ANTHONY FAUCI/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/MEDIA: “Great job by Jim Jordan, and also some very good statements by Tony Fauci. Big progress being made! RT @thehill WATCH: Jim Jordan grills Fauci on protests, COVID-19 spread http://hill.cm/dCDNiGp“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 31, 2020 8:03 am […]
Category: Coronavirus
7/31/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/DEMS/FAKE NEWS: “Somebody please tell Congressman Clyburn, who doesn’t have a clue, that the chart he put up indicating more CASES for the U.S. than Europe, is because we do MUCH MORE testing than any other country in the World. If we had no testing, or bad testing, we would show very few CASES.. …..Our […]
7/30/2020
CHILDREN/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “Children are at the lowest risk of any age group from the virus. Indefinite school closures will inflict lasting harm to our nation’s children. We must follow the science and get students safely back to school, while protecting children, teachers, staff, and family. We have to remember that there’s another side to this: Keeping […]
7/30/2020
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “We can never, ever forget the people that have been lost, and we never will. We’ll never forget them; never forget what happened. This [coronavirus] could have been stopped in China. They should have stopped it, and they didn’t.” -Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in Press Briefing | July 30, 2020,” whitehouse.gov, July […]
7/30/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “The primary purpose of a shutdown was to flatten the curve, ensure sufficient hospital capacity, and develop effective [coronavirus] treatments and therapies to reduce mortality. And we’ve done that. But it can come rearing back when you least suspect it. We did the right thing initially. We saved millions of lives, what we did. […]
7/30/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “All over the world, they’re having tremendous problems. A resurgence has taken place in many countries that people thought were doing well. Despite a wide range of approaches to the [coronavirus] pandemic between countries, this resurgence in cases is occurring throughout large portions of our planet… The virus was said to be under control, […]
7/30/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “And I have to say, America grieves for all of the 150,000 Americans who had their lives taken by this horrible, invisible enemy. We mourn their loss, as a nation; we mourn their loss, as people — as people that love one another. And we’re working very hard to not only contain this horrible […]
7/30/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Let me begin by expressing our sadness at the passing of a wonderful man and a dear friend of mine, Herman Cain. He was a very special person. I got to know him very well. And unfortunately, he passed away from the thing called the China virus.” -Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump […]
7/30/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We’re months and months into this pandemic, and still President Trump has failed to step up and mobilize an all-out response to COVID-19 or to drive a safe and effective recovery. It’s unacceptable. We need to extend meaningful and substantial relief for workers now and ensure our states and local governments […]
7/30/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/RALLY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump paid tribute to Herman Cain, who died Thursday of coronavirus complications at 74… Cain spent nearly a month in the hospital with coronavirus before he succumbed to the disease. As co-chair of Black Voices for Trump, he attended President Trump’s controversial, indoor and largely maskless rally in Tulsa, Okla., in late […]
7/30/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “I’m once again urging all Americans to protect the elderly, socially distance, wear a mask when you cannot avoid the crowded places. And if you can, you have to avoid crowded places. It just seems like so many things are taking place in crowded places. We don’t want that. And always wash your hands […]
7/30/2020
CHILDREN/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/EDUCATION: “Young people are almost immune to this [coronavirus] disease. The younger, the better, I guess. They’re stronger. They’re stronger. They have a stronger immune system. It’s an incredible thing. Nobody has ever seen this before. Various types of flu will hurt young people more than older people. But young people are almost immune. If […]
7/30/2020
2020 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/VOTE BY MAIL/VOTING: “The President is just raising a question about the chaos Democrats have created with their insistence on all mail-in voting. They are using coronavirus as their means to try to institute universal mail-in voting, which means sending every registered voter a ballot whether they asked for one or not. Voter rolls […]
7/30/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “My Administration has been focused on finding treatments for Coronavirus. If you’ve recovered from Coronavirus, donate your plasma today to help SAVE LIVES! Together, we will beat the Virus! http://Coronavirus.gov“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 30, 2020 12:45 pm […]
7/30/2020
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/FAKE NEWS/MEDIA: “Major China Virus flare ups in many of the countries that the Fake News was touting as doing so well. Some of these countries are now a disaster. Lamestream Media doesn’t want to report this. Also, highly inaccurate numbers being reported by many other countries!!! @WSJ“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 30, 2020 2:33 […]
7/29/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/MILITARY/VACCINES: “President Donald Trump says the U.S. military has an elaborate plan to distribute a coronavirus vaccine across the country at rapid speed. But defense and administration officials say otherwise… Two defense officials told McClatchy on the condition they not be identified that the military commands most likely to have a stake in establishing a […]
7/29/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We need an effective, coordinated nationwide [coronavirus] testing and tracing program. We need more PPE for health care workers. We need a comprehensive plan to get this virus under control. We need this president to do his job.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, July 29, 2020 12:17 pm […]
7/29/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “And with hydroxy [hydroxychloroquine], all I want to do is save lives. I don’t care if it’s hydroxy or anything else. All I want to do is save lives. If we can save lives, that’s great. Now, one thing: We’re doing very well on vaccines and very well on therapeutics. So that’s very important. […]
7/29/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/FBI/GOP: “Let’s build a new FBI building — either a renovation of the existing, or even better would be a new building. So we have that in the [coronavirus stimulus] bill. It should stay.” [Reporter: “But Republicans don’t want it in the bill.”] “Then Republicans should go back to school and learn. They need a new […]
7/29/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TWITTER: “Donald Trump doubled down on his decision to retweet a video of Houston doctor Stella Immanuel in which Ms Immanuel touts the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine in treating patients of Covid-19 and dismisses masks as unnecessary in stopping its spread. In the past, Ms Immanuel has made several dubious medical claims, including the […]
7/28/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VACCINES: “[W]hat percent is American people saying if the [coronavirus] vaccine were there tomorrow, they wouldn’t take it? And it’s not the usual anti-vaccine crowd it’s beyond that because people are losing faith in what the president says. Think about it. The words of a president matter significantly. They can, as I […]
7/28/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I called a long time ago, meaning several months, that we should be putting together right now, and we should be providing about $25 billion to do it, to make sure that we have a detailed plan once a [coronavirus] vaccine is in fact found, God willing sooner than later, to […]
7/28/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Look, from the beginning of my view, the President has given us a false choice. He said that we have to get back to work and also deal with COVID. You can’t get this country going again unless you get COVID under control. And so he has been really late in […]
7/28/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/DACA/IMMIGRATION/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It’s unconscionable that the Trump Administration has continued its attacks on DACA recipients, especially while our country is battling COVID-19 and many of these young people are risking their lives to keep us safe and healthy. Nearly a third of all current DACA recipients are essential workers helping our communities respond […]
7/28/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “When I took over, we didn’t even have a [coronavirus] test.” [Jonathan Swan: “Why would you have a test?”] “There was no test for this—” [Jonathan Swan: “The virus didn’t exist.”] “There was no test for this. We didn’t have a test because there was no test… And in a very short order, we got […]
7/28/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “We have tested more people than anybody ever thought of. India has 1.4 billion people. They’ve done 11 [coronavirus] million tests. We’ve done 55, it’ll be close to 60 million tests. And there are those that say, you can test too much.” [Jonathan Swan: “Who says that?”] “Oh, just read the manuals, read the books.” […]
7/28/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “Under the circumstances right now, I think it’s [coronavirus] under control. [Jonathan Swan: “How? 1,000 Americans are dying a day.”] “They are dying. That’s true. And it is what it is. But that doesn’t mean we aren’t doing everything we can. It’s under control as much as you can control it. This is a […]
7/28/2020
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “Nobody knew the extent. Nobody knew how contagious it was. You know what? Maybe China knew.” -Donald Trump in a July 28, 2020 interview with Jonathan Swan, “AXIOS on HBO: President Trump Exclusive Interview (Full Episode) | HBO,” YouTube.com, Aug. 3, 2020 […]
7/28/2020
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “Nobody knew what this thing was all about. This has never happened before. 1917, but it was a totally different, it was a flu in that case. Okay? But other than 1917, there’s never been anything like this… This was sent to us by China, one way or the other, and we’re never going […]
7/28/2020
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “I think we’ve done an incredible job, between the ventilators and stopping very infected people from China coming in, meaning putting the ban on China, which frankly nobody wanted me to do, practically nobody because it was very early in January. Then putting the ban on Europe, not an easy thing to do. When […]
7/28/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “Don’t listen to anybody who tells you not to wear a mask. It matters. We’re going to overcome this. Listen to what the scientists say, not the politicians. And I’m a politician, I know, but I’m listening to the scientists. Wear a mask. Socially distance. Make sure that you take care of yourself.” […]
7/28/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: [Reporter: “Mr. President, the woman that you said is a great doctor in that video that you retweeted last night said masks don’t work and there is a cure for COVID-19, both of which health experts say is not true. She’s also made videos saying that doctors make medicine using DNA from aliens, and […]
7/28/2020
ANTHONY FAUCI/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I have a very good relationship with Dr. Fauci… And he’s got this high approval rating, so why don’t I have a high approval rating with respect — and the administration, with respect to the virus?… So it sort of is curious: A man works for us — with us, very […]
7/28/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TWITTER: “I happen to think, based on what I’ve read — I’ve read a lot about hydroxy [hydroxychloroquine]. I happen to think that it has an impact, especially at the early years. There were some very good tests at Ford, and the doctor from Yale came up with a very, very strong testament to it. […]
7/28/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TWITTER: [Reporter: “can you clarify your position on the efficacy of hydroxychloroquine after you retweeted a video making claims that it is effective?”] “I wasn’t making claims. It’s recommendations of many other peoples and — people, including doctors. Many doctors think it is extremely successful — the hydroxychloroquine — coupled with the zinc and perhaps […]
7/28/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “I ask all Americans, regardless of background or age, to practice social distancing — which people have gotten very used to, but we have to keep doing it; remain vigilant about hygiene; avoid indoor gatherings and large gatherings, but especially indoor, especially where you have crowded bars; and that you wear a mask whenever […]
7/28/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/NATIVE AMERICANS: “We’re also working aggressively to combat the virus and Native American and Alaska Native communities. Under the CARES Act, we provided $8 billion to address the coronavirus in tribal communities, and we’ve worked very hard with tribal communities. They’re very vulnerable to this horrible plague. It’s the largest investment in Indian Country in […]
7/28/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/VACCINES: “We’ve dramatically ramped up production of materials needed for a [coronavirus] vaccine and are on track to rapidly produce 100 million doses as soon as a vaccine is approved, which could be very, very soon, and 500 million doses shortly thereafter. So we’ll have 500 million doses. And, logistically, we’re using our military, our […]
7/28/2020
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/DRUGS: “Today my administration has taken a momentous step toward achieving American pharmaceutical independence — a very, very big, big step — a focus of our campaign to bring America’s critical supply chains and medical manufacturing back to the USA. We’ve been working on this for a long time. This is a core of our […]
7/28/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/ECONOMY/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Right now, we’re in the midst of one of the greatest threats to small businesses our country has ever seen. What does Donald Trump do? Give big banks the green light to make millions of dollars in fees by favoring their most well-off and well-connected clients while shutting the door on […]
7/28/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A change of ‘tone’ over a few days does not change the facts of the last four years. Donald Trump fails the basic threshold test of being president — the duty to care about the entire country, not just himself. He has shown that he can’t beat the [coronavirus] pandemic to keep […]
7/28/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “Nearly 150,000 Americans are now dead from Covid-19, and counting. More than 4 million Americans have tested positive, and counting. Black and Latino people have been three times as likely to be infected — and two times as likely to die from the virus as white people. More than 30 Million people are […]
7/27/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/DEMS/ECONOMY/FAKE NEWS/JOE BIDEN/MEDIA/POLICE/PROTESTS: “The Fake News Media is trying to portray the Portland and Seattle ‘protesters’ as wonderful, sweet and innocent people just out for a little stroll. Actually, they are sick and deranged Anarchists & Agitators who our great men & women of Law Enforcement easily control, but who… ….would destroy our American cities, […]
7/27/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “Tonight, Jill and I are thinking about the 150,000 families left emptier by this virus. To anyone who’s struggling, sick, or wondering how they’ll get through the day: know that I will not abandon you. We’ll fight through this crisis together, and emerge stronger than ever.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, July 27, 2020 8:30 […]
7/27/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VACCINES: “The White House should not weigh in on these matters or push the FDA to provide emergency authorizations prematurely, as they did for hydroxychloroquine. The President should not ‘hype’ [coronavirus] treatments or vaccines, overstate their results, or undermine confidence in scientific findings.” -Joe Biden, “My Statement on Vaccines,” medium.com, July 27, […]
7/27/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VACCINES: “The American people’s health depends on confidence in the safety of any vaccine… Today, I am calling on President Trump to commit to the three principles of integrity in the development of a [coronavirus] vaccine… First, scientists and public health experts decide on safety and efficacy… Second, clinical data for any […]
7/27/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/ECONOMY: “So with all that we’ve done, we made and brought this country to the greatest point in its history. We never had an economy like we had prior to the China plague or China virus coming in. We never had numbers like it. We are going to have them again. And everyone knows I’m […]
7/27/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/VACCINES: [Reporter: “When is the soonest you expect a vaccine to be ready for Americans to take?”] “Well, I heard very positive things, but by the end of the year, we think we’re in very good shape to be doing that. By the end of this year, we’re going to — in terms of the […]
7/27/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “We report our [coronavirus] cases; most of the world doesn’t. They either don’t do testing, therefore they have very few cases, even though people are sick, or they just don’t report it.” -Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in Press Briefing on COVID-19,” whitehouse.gov, July 27, 2020 […]
7/27/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/VACCINES: “We’re mass producing all of the most promising [coronavirus] vaccine candidates in advance so that on the day one that it’s approved, it’ll be available to the American people immediately. And we’ll probably have a lot for a lot of other people throughout the world. The world is suffering from this China virus.” -Donald […]
7/27/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/VACCINES: “A groundbreaking agreement with Pfizer includes a guarantee to deliver 100 million doses shortly after the [coronavirus] vaccine’s approval — almost immediately — with the option to purchase an additional 500 million thereafter. Not only is Operation Warp Speed accelerating the development of a vaccine, we’re also directing a colossal industrial mobilization to ensure […]
7/27/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/VACCINES: “We will achieve a victory over the virus by unleashing America’s scientific genius, which is what it is. I’m therefore proud to announce that this morning, the Moderna vaccine has officially entered phase three already. And that’s phase three clinical trials: the final stage before approval. There’s never been anything like this, in terms […]
7/26/2020
2020 ELECTION/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/FAKE NEWS/JOE BIDEN/MEDIA: “We do more testing than any country in the World, by far, over 55 million tests. Fake News @CNN says we should do more testing. But even if we did 100 times more, they would then say it is still not enough. They are totally discredited, just want Sleepy Joe to […]
7/26/2020
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/ECONOMY/SPORTS/VACCINES: “Because of my strong focus on the China Virus, including scheduled meetings on Vaccines, our economy and much else, I won’t be able to be in New York to throw out the opening pitch for the @Yankees on August 15th. We will make it later in the season!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 26, 2020 […]
7/26/2020
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/NANCY PELOSI: “Crazy Nancy Pelosi said I made a mistake when I banned people from infected China from entering the U.S. in January. Tens of thousands of lives were saved, as she danced in the Streets of Chinatown (SF) in late February. Biden agreed with her, but soon admitted that I was right!“ ––Donald […]
7/25/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump ordered his administration to slow down coronavirus testing, he tried to block CDC funding, and he has ignored the experts from day one. His actions defy both logic and humanity. What kind of president actively undercuts efforts that will save lives?” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, July 25, 2020 1:00 pm […]
7/24/2020
ANTHONY FAUCI/CORONAVIRUS: “Back then [in March 2020], the critical issue was to save the masks for the people who really needed them, because it was felt that there was a shortage of masks. Also, we didn’t realize at all the extent of asymptotic spread [of coronavirus]… because 20-40 percent of the people who are infected […]
7/24/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/POLLS: “The polls are starting to really shape up. Dave, we were doing great. We were sailing. George Washington would have had a hard time beating us. And then when the China virus came in, all of a sudden, it’s a dampener, it really is.” -Donald Trump, “Dave “Walter Cronkite” Portnoy Interviews Donald Trump at […]
7/24/2020
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “Everybody was making a lot of money. Everybody was doing good, and it was coming together, and then China sent us this horrible, bad present, a real bad present. They could have stopped it. They should’ve stopped it. We made a trade deal with China, and it was a great deal, but it means […]
7/24/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/PRESS SECRETARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: [Reporter: “Kayleigh, the President’s tone on the virus this week seems to have changed. He’s advocated a few different times for Americans to wear masks.”] “There has been no change [in tone]. The President said, on March 31st, before there was even a recommended but not required guidance given by the […]
7/23/2020
CHILDREN/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/EDUCATION: “Fortunately, the data shows that children are lower risk from the China virus, very substantially. When children do contact the virus, they often have only very mild symptoms or none at all, and medical complications are exceedingly rare. Those that do face complications often have underlying medical conditions. Ninety-nine percent of all China virus […]
7/23/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/DHS/PROTESTS: “I said, ‘There’s nothing more important in our country than keeping our people safe, whether that’s from the China virus or the radical-left mob that you see in Portland’ — where I want to thank Homeland Security and others in law enforcement for doing a fantastic job over the last few days. They went […]
7/23/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/FLORIDA/GOP: “This afternoon, my political team came to me and laid out our plans for the convention in Jacksonville, Florida. It’s a place I love. I love that state. The drawings look absolutely beautiful… But I looked at my team, and I said, ‘The timing for this event is not right. It’s just not right […]
7/23/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “We’ve had a tremendous week uniting the country in our fight against the China virus. I have reminded people of the importance of masks when you can’t socially distance, in particular. A strong message has been sent out to young people to stop going to crowded bars and other crowded places.” -Donald Trump, “Remarks […]
7/23/2020
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “We have to get rid of this horrible plague that hit us and it hit us hard. But it didn’t just hit us. It hit the whole world, Sean. The whole world was hit. China allowed it to escape to Europe and to the whole world, including us. And they are suffering.” -Donald Trump […]
7/23/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “Well, you know, at the beginning, many people, many very respected people, I won’t mention names, but many respected people were saying don’t wear a mask, that they’re bad. You touch your face too much, and you get your hands near your eyes and your nose and they are bad. And then all of […]
7/23/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “COVID-19 infections are going up. The number of deaths is going up. This morning it was announced that, once again, the number of unemployment claims is going up. Donald Trump is moving us backwards. The American people are paying the price.” -Joe Biden, Twitter.com, July 23, 2020 2:42 pm […]
7/23/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/PUTIN/SAUDI ARABIA: “This morning, I spoke with President Putin of Russia, and they’re going through a very hard time with this [coronavirus]— in Moscow, in particular. I spoke to the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. They’re doing well, but they’re going through a lot. Everybody is going through a lot. Yesterday, I spoke to the […]
7/23/2020
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “[W]e ask all Americans to exercise vigilance, practice social distancing, wear a mask, do whatever is necessary so we get rid of this horrible situation — this horrible [coronavirus] disease that was sent to us by China. It should not have been sent. They should have stopped it. They could have stopped it. They […]
7/22/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/EDUCATION: “So, yeah, I would like to see the schools open 100 percent. And we’ll do it safely; we’ll do it carefully. But when you look at the statistics I just read, having to do with children and — and safety, they’re very impressive. They have very strong immune systems… Now, they don’t catch it […]
7/22/2020
BORDER/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/MEXICO/WALL: “We’re also sharing a 2,000-mile border with Mexico, as we know very well, and cases are surging in Mexico, unfortunately. I was with the President, and it’s a big problem for Mexico. But [coronavirus] cases are surging very sharply and all across the rest of the Western Hemisphere. Two hundred and fifty-seven miles of […]
7/22/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/SENIORS: “As discussed yesterday, the China virus poses the greatest threat to our senior citizens, as we all know. The median age for those who die from the virus is 78 years old, and nearly half of the deaths have occurred among those living in nursing homes or long-term care facilities. That’s really something. In […]
7/22/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “Today, my administration reached a historic agreement with Pfizer to produce and deliver 100 million doses of their [coronavirus] vaccine immediately following its approval. Hopefully, the approval process will go very quickly. And we think we have a winner there. We also think we have other companies right behind that are doing very well […]
7/21/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/PRESS SECRETARY: “The President has always been consistent on this: that masks, according to the CDC, are recommended but not required. He has said that he would wear one in the case he couldn’t appropriately socially distance… He’s been consistent, even going back to March 31st, when he said then, ‘My feeling is, if people […]
7/21/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It’s been reported by the president’s staff, that the president is quote, ‘Not really working this anymore.’ He doesn’t want to be distracted by it. Doesn’t want to be distracted by it. His own staff admits that Donald Trump fails the most important test of being an American president, the duty […]
7/21/2020
CHILDREN/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “I know that the case of childcare facilities across the nation is dire. People are looking for help desperately, and they’ve had to close their doors and lay off staff. And they’re not getting the protective equipment they need to reopen. The virus hotspots where they exist, and they exist all over the […]
7/21/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “I have no problem with the masks. I view it this way: Anything that potentially can help — and that certainly can potentially help — is a good thing. I have no problem. I carry it. I wear it. You saw me wearing it a number of times, and I’ll continue.” -Donald Trump, “Remarks […]
7/21/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: [Reporter: “You’ve been saying for months the virus would simply disappear, and now you’re saying that it’s likely to get worse before it gets better. If it does keep getting worse, if Americans keep dying, are you responsible for them?”] “Well, the virus will disappear. It will disappear. I think that — I always […]
7/21/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “Two [coronavirus] vaccine candidates are entering the final stage of clinical trials this month. This was achieved in record time. It used to be years before you were in a position like we are right now. Four other vaccines will enter final trials in the following weeks, and we’re mass producing all of the […]
7/21/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “If you watch American television, you’d think that the United States was the only country involved with and suffering from the China virus. Well, the world is suffering very badly. But the fact is that many countries are suffering very, very, very badly, and they’ve been suffering from this virus for a long time.” […]
7/21/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “The median age of those who succumb to the China virus is 78 years old. Roughly half of all deaths have been individuals in nursing homes or in long-term care… Young adults may often have mild or even no symptoms. They won’t even know they’re sick. They won’t have any idea that they have […]
7/21/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “The China virus is a vicious and dangerous illness, but we’ve learned a great deal about it and who it targets. We are in the process of developing a strategy that’s going to be very, very powerful. We’ve developed them as we go along. Some areas of our country are doing very well; others […]
7/21/2020
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/FAKE NEWS/MEDIA: “You will never hear this on the Fake News concerning the China Virus, but by comparison to most other countries, who are suffering greatly, we are doing very well – and we have done things that few other countries could have done!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 21, 2020 12:39 am […]
7/20/2020
CONGRESS/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TAXES: “The White House has floated at least three proposals to cut taxes for the super-wealthy and corporations. Congress should reject all of them… Congressional Republicans should focus on ending the outrageous tax loophole for hedge fund investors and real estate developers that was hidden away in the CARES Act — not ending enhanced […]
7/20/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Due in large part to the President’s inept response to the crisis, tens of millions of workers still depend on unemployment benefits to make ends meet — and nearly one in ten American small businesses shut down in the week following July 4th alone. The need for substantial, immediate relief is […]
7/20/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Morning after morning, Americans are waking to the heart-wrenching news of escalating infection and death totals — and an economic crisis exacerbated by Donald Trump’s catastrophic failure to get the virus under control. How is President Trump responding? He is making a push to block $25 billion for testing and contact […]
7/20/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “We have tremendous progress on [coronavirus] vaccines and therapeutics. We’re getting reports. We’re studying the reports very closely. I think people are going to be very pleasantly surprised with what’s going on on the vaccine front and the therapeutic front.” -Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump on Phase Four Negotiations,” whitehouse.gov, July 20, 2020 […]
7/20/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: [Reporter: “So you’re bringing back the coronavirus briefings?”] “Well, we had very successful briefings. I was doing them, and we had a lot of people watching — record numbers watching. In the history of cable television — television, there’s never been anything like it… But we’ve have had this big flare-up in […]
7/20/2020
BRAZIL/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/RUSSIA: “I see that over the weekend — I guess on Friday — there was a worldwide number of death [over 600,000 coronavirus deaths] worldwide. Because when you watch the news — the local news — and you see it, and it’s, like, all about the United States. They never like to talk about what’s […]
7/20/2020
CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “It [coronavirus] came from China. It should have never been allowed to get out. They could have stopped it. They could have stopped it easily. They chose not to. And we’ll have further reports on that. But it came from China. They could have stopped it, but they didn’t. They stopped it from going […]
7/20/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/RUSSIA: “[O]n March 27, 2020, the State Department held a briefing describing how Russia was recklessly spreading disinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic. Russia is not the only foreign actor seeking to interfere in our democracy. Increasingly, other states have shown an interest in copying Russia’s tactics.” -Joe Biden, “My Statement on Foreign Interference in […]
7/20/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “We are United in our effort to defeat the Invisible China Virus, and many people say that it is Patriotic to wear a face mask when you can’t socially distance. There is nobody more Patriotic than me, your favorite President!“ ––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 20, 2020 9:43 am […]
7/19/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I’ll be right eventually. I will be right eventually. You know I said, ‘It’s [coronavirus] going to disappear.’ I’ll say it again… It’s going to disappear and I’ll be right… Because I’ve been right probably more than anybody else.” -Donald Trump as quoted by Fox News, “Transcript: ‘Fox News Sunday’ interview with […]
7/19/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: [Chris Wallace: “But, sir, testing is up 37 percent.”] “Well, that’s good.” [Chris Wallace: “Cases are up 194 percent. It isn’t just that testing has gone up, it’s that the virus has spread. The positivity rate has increased…”] “Many of those [coronavirus] cases are young people that would heal in a day. They have […]
7/19/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: [Chris Wallace: “California locking down again. Florida, deadliest day of the entire pandemic. Hospitals at capacity at a number of places around the country… We don’t have a national plan. Do you take responsibility for that?”] “Look, I take responsibility always for everything because it’s ultimately my job, too. I have to […]
7/19/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/MEXICO/WALL: “I say flames, we’ll put out the flames. And we’ll put out in some cases just burning embers [of coronavirus]. We also have burning embers. We have embers and we do have flames. Florida became more flame like, but it’s — it’s going to be under control. And, you know, it’s not just this […]
7/19/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It’s long past due for President Trump to listen to somebody other than himself in how to fight this virus, because after six straight months of deadly mismanagement it is spiraling even more out of control. He can start by immediately adopting the proposals I have laid out for months now […]
7/19/2020
CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump isn’t just attacking our leading health experts — he’s waving the white flag and actively undercutting our ability to save lives and stop COVID-19 by shamefully trying to block critical additional new funding for the CDC, as well as for testing and tracing.” -Joe Biden, “My Statement on Donald […]
7/19/2020
ANTHONY FAUCI/CDC/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It’s astonishing that even after 140,000 Americans have died in the worst COVID-19 outbreak in the developed world, President Trump continues his offensive against the CDC and scientists like Dr. Fauci, instead of heeding their clear advice about the steps we must take to stop this virus — from ramping […]
7/19/2020
CDC/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Yet again this morning, President Trump attacked the CDC and the public health experts who should be guiding our response to COVID-19, saying that they ‘don’t know’ what they’re talking about. The past six months have proven again and again that it’s Donald Trump who doesn’t know what he’s talking about […]