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Everyone is lying: Trump undercuts public health officials in fresh attacks
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/13/trump-questions-public-health-experts-twitter-359388
President Donald Trump on Monday launched new attacks on his own administrations public health officials, while the White House denied that it had perpetrated a smear campaign against Dr. Anthony Fauci, one of the most venerated voices combating the coronavirus.
As his standing in public polling sags amid record numbers of daily Covid-19 infections in the United States, Trump has continued to express public dissatisfaction with Fauci for his dire assessments of the outbreak, including on social media.
On Monday morning, he retweeted messages from the politically conservative former game show personality Chuck Woolery who served stints hosting Wheel of Fortune and Love Connection which lamented the most outrageous lies being spread about the coronavirus pandemic.
Everyone is lying. The CDC, Media, Democrats, our Doctors, not all but most, that we are told to trust. I think its all about the election and keeping the economy from coming back, which is about the election. Im sick of it, Woolery wrote in a tweet shared by the president.
In another post Trump retweeted, Woolery claimed there exists so much evidence, yes scientific evidence, that schools should open this fall. Its worldwide and its overwhelming. BUT NO.
Trump also retweeted a message from Mark Young, Woolerys co-host on his Blunt Force Truth podcast, which asked: So based on Dr. Fauci and the Democrats, I will need an ID card to go shopping but not to vote?
At an afternoon news briefing, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany insisted the president and the countrys top infectious disease expert have always had a good working relationship, even after it seemingly plummeted to a new nadir over the weekend.
The most recent public schism between Trump and Fauci, exacerbated by the formers determination to reopen the national economy and the latters dread over the nature of the outbreak, came after an apparent attempt to discredit the doctor Saturday and Sunday.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Then he says he wont, because its really Trump whos lying.
(Something like that)
RKP5637
(67,108 posts)That, is how F'ed up this ass is in the White House. It's hard to tell what floats through his impaired mind. Then, he could just monitor the number of deaths. Phew, I never though I would see the US this screwed up ... than again, there is no leadership in this country at the presidential level. I guess he figures if he does nothing, then he can't be blamed and he can go around blaming others.
enough
(13,259 posts)who have knowledge and experience. Its anarchy beyond Bannons wildest dreams.
Skittles
(153,160 posts)yup
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)We all know that the only one who is lying is YOU!