000
a kennedy
(29,618 posts)This just burns my ass. Ugh......
Moostache
(9,895 posts)This is NOT about ideology...it is about flat out truth and lies.
How does one see or hear something like "We have it very much under control in this country." less than a month ago and then somehow square that circle with the shut downs of New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, San Francisco and entire states around the nation?
How the fuck does ANYONE trust Trump on ANYTHING unless they're high or having a stroke?
Jan. 30: We think we have it very well under control. We have very little problem in this country at this moment five and those people are all recuperating successfully. But were working very closely with China and other countries, and we think its going to have a very good ending for us that I can assure you. Trump in a speech in Michigan.
Feb. 10: Now, the virus that were talking about having to do you know, a lot of people think that goes away in April with the heat as the heat comes in. Typically, that will go away in April. Were in great shape though. We have 12 cases 11 cases, and many of them are in good shape now. Trump at the White House. (See our item Will the New Coronavirus Go Away in April?)
Feb. 14: Theres a theory that, in April, when it gets warm historically, that has been able to kill the virus. So we dont know yet; were not sure yet. But thats around the corner. Trump in speaking to National Border Patrol Council members.
Feb. 23: We have it very much under control in this country. Trump in speaking to reporters.
Feb. 24: The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA. We are in contact with everyone and all relevant countries. CDC & World Health have been working hard and very smart. Stock Market starting to look very good to me! Trump in a tweet.
Feb. 26: So were at the low level. As they get better, we take them off the list, so that were going to be pretty soon at only five people. And we could be at just one or two people over the next short period of time. So weve had very good luck. Trump at a White House briefing.
Feb. 26: And again, 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. Trump at a press conference.
Feb. 26: I think every aspect of our society should be prepared. I dont think its going to come to that, especially with the fact that were going down, not up. Were going very substantially down, not up. Trump at a press conference, when asked if U.S. schools should be preparing for a coronavirus spreading.
Feb. 27: Its going to disappear. One day its like a miracle it will disappear. Trump at a White House meeting with African American leaders.
Feb. 29: And Ive gotten to know these professionals. Theyre incredible. And everything is under control. I mean, theyre very, very cool. Theyve done it, and theyve done it well. Everything is really under control. Trump in a speech at the CPAC conference outside Washington, D.C.
March 4: [W]e have a very small number of people in this country [infected]. We have a big country. The biggest impact we had was when we took the 40-plus people [from a cruise ship]. We brought them back. We immediately quarantined them. But you add that to the numbers. But if you dont add that to the numbers, were talking about very small numbers in the United States. Trump at a White House meeting with airline CEOs.
March 4: Well, I think the 3.4% is really a false number. Trump in an interview on Fox News, referring to the percentage of diagnosed COVID-19 patients worldwide who had died, as reported by the World Health Organization. (See our item Trump and the Coronavirus Death Rate.)
March 7: No, Im not concerned at all. No, weve done a great job with it. Trump, when asked by reporters if he was concerned about the arrival of the coronavirus in the Washington, D.C., area.
March 9: 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! Trump in a tweet.
March 10: And were prepared, and were doing a great job with it. And it will go away. Just stay calm. It will go away. Trump after meeting with Republican senators.
A day later, on March 11, the WHO declared the global outbreak a pandemic.
[link:https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/22/politics/fact-check-trump-coronavirus-false-claims-march/index.html|
TwilightZone
(25,428 posts)His approval rating among those same 90% hasn't moved much in years, on anything.
bluestarone
(16,867 posts)FLAT EARTHERS!!!!!!
TheBlackAdder
(28,167 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)congregate so be it. Just saying.
The Wizard
(12,536 posts)The poorly educated.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)Rainbow Droid
(722 posts)LizBeth
(9,952 posts)saying that Trump would open country in a couple weeks and we would all be ready to go. Didn't even bother to point out it was not going to happen. Took my extra week, which give me a week and half now. I figure in another week they will be calling me again.
malaise
(268,715 posts)Forward March!
That is all!
renate
(13,776 posts)They will follow him to their deaths.
And they have a perfect right to choose to do so. Its just so frustrating that innocent people will get dragged down with them.
I have a family member who probably still trusts him. I dont want her to die. I want the president to quit telling lies to his credulous, trusting, gullible followers just because he cant distinguish between his wishes and reality. Or because he doesnt care because to him they are expendible and anything that improves his odds of reelection even a little is worth it to him.