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19. Isn't Trump's characterizing the COVID-19 warnings as a hoax concocted by Democrats...
Mon Apr 13, 2020, 07:33 PM
Apr 2020

... tantamount to claiming that those warnings and alerts were fake, false untrue, and in Trump’s inverted “reality,” were actually nothing more than scare-stories to make him look bad? And by implication, those warnings about the virus are not only something to be ignored, but something to be weaponized against Democrats, which they were indeed.

For awhile, social media was overflowing with belligerent garbage spread by bots and 45’s cult members, all centered on the insane idea that the COVID virus warnings and projections were really a “Democrat (sic) hoax” to ruin Trump’s fantastic, greatest-in-history presidency and his “soaring economy.”

Trump may not have specifically said, “the virus is a hoax,” but he drew the dots and connected half of them for his followers. He’s very cagey about directing his cult. It’s the one thing he does well, regrettably.

Early and often elleng Apr 2020 #1
I dunno but I'm wondering why MontanaMama Apr 2020 #2
The Press???? sfstaxprep Apr 2020 #3
Really? sheshe2 Apr 2020 #31
Here ya go. sheshe2 Apr 2020 #33
Oh! sheshe2 Apr 2020 #34
I've challenged Trumpers with that and all they can say is, everything the democrats were doing to brewens Apr 2020 #8
They have. sheshe2 Apr 2020 #32
Feb 28th... Refers to Dem response to his response as a hoax.. jmg257 Apr 2020 #4
Snopes Is Being Silly ProfessorGAC Apr 2020 #23
Has snopes been playing a lot of semantics lately? Is it still run by the same people than Eliot Rosewater Apr 2020 #26
I Don't Think So, In General ProfessorGAC Apr 2020 #29
2-28 Touch Myself Rally...he never said that virus itself was a hoax... Thomas Hurt Apr 2020 #5
Feb 28, 2020 n/t FreeState Apr 2020 #6
Feb 28 at rally handmade34 Apr 2020 #7
He did. The best they can come up with really is that was not what he meant. n/t brewens Apr 2020 #10
always the excuse handmade34 Apr 2020 #13
That's why Windy City Charlie Apr 2020 #9
At one of the rallies in Late February WestCoastYellowDog Apr 2020 #11
Exactly, Sir --- And Welcome To The Forum The Magistrate Apr 2020 #14
The Inferred Nuance... ProfessorGAC Apr 2020 #24
And They Should, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #28
Hardly matters - neither the virus nor the urgency of dealing with it malaise Apr 2020 #18
It depends on how one interprets the comment jberryhill Apr 2020 #12
The Trouble With That Exculpatory Reading, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #17
Magistrate, Sir, I struggled for an hour to put into words what you did so swiftly and eloquently. VOX Apr 2020 #20
Thank You, Sir The Magistrate Apr 2020 #21
The bottom line jberryhill Apr 2020 #22
Yes & No ProfessorGAC Apr 2020 #25
Does Anyone Care About Convincing Shit-Heels Who Support The Cheap Thug, Sir? The Magistrate Apr 2020 #27
Isn't Trump's characterizing the COVID-19 warnings as a hoax concocted by Democrats... VOX Apr 2020 #19
All the presidential race Democrats were demanding effective action. heckles65 Apr 2020 #15
one of his public statements from a campaign rally in February beachbumbob Apr 2020 #16
Might be able to work it out from this: meadowlander Apr 2020 #30
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