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7/8/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump claimed to the American people that he was a wartime leader, but instead of taking responsibility, Trump has waved a white flag, revealing that he ordered the slowing of testing and having his administration tell Americans that they simply need to ‘live with it…’

Mr. President, before you tee up for yet another round of golf, there are steps we must take — now — to win this fight and save American lives. We need to ramp up testing, get protective equipment to first responders, health care workers, and other essential workers, and we need to finally provide science-based leadership on re-opening safely.”

-Joe Biden “My Statement on the U.S. Surpassing Three Million COVID-19 Cases,” medium.com, July 8, 2020

7/8/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today’s awful — and avoidable — news that America surpassed three million COVID-19 cases is yet another sad reminder of the cost our country is paying for President Trump’s failure to lead us through this crisis.

While many countries around the world have curbed COVID-19, or even essentially eliminated it outright, infections are spiking in the United States. While other countries safely re-open their economies and their citizens get back to work, businesses in America are being forced to shut down — again — as Donald Trump’s failures make countless workers and families face an uncertain future.”

-Joe Biden “My Statement on the U.S. Surpassing Three Million COVID-19 Cases,” medium.com, July 8, 2020

7/8/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Folks, the storm we’re facing together is unlike any we’ve seen in our lifetimes. More than 130,000 people dead, dead, because of the coronavirus. Columbia Medical School is saying that there would be … If he had acted several months or just one week earlier, there would be 36,000 I think it was fewer people dead. He’s not changed anything. This pandemic is still raging. It’s going up.”

-Joe Biden as quoted by Rev, “Joe Biden Speech Transcript at IBEW’s 2020 Virtual Political Conference,” rev.com, July 8, 2020

7/8/2020

CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/ECONOMY/JOBS: “Economy and Jobs are growing MUCH faster than anyone (except me!) expected. Job growth is biggest in history. China Virus Mortality Rate is among the LOWEST of any country. Shaping up for a good third quarter, and a great next year! NASDAQ at new record high, 401k’s way up!!!!“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 8, 2020 3:50 am

 

7/8/2020

CDC/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/EDUCATION: “I disagree with @CDCgov on their very tough & expensive guidelines for opening schools. While they want them open, they are asking schools to do very impractical things. I will be meeting with them!!!“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 8, 2020 3:33 am

 

7/8/2020

2020 ELECTION/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/DEMS/EDUCATION/GERMANY/SWEDEN: “In Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and many other countries, SCHOOLS ARE OPEN WITH NO PROBLEMS. The Dems think it would be bad for them politically if U.S. schools open before the November Election, but is important for the children & families. May cut off funding if not open!“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 8, 2020 3:16 am

 

7/7/2020

ANTHONY FAUCI/CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRAVEL BAN: [Greta Van Susteren: “And even Dr. Fauci is saying that we’re knee-deep, and he’s saying that we’re not in a very good place or something to that effect.”] “Well, I think we are in a good place. I disagree with him. Dr. Fauci said don’t wear masks and now he says wear them. And he said numerous things. Don’t close off China. Don’t ban China. I did it anyway. I didn’t listen to my experts and I banned China. We would have been in much worse shape. You wouldn’t believe the number of deaths more we would have had if we didn’t do the ban.

And then we banned Europe also when Italy and the various countries were in such trouble. So, we’ve done a good job. I think we are going to be in two, three, four weeks, by the time we next speak, I think we’re going to be in very good shape.”

-Donald Trump as quoted by Factbase, “Interview: Greta Van Susteren of Gray TV Interviews s Donald Trump on Full Court Press – July 7, 2020,” factba.se, July 7, 2020

7/7/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I think it’s very important to note that we’ve done it right. We closed up. We were amazing the way our great citizens adhered to what we wanted to do. And we saved, I think, millions of lives. Now we want to be open. We understand the disease much better. Nobody knew what this was; nobody had ever seen it before. There’s been nothing like this since 1917; that’s more than 100 years ago.

But we saved — we saved tens of thousands of lives, hundreds of thousands of lives. And now we’re open, and we want to stay open and we will stay open. We’re not closing. We’ll put out the fires as they come out. I call them ’embers’ and ‘fires,’ and whatever you want to call them.”

Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump on Safely Reopening America’s Schools,” whitehouse.gov, July 7, 2020

7/7/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/EDUCATION: “We want to reopen the schools. Everybody wants it. The moms want it, the dads want it, the kids want it. It’s time to do it…

So what we want to do is we want to get our schools open. We want to get them open quickly, beautifully, in the fall. And the — as you know, this is a disease that’s a horrible disease, but young people do extraordinarily well.”

Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump on Safely Reopening America’s Schools,” whitehouse.gov, July 7, 2020

7/7/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We’re almost up to 40 million in testing and — 40 million people, which is unheard of. Far more than any other country. Many times what any other country is, and therefore we have more cases. Because we’re doing more testing, we have more cases. If we did half the testing, we would have far fewer cases. But people don’t view it that way.”

Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump on Safely Reopening America’s Schools,” whitehouse.gov, July 7, 2020

7/7/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/EDUCATION/STUDENT LOANS: “When you look at education, my administration has approved $13 billion for state and local education. We’ve approved over $6 billion to support colleges and another $6 billion in emergency grants to students, very importantly. We waived standardized testing requirements, deferred federal student loan and interest payments.

So you take a look at the student loan program — we’ve waived student loan and interest payments, and that is something that people haven’t been hearing about and nobody talks about it, but it’s a big deal.”

Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump on Safely Reopening America’s Schools,” whitehouse.gov, July 7, 2020

7/7/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “You know, our mortality rate is, right now, at a level that people don’t talk about, but it’s down tenfold. Tenfold. So if you look at — deaths are way down from this horrible China virus, and it’s a disgrace that it happened. It shouldn’t have happened, but it did.”

Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump on Safely Reopening America’s Schools,” whitehouse.gov, July 7, 2020

7/7/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/EDUCATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We don’t want people to make political statements or do it for political reasons. They think it’s going to be good for them politically, so they keep the schools closed. No way.

So we’re very much going to put pressure on governors and everybody else to open the schools, to get them open. And it’s very important. It’s very important for our country. It’s very important for the wellbeing of the student and the parents. So we’re going to be putting a lot of pressure on: Open your schools in the fall.”

Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump on Safely Reopening America’s Schools,” whitehouse.gov, July 7, 2020

7/7/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “To beat COVID-19, we need a coordinated national response from the federal government — but Donald Trump refuses to do his job. I’ve laid out exactly what I would do, and I encourage this president to adopt the plan in its entirety.”

-Joe Biden, Twitter.com, July 7, 2020 11:33 am

7/7/2020

TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION: “The White House has officially moved to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO), a senior administration official confirmed Tuesday, breaking ties with a global public health body in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.

The U.S. has submitted its withdrawal notification to the United Nations secretary-general, the official said. Withdrawal requires a year’s notice, so it will not go into effect until July 6, 2021, raising the possibility the decision could be reversed…

President Trump has repeatedly assailed the organization for alleged bias toward China and its slow response to the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan.”

-Brett Samuels, “Trump administration moves to formally withdraw US from WHO,” thehill.com, July 7, 2020

7/7/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/FAKE NEWS/MEDIA/QUOTE: “ ‘COVID-19 (China Virus) Death Rate PLUNGES From Peak In U.S.’ A Tenfold Decrease In Mortality. The Washington Times @WashTimes Valerie Richardson. We have the lowest Mortality Rate in the World. The Fake News should be reporting these most important of facts, but they don’t!“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 7, 2020 2:52 am

 

7/6/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/DEMS/FDA “The highly respected Henry Ford Health System just reported, based on a large sampling, that HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE cut the death rate in certain sick patients very significantly. The Dems disparaged it for political reasons (me!). Disgraceful. Act now @US_FDA @TuckerCarlson @FoxNews“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 6, 2020 4:32 pm

 

7/6/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/FAA/OFFICIAL STATEMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the months to come, the aviation industry will be integral in helping our Nation recover from the effects of the coronavirus and restoring our country’s robust economy. To assist in these efforts, my Administration has provided approximately $10 billion through the CARES Act to support airports during these difficult times. These funds will be used to help our airports—the foundation of our Nation’s air transportation system—remain operational and safely up-to-date.”

-Donald Trump, “Presidential Message on National Air Traffic Control Day, 2020,” July 6, 2020

7/6/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/FAA/OFFICIAL STATEMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Across nearly 30 million square miles of American-controlled airspace, passengers fly safely and efficiently thanks to the diligent work of the men and women of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)…

As our country continues to combat the unprecedented challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, the FAA and its workforce have worked tirelessly to keep the skies open and safe. Nearly 900 flights helped more than 80,000 United States citizens traveling in 133 countries return home, and more than 800 FEMA flights delivered roughly one billion gloves, gowns, and other essential supplies to medical workers.”

-Donald Trump, “Presidential Message on National Air Traffic Control Day, 2020,” July 6, 2020

7/6/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With COVID-19 surging across the nation, Donald Trump should be doing everything in his power to increase access to testing. Instead, he’s doing the opposite. It’s despicable.”

-Joe Biden, Twitter.com, July 6, 2020 4:20 pm

7/6/2020

CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/FAKE NEWS/MEDIA: “Why does the Lamestream Fake News Media REFUSE to say that China Virus deaths are down 39%, and that we now have the lowest Fatality (Mortality) Rate in the World. They just can’t stand that we are doing so well for our Country!“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 6, 2020 10:17 am

 

7/6/2020

2020 ELECTION/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/DEMS/EDUCATION/JOE BIDEN: “Corrupt Joe Biden and the Democrats don’t want to open schools in the Fall for political reasons, not for health reasons! They think it will help them in November. Wrong, the people get it!“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 6, 2020 10:11 am

 

7/6/2020

CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/DEMS/JOE BIDEN: “The Democrats would not have BANNED travel from heavily infected China, especially so early, therefore, far more people would have died. Corrupt Joe Biden now admits this!!!“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 6, 2020 8:44 am

 

7/6/2020

CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/ECONOMY: “BREAKING NEWS: The Mortality Rate for the China Virus in the U.S. is just about the LOWEST IN THE WORLD! Also, Deaths in the U.S. are way down, a tenfold decrease since the Pandemic height (and, our Economy is coming back strong!).“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 6, 2020 8:36 am

 

7/6/2020

CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/QUOTE: “ ‘Treatment with hydroxychloroquine cut the death rate significantly in sick patients hospitalized with COVID-19 – and without heart-related side-effects, according to a new study published by Henry Ford Health System. In a large-scale retrospective analysis…

…of 2,541 patients hospitalized between March 10 and May 2, 2020 across the system’s six hospitals, the study found 13% of those treated with hydroxychloroquine alone died compared to 26.4% not treated with hydroxychloroquine.’ @HenryFordNews“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 6, 2020 8:36 am

 

7/6/2020

CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/FAKE NEWS: “Deaths from the China Virus are down 39%, while our great testing program continues to lead the World, by FAR! Why isn’t the Fake News reporting that Deaths are way down? It is only because they are, indeed, FAKE NEWS!“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 6, 2020 8:24 am

 

7/6/2020

CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “China has caused great damage to the United States and the rest of the World!“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 6, 2020 2:28 am

 

7/5/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “COVID-19 is surging across the nation, and this president is doubling down on his efforts to rip health insurance and protections away from millions. It’s heartless and cruel and must be stopped.”

-Joe Biden, Twitter.com, July 5, 2020 4:00 pm

7/5/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/FAKE NEWS: “New China Virus Cases up (because of massive testing), deaths are down, ‘low and steady’. The Fake News Media should report this and also, that new job numbers are setting records!“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 5, 2020 12:34 pm

 

7/4/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China’s secrecy, deceptions, and cover-up allowed it [coronavirus] to spread all over the world — 189 countries — and China must be held fully accountable.

With respect to remedies, we are now doing unbelievably well, and are in deep testing on vaccines, treatments, and therapeutics. I want to send our thanks to the scientists and researchers around the country and even around the world who are at the forefront of our historic effort to rapidly develop and deliver life-saving treatments and, ultimately, a vaccine.

We are unleashing our nation’s scientific brilliance. And we’ll likely have a therapeutic and/or vaccine solution long before the end of the year.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump at the 2020 Salute to America,” whitehouse.gov, July 5, 2020

7/4/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRAVEL BAN: “To ensure that our democratic values are able to rise to new heights, I will take decisive steps to strengthen our foundation. That means immediately reversing Trump’s cruel and counterproductive asylum, travel ban, and family separation policies — and reaffirming our innate identity, reflected in our Constitution and emblazoned in the Statue of Liberty, as a nation of immigrants. It means fighting for — not conspiring against — the independence of our judiciary and the freedom of our press. It means rooting out systemic racism from every area of society it infects — from unfairly administered COVID-19 recovery funds, to laws that perpetuate racial wealth gaps, to health disparities, to housing policy, to policing, to our justice system and everywhere in between.”

-Joe Biden, “Trump erodes America’s foundation. This Fourth of July, I pledge to rebuild it.,” nbcnews.com, July 4, 2020

7/4/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOBS/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Jobs and companies are coming back to our country like never before. The power of tariffs being imposed on foreign lands that took advantage of the United States for decades and decades have enabled us to make great trade deals where there were none. Tens of billions of dollars are now paid to the United States Treasury by the same countries.

But there and then we got hit by the virus that came from China. And we’ve made a lot of progress; our strategy is moving along well. It goes out in one area, and rears back its ugly face in another area. But we’ve learned a lot. We’ve learned how to put out the flame. We’ve made ventilators where there were none by the tens of thousands, to the point that we have far more than we need, and we are now distributing them to many foreign countries, as a gesture of goodwill.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump at the 2020 Salute to America,” whitehouse.gov, July 5, 2020

7/3/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/DONALD JR/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Kimberly Guilfoyle, the girlfriend of President Trump’s eldest son and a top fund-raising official for the Trump re-election campaign, tested positive for the coronavirus on Friday before a Fourth of July event at Mount Rushmore, a person familiar with her condition said…

As a routine precaution, people who come in close contact with Mr. Trump are screened for the virus.

Ms. Guilfoyle is the third person in possible proximity to Mr. Trump known to have contracted the virus.”

-Maggie Haberman, “Kimberly Guilfoyle, Top Fund-Raising Official for Trump Campaign, Tests Positive for Coronavirus,” nytimes.com, July 3, 2020

7/3/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Americans haven’t been getting it straight from this president. They’ve made tremendous sacrifices over the past few months to buy this government time to get his act together to beat this virus. But Donald Trump squandered that sacrifice and it’s all about him. Think about it. He thinks the presidency is about him, and it doesn’t have a damn thing to do with him. It’s about you. It’s about the American people. First of all, it’d be nice to have a president who’d tell the truth occasionally. We’ll do the work, but who’s going to lead? We need a plan.”

-Joe Biden as quoted by Rev, “Joe Biden Speech Transcript to the National Education Association July 3,” rev.com, July 3, 2020

7/3/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/RACISM: “We have to make this at least an era of action to reverse systemic racism, is long overdue with concrete change but it’s coming… What’s happened now with this COVID virus, and so many people affected by it, and so many people unnecessarily died because of it, all of a sudden people are realizing, oh my God, who’s been carrying us on their back? Essential worker. Who are the essential workers? Overwhelmingly people of color, black, Latino, Asian American.”

-Joe Biden as quoted by Rev, “Joe Biden Speech Transcript to the National Education Association July 3,” rev.com, July 3, 2020

7/3/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/EDUCATION/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump failed to take any action on testing, contact tracing, creating responsible standards, everything we needed to do to get the pandemic under control and to get educators and students back in the classroom…

Last month, I put out a plan to reopen safely and sustainably, including for our public schools. I require steps like one, ensuring that schools have funding for physical alterations, like plexiglass to maximize social distancing, all of the things that every scientist has told us we need to do. And we need the federal government to give schools and states and local governments clear guidance.”

-Joe Biden as quoted by Rev, “Joe Biden Speech Transcript to the National Education Association July 3,” rev.com, July 3, 2020

7/3/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We are five months into this crisis, and our health care workers still don’t have the masks and protective equipment they need. It’s a national disgrace.

Mr. President, use your authority and fix the shortage of PPE before you tee off for yet another round of golf.”

-Joe Biden, Twitter.com, July 3, 2020 11:15 am

7/2/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “There is a rise in Coronavirus cases because our testing is so massive and so good, far bigger and better than any other country. This is great news, but even better news is that death, and the death rate, is DOWN. Also, younger people, who get better much easier and faster!”

–Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 2, 2020 5:44 pm

7/2/2020

BUSINESS/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Through the Paycheck Protection Program, we’ve extended over $520 billion in loans to nearly 5 million small businesses, saving and supporting the jobs of tens of millions of American workers. This has been a tremendous success; levels that nobody has ever seen before. But we saved all of those — all of those jobs and all of those small businesses. And some will be large businesses soon, perhaps.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump on the Jobs Numbers Report,” whitehouse.gov, July 2, 2020

7/2/2020

CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Following the arrival of the plague from China — and that’s what it is; it’s a plague and it should have never happened. China should have never let that happen, but China did allow it to happen. We just signed a brand-new trade deal, and the ink wasn’t even dry when this came over.

But we raced into action to save our nation’s small businesses. We passed over $3 trillion in historic relief measures — $3 trillion; think of that — including over $670 billion for the Paycheck Protection Program, a tremendous success, as you can see by the numbers.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump at Spirit of America Showcase,” whitehouse.gov, July 2, 2020

7/2/2020

CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “And the [coronavirus] crisis is being handled. You know, if you look — we were talking this morning — something to think about — China was way early and they’re getting under control just now. And Europe was way early, and they’re getting under control. We followed them, with this terrible China virus, and we are likewise getting under control.

Some areas that were very hard-hit are now doing very well. Some were doing very well, and we thought they may be gone and they flare up, and we’re putting out the fires. But other places were long before us, and they’re now — it’s like life; it’s got a life. And we’re putting out that life, because that’s a bad life that we’re talking about.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump on the Jobs Numbers Report,” whitehouse.gov, July 2, 2020

7/2/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Other countries have figured out how to get the virus under control and reopened their economies and put their people safely back to work. Other leaders didn’t waste time they were given from the start for stay at home orders. They got to work solving the root causes of this crisis, the coronavirus. Donald Trump just had given up. He’s not even trying to secure the public health anymore. He’d rather go back to the campaign rallies. He’s not interested in uniting us in this fight of a common threat we face. He’s decided he’s more, has more to gain by dividing this country for his own political purposes.”

-Joe Biden as quoted by Rev, “Joe Biden Video Speech Transcript on Jobs Report July 2,” rev.com, July 2, 2020

7/2/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Millions of Americans are still out of work wondering when or if their job will come back or worried about how to pay the bills in the meantime. Trump wants to declare his health crisis over and unemployment solved. Unfortunately, he’s deadly wrong on both fronts. We’ve already at more than 128,000 dead. The number keeps climbing. That’s a direct consequence of Donald Trump’s bungled leadership and a total mismanagement of this crisis from the start. His failure to take quick action made this pandemic more costly for American people in every way, in lives lost, in economic impact and economic toll of those living with so much doubt and uncertainty.”

-Joe Biden as quoted by Rev, “Joe Biden Video Speech Transcript on Jobs Report July 2,” rev.com, July 2, 2020

7/2/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Yesterday the number of new COVID-19 cases in America topped 50,000 in a single day. We’ve never hit that number before in the course of this virus. In 45 states, the seven day average of infections are higher than they were a week ago…

To me and to many Americans this is very worrisome turn in the path and severity of the virus and the president didn’t even address it. Yesterday he reiterated his belief that the virus was going to disappear… That’s just not an honest assessment of what’s happening. And it’s not just me saying that, the rest of the world knows that as well. Just this week, 27 European countries have banned Americans from traveling there because of the surging number of COVID-19 cases in the United States.”

-Joe Biden as quoted by Rev, “Joe Biden Video Speech Transcript on Jobs Report July 2,” rev.com, July 2, 2020

7/1/2020

ANTHONY FAUCI/CORONAVIRUS: “One of the things that happened is the realization that we have such a high percentage of people who are asymptomatic and who we know can spread the [coronavirus] infection… those are the ones that we want to have masks on…

It isn’t 100% protection by any means, but certainly the amount that you get is worth wearing it…

We have to admit it that that mixed message in the beginning, even though it was well-meant to allow masks to be available for health workers, that was detrimental in getting the message across right now. No doubt about it.”

-Anthony Fauci in an interview with Mary Louise Kelly, “Fauci: Mixed Messaging On Masks Set U.S. Public Health Response Back,” kpcw.org, July 1, 2020

7/1/2020

2020 ELECTION/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I think the Democrats would like to see the country stay closed as long as possible, because they figure that’s probably good for the election, because it would be bad a little bit for jobs, and maybe a lot for jobs.

But it’s hard. And people want to get back to work. They want to get back to doing what they’re doing.

We understand this disease now. It’s a horrible thing. And it shouldn’t have been sent, or it shouldn’t have happened. Maybe it was sent, and maybe it wasn’t. We will find out. We are going to figure it all out.”

-Donald Trump, “Trump wants to incentivize Americans to go back to work,” video.foxbusiness.com, July 1, 2020

7/1/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Well, I don’t know if you need mandatory [mask wearing], because you have many places in the country where people stay very long distance. You talk about social distancing.

But I’m all for masks. I think masks are good… If I’m in a group of people where we’re not, you know, 10 feet away, but, usually, I’m not in that position. And everyone’s tested. Because I’m the president, they get tested before they see me. But, if I were in a tight situation with people, I would absolutely…

Actually, I had a mask on. I sort of liked the way I looked, okay? I thought it was okay. It was a dark black mask, and I thought it looked okay. Looked like the Lone Ranger.”

-Donald Trump, “Trump wants to incentivize Americans to go back to work,” video.foxbusiness.com, July 1, 2020

7/1/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “But when you see what’s happening with jobs, when you see that we are doing record numbers of jobs. In the history of our country, we have never created more jobs than what we did last month, that last month number. Retail sales are at a record number, especially when you talk about increase.

When you look at percentage increase, nobody’s ever seen anything like it. So, we are headed back in a very strong fashion, with a V. And I think we are going to be very good with the coronavirus.

I think that, at some point, that’s going to sort of just disappear, I hope.

[Reporter: “You still believe so, disappear and–“]

Well, I do. I do. Yes, sure, at some point. And I think we’re going to have a vaccine very soon, too.”

-Donald Trump, “Trump wants to incentivize Americans to go back to work,” video.foxbusiness.com, July 1, 2020

7/1/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: [Reporter: “Will you consider wearing a mask?”] “Well, I’ve already had masks and I want a mask. And if I’m near people, you know, you were tested, right? Just now. And everybody that’s around me as president gets tested, that’s like standard. I’m also — I keep distances. I’m, you know, supposed to keep a distance and I keep distances. But if I needed a mask, if I was in a crowd of, you know, crowd, a lot of people and everything else, I’d wear — I have no problem with a mask at all…

I see Biden walking up on a stage where there’s nobody around and the audience is 25, 30, 40 feet away. Not too much of an audience either, by the way. And he speaks and he has a mask on and you can’t even understand what he’s saying or he takes it off up there. When there’s nobody around I don’t see any reason to be wearing it. But no, I have no objection to masks whatsoever. Do what you’re supposed to do and also do what makes you feel good.”

-Donald Trump as quoted by Factbase, “Interview: Eric Bolling of Sinclair Broadcast Group Interviews Donald Trump – July 1, 2020,” factba.se, July 1, 2020

7/1/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “We need a clear message from the very top of our federal government that everyone needs to wear a mask in public. Period.

It’s not just about you — it’s about your family, your neighbors, your colleagues. It’s about keeping other people safe.”

-Joe Biden, Twitter.com, July 1, 2020 12:55 pm

6/30/2020

ANTHONY FAUCI/CORONAVIRUS: “We recommend masks for everyone on the outside, anyone who comes into contact in a crowded area. You should avoid crowds where possible, and when you’re outside and not have the capability of maintaining distance, you should wear a mask at all times…

There’s no doubt that wearing masks protects you and gets you to be protected [from coronavirus]. So it’s people protecting each other.”

-Anthony Fauci as quoted by Rev, “Dr. Fauci, CDC Director Redfield Testimony Transcript for Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions,” rev.com, June 30, 2020

6/30/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We won’t defeat this virus with a piecemeal approach — lifting restrictions prematurely, increasing the volatility of the crisis, and raising the likelihood of needing to re-impose restrictions.

Until our science catches up to our reality — until we have better treatments for those who become infected and ultimately a safe, proven, widely available vaccine — we have to continue to do all we can as a people and as a government to keep our fellow Americans safe and healthy.”

-Joe Biden, “My remarks on Trump’s Failures To Protect The American People.,” medium.com, June 30, 2020

6/30/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In April, I released plans to secure the supply chain for personal protective equipment, surge nationwide testing through a Pandemic Testing Board, and launch a nationwide health corps to focus on contact tracing.

Trump’s suggestion?

Americans should inject disinfectants into their bodies.”

-Joe Biden, “My remarks on Trump’s Failures To Protect The American People.,” medium.com, June 30, 2020

6/30/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Month after month, as other leaders in other countries took the necessary steps to get the virus under control, Donald Trump failed us. Month after month, as many of us urged him to step up and do his job, he failed us.”

-Joe Biden, “My remarks on Trump’s Failures To Protect The American People.,” medium.com, June 30, 2020

6/30/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Statewide lockdowns that so many Americans lived under for months were intended to buy us time to get our act together. Instead of using that time to prepare ourselves, Donald Trump squandered it. Now, here we are, more than three months later. We’re hardly better prepared than we were in March. Infections are on the rise. The threat of massive spikes that overwhelm the capacity of our healthcare system is on the horizon. Americans, anxious and out of work, are fearful for their lives and their livelihoods. Donald Trump is doing next to nothing about it. Mr. President, the crisis is real… America knows this crisis isn’t behind us, even if you don’t.”

-Joe Biden, “Vice President Biden delivers remarks on Trump’s failure to protect the American people,” YouTube.com, June 30, 2020

6/30/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “This month, I outlined a path to reopen our country safely and sustainably. It provided workers, small businesses, schools, state, local governments, the tools, resources, and guidance that they would need. Trump’s proposal, he set a cutoff date for federal funding of testing sites in several states, and actually went to court to take away healthcare for 22 million people by trying to get rid of Obamacare. And now Donald Trump is in retreat…

He called himself a war time president. Remember when he exhorted the nation to sacrifice together, and quote, ‘in the face of this inevitable and invisible enemy’? What happened? Now, it’s almost July, and it seems like our war time president has surrendered, waived the white flag, and left the battlefield.”

-Joe Biden, “Vice President Biden delivers remarks on Trump’s failure to protect the American people,” YouTube.com, June 30, 2020

6/30/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Infection rates are now going up in more states than there are going down. More than 125,000 people in the United States have lost their lives, and those numbers and new infections continue to grow at alarming rate. And once again is confronting the simple fact that we won’t be able to solve the economic crisis without a rigorous public health approach. They’re not separable. Despite the administration’s propaganda, that their response should be a cause for celebration, despite President Trump’s requests that we should slow down testing because he thinks it makes him look bad, the COVID-19 is still here, and the daily threat to American health and prosperity is continuing.”

-Joe Biden, “Vice President Biden delivers remarks on Trump’s failure to protect the American people,” YouTube.com, June 30, 2020

6/30/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Mr. President, the American people didn’t make enormous sacrifices over the past four months so you could waste your time with late night rants and tweets.

Step up. Take responsibility. Do your job.”

-Joe Biden, Twitter.com, June 30, 2020 3:25 pm

6/30/2020

CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “As I watch the Pandemic spread its ugly face all across the world, including the tremendous damage it has done to the USA, I become more and more angry at China. People can see it, and I can feel it!“

–Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 30, 2020 12:52 pm

6/30/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Finally, we need to protect the populations most at risk from this virus.

Our Seniors. Our Black and Brown and Native communities that are being hit the hardest. Vulnerable populations with pre-existing conditions.

I know that this continued growth in case numbers is causing fear. People — especially older Americans and those with loved ones in nursing homes — are scared. This isn’t just taking a toll on their physical health, there’s an emotional cost as well. We can’t expect vulnerable populations to quarantine indefinitely without support. And I want them to know that their health and safety will be my responsibility as president.”

-Joe Biden, “My remarks on Trump’s Failures To Protect The American People.,” medium.com, June 30, 2020

 

6/27/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/OFFICIAL STATEMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Many individuals suffering from PTSD also struggle with depression and substance abuse.

Diagnosis and treatment of this disorder are critical. Unfortunately, far too many Americans suffering from PTSD don’t get the care they need, a problem that has only been exacerbated by the coronavirus. That is one of the reasons why we have increased Medicare telehealth coverage under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, providing those who are suffering from PTSD with expanded access to medical care from the comfort and safety of their own homes.”

-Donald Trump, “Presidential Message on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Day, 2020,” whitehouse.gov, June 27, 2020

6/27/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/QUOTE: “Corrupt Joe Biden said yesterday that we have over ‘120 million’ people dead of Coronavirus!“

–Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 27, 2020 9:55 am

6/26/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Last week, President Trump claimed the virus would ‘fade away.’

Now, we’re facing a record-high number of new cases, and it’s surging across the country.

Trump refuses to listen to the experts and take action — and we’re all paying the price.”

-Joe Biden, Twitter.com, June 26, 2020 11:35 pm

6/26/2020

AFRICAN AMERICANS/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Our Pledge to America’s Workers has secured commitments to over 16 million job and training opportunities from employers nationwide…

I mean, we have a problem that has about 22 different names, but I’ll just call it ‘the plague.’ But before the plague struck, we had the lowest African American and Hispanic American, Asian American unemployment ever. We had the most jobs we’ve ever had, almost 160 million jobs. We’ve never been in a position like that. Women were thriving. Best numbers ever. And since my election, more than half of those jobs — more than half; first time that’s ever happened — went to women. But now we want to get that all back.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump at the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board Meeting,” whitehouse.gov, June 26, 2020

6/26/2020

CHICAGO/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “My Administration allocated $898.6 million to the City of Chicago and Cook County from the Coronavirus Relief Fund, which helps support your first responders on the front lines. In the absence of any modicum of leadership, however, these substantial sums of taxpayer money are not being turned into results, and the safety of your most vulnerable communities continues to deteriorate. These funds are in addition to those collected through your combined insatiable appetite to tax the people of Illinois and Chicago.”

-Donald Trump, “President Donald J. Trump’s Letter to the Governor of Illinois and Mayor of Chicago,” whitehouse.gov, June 26, 2020

6/25/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So, we have more cases because we do the greatest testing. If we didn’t do testing, we’d have no cases. Other countries — they don’t test millions. So we’re up to almost 30 million tests. So when you do 30 million, you’re going to have a kid with the sniffles, and they’ll say it’s coronavirus — whatever you want to call it…

And sometimes I jokingly say or sarcastically say: If we didn’t do tests, we’d look great. But you know what? It’s not the right thing to do.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in a Fox News Town Hall | Green Bay, WI,” whitehouse.gov, June 25, 2020

6/25/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/HEALTHCARE/OBAMACARE(ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today, we’re in the middle of the worst global health crisis in living memory and Donald Trump will file in the Supreme Court today an attempt to strip away healthcare coverage from tens of millions of families in the United States. Strip away their peace of mind, away from more than 100 million people with pre-existing conditions. If he succeeds, more than 23 million Americans will lose their coverage overnight..

Perhaps most cruelly of all, if Donald Trump has his way, those who have complications from COVID-19 could become the new pre-existing conditions. Some survivors will experience lasting health impacts like lung scarring and heart damage and if Donald Trump prevails in court, insurers would be allowed once again to strip away coverage, jack up premiums, simply because of the battle they survived in fighting coronavirus.”

-Joe Biden as quoted by Rev, “Joe Biden Speech Transcript on Health Care, Affordable Care Act,” rev.com, June 25, 2020

6/25/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump is fine with one federal testing center: at the White House to keep him and his aides safe, but he treats testing ordinary Americans like a political inconvenience, or worse, when it exposes the true extent of his failure to combat this virus.

We can’t stop the spread of this disease and save lives without more testing. We can’t safely re-open our economy and get Americans back to work without more testing.”

-Joe Biden, “My Statement on the Trump Administration Stopping Funding for Federal Testing Sites Amid Climbing COVID-19 Cases,” medium.com, June 25, 2020

6/25/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Now, on the very same day that America marked a record high for new COVID-19 cases, the Trump Administration announced that it was going to quickly strip funding from all federal testing sites nationwide — even from seven testing centers in Texas, a rapidly growing hotspot.

President Trump thinks that if he just ignores COVID-19 it will go away. It’s the exact same tactic Trump has tried since I, and others, raised the alarm about the coronavirus in January, and it’s a defeatist mindset that’s left over 120,000 Americans dead and our economy reeling with almost 20 million people out of work.”

-Joe Biden, “My Statement on the Trump Administration Stopping Funding for Federal Testing Sites Amid Climbing COVID-19 Cases,” medium.com, June 25, 2020

6/25/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/ECONOMY: “Coronavirus deaths are way down. Mortality rate is one of the lowest in the World. Our Economy is roaring back and will NOT be shut down. ‘Embers’ or flare ups will be put out, as necessary!“

–Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 25, 2020 5:54 pm

6/25/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/ECONOMY: “Coronavirus deaths are way down. Mortality rate is one of the lowest in the World. Our Economy is roaring back and will NOT be shut down. ‘Embers’ or flare ups will be put out, as necessary!“

–Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 25, 2020 5:54 pm

6/25/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VOTING/VOTE BY MAIL: [Audience question: “The big concern I’ve got is: How are you going to make sure that the election is fair and free from fraudulent absentee votes and mail-in ballots?”] “I think it’s the most important question I’ll be asked, because it’s a great question. So now we have a mail-in thing. And you see California — he’s sending out millions and millions of ballots. Where are they going? Where aren’t they going? Is the postman going to hand them out? Are they going to take them out of the mailboxes?…

You go to foreign countries — you know, they keep talking, “Oh, Russia and China and this…” Especially China, not Russia. Especially China. Are they going to print millions of ballots using the exact same paper, using the exact same machines? And are they going print ballots and then hand them in? And then, all of a sudden — it’s the biggest risk we have: the mail-in ballot, not so much the absentee ballot. Because an absentee — like, I’m in White House, and I have to vote in Florida, et cetera, et cetera…

We went through World War One, and we voted. We went through World War Two, and we voted. And now we have a virus. And by that time, it’ll be less and less. Why aren’t we going to vote? People want to vote.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in a Fox News Town Hall | Green Bay, WI,” whitehouse.gov, June 25, 2020

6/25/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So, I think the vaccines are coming along great. And I think the — what they call ‘therapeutics’ are coming along great. And I think we’re going to have an answer very soon. Very soon indeed. I think it will be even before the end of the year, we’ll have a vaccine.

We have great companies, and we’re totally mobilized. You know, the military is doing it. We’re ready to go. As soon as they have it, we will be distributing that all over the country.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in a Fox News Town Hall | Green Bay, WI,” whitehouse.gov, June 25, 2020

6/25/2020

CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Don’t forget: Before the China plague came in — and it’s the China plague — before that came in, we had the best job numbers we’ve ever had. We had the best economy we’ve ever had. We had the best stock market we’ve ever had, which, by the way, is getting very close to those numbers anyway. And in NASDAQ, it’s actually beat those numbers.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in a Fox News Town Hall | Green Bay, WI,” whitehouse.gov, June 25, 2020

6/25/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The president wants us to believe there is a choice between the economy and public health. Amazingly he still hasn’t grasped the most basic fact of this crisis. To fix the economy, we have to get control over the virus. Say it again, to fix the economy, we have to get control over the virus. He’s like a child who can’t believe this has happened to him. All his whining and self pity. Well this pandemic didn’t happen to him. It happened to all of us, and his job isn’t to whine about it, his job is to do something about it, to lead.”

-Joe Biden as quoted by Rev, “Joe Biden Speech Transcript on Health Care, Affordable Care Act,” rev.com, June 25, 2020

6/25/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/FAKE NEWS: “The number of ChinaVirus cases goes up, because of GREAT TESTING, while the number of deaths (mortality rate), goes way down. The Fake News doesn’t like telling you that!“

–Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 25, 2020 6:06 am

6/25/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/PENNSYLVANIA/OBAMA/OBAMACARE (ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I’m proud of the Affordable Care Act.

In addition to protecting people with pre-existing conditions, this is a law that delivered vital coverage to more than 20 million Americans.

It’s a law that bars insurance companies from capping Americans’ benefits — and from charging women more simply because they are women.

It’s a law that reduced prescription drug costs for nearly 12 million seniors, who would see their those costs spike — because the Medicare ‘donut hole’would have suddenly reopened.

It’s a law that saves lives.

But now, in the middle of the worst public health crisis in modern history, Donald Trump is suing to take the Ritters and millions more Americans — back to the way things were.

It’s cruel, it’s heartless, and it’s callous.

And it’s all because he can’t abide the thought of letting stand one of President Obama’s greatest achievements.”

-Joe Biden, “My remarks on the Affordable Care Act in Lancaster, Pennsylvania,” medium.com, June 25, 2020

6/25/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/PENNSYLVANIA/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today, in the middle of the worst global health crisis in living memory, Donald Trump will file a brief in the Supreme Court to attempt to strip health coverage away from tens of millions of families, and to strip the peace of mind away from more than 100 million people with pre-existing conditions.

If he succeeds, more than 23 million Americans could lose their coverage outright — including nearly a million Pennsylvanians.

Insurers could once again discriminate, or deny services, or drop coverage for people living with preexisting conditions like asthma, diabetes, and cancer.

And perhaps most cruelly of all, if Donald Trump has his way, complications from COVID-19 could become a new pre-existing condition.“

-Joe Biden, “My remarks on the Affordable Care Act in Lancaster, Pennsylvania,” medium.com, June 25, 2020

6/23/2020

2020 ELECTION/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/DEMS/VOTE BY MAIL/VOTING: “The Democrats are also trying to rig the election by sending out tens of millions of mail-in ballots, using the China virus as the excuse for allowing people not to go to the polls… No, mail-in ballots is a disaster for our country…

People went to the polls and voted during World War One. They went to the polls and voted during World War Two. We can safely go to the polls and vote during COVID-19. And there is tremendous evidence of fraud whenever you have mail-in ballots. And, frankly, if we are really going to protect our elections — and some people don’t want to hear this: We must have voter ID.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump at a Turning Point Action Address to Young Americans,” whitehouse.gov, June 23, 2020

6/23/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Top U.S. health officials told lawmakers Tuesday [June 23, 2020] that they haven’t discussed the Covid-19 pandemic with President Donald Trump for more than two weeks, a period in which cases have surged in some of the most populous states.

A spike in infections in Texas, California, Florida and Arizona has ignited fear that hospitals could be overwhelmed and that some of the steps states have taken to re-open for business may need to be rolled back. Trump has blamed the wave of infections on testing and said at a rally in Oklahoma Saturday that he told his administration to rein in screening.”

-Anna Edney, “Health Officials Haven’t Spoken to Trump Despite Virus Surge,” bloomberg.com, June 23, 2020

6/23/2020

BORDER/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/MEXICO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “Using our emergency public health authorities, we prevented a coronavirus catastrophe on the southern border, shutting down human smuggling and swiftly returning the crossers — we call them ‘crossers.’ They cross now, and we bring them right back. In the old days, it would take years to get them back. They wouldn’t get them back. Other administrations, like the previous administration, essentially didn’t bring them back.

Without these public health measures, the southern border would be a global epicenter of the viral transmission. And if you look at some of the towns on the other side of the wall — as an example, in California, we have a certain area that is heavily infected on the Mexico side. And if we didn’t have a border wall there, it would be a — it would be really a catastrophic situation.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in Roundtable on Border Security | Yuma, AZ,” whitehouse.gov, June 23, 2020

6/23/2020

CAMPAIGN/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “But I said the other night, ‘There’s never been anything where they have so many names.’ I could give you 19 or 20 names for that, right? It’s got all different names. ‘Wuhan.’ ‘Wuhan’ was catching on. ‘Coronavirus,’ right?

[Audience member: ‘Kung flu!’]

‘Kung flu,’ yeah. Kung flu. ‘COVID.’ ‘COVID-19.’ ‘COVID.’ I said, ‘What’s the ‘19’?’ ‘COVID-19.’ Some people can’t explain what the 19 — give me the — ‘COVID-19.’ I said, ‘That’s an odd name.’ I could give you many, many names.

Some people call it the ‘Chinese flu,’ the ‘China flu.’ Right?… I’ve never seen anything like it.

But here’s the story: We are going to be stronger than ever before, and it’s going to be soon.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump at a Turning Point Action Address to Young Americans,” whitehouse.gov, June 23, 2020 

6/23/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: [Reporter: “Mr. President, at that rally, when you said you asked your people to slow down testing, were you just kidding or do you have a plan to slow down testing?”] “I don’t kid. Let me just tell you — let me make it clear: We have got the greatest testing program anywhere in the world…

Here’s what I say: Testing is a double-edged sword. In one way, it tells you you have cases. In another way, you find out where the cases are and you do a good job. We are doing a great job. We have never been credited for it. We’re doing the best testing job anywhere in the world. We’re doing the best ventilator job anywhere in the world. We’re now supplying ventilators to the entire world… We’ve done a great job. We have not been given credit for it.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump Before Marine One Departure,” whitehouse.gov, June 23, 2020

6/23/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “Cases up only because of our big number testing. Mortality rate way down!!! RT @JSegor

6-23-20: US Covid-19 deaths still heading down despite cases going up.“
–Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 23, 2020 9:25 am

6/23/2020

ANTHONY FAUCI/CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/FAKE NEWS/MEDIA/MIKE PENCE: “We did a great job on CoronaVirus, including the very early ban on China, Ventilator production, and Testing, which is by far the most, and best, in the World. We saved millions of U.S. lives.! Yet the Fake News refuses to acknowledge this in a positive way. But they do give….

….Dr. Anthony Fauci, who is with us in all ways, a very high 72% Approval Rating. So, if he is in charge along with V.P. etc., and with us doing all of these really good things, why doesn’t the Lamestream Media treat us as they should? Answer: Because they are Fake News!“
–Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 23, 2020 4:41 am

6/23/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “Cases are going up in the U.S. because we are testing far more than any other country, and ever expanding. With smaller testing we would show fewer cases!“

–Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 23, 2020 12:54 am

6/22/2020

CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/PROTESTS: “I think the civil unrest came to a certain extent because of the plague. The plague is the Chinese plague. And it came over here, and they could have stopped it. In my opinion, they could have stopped it, and they should have stopped it. And they didn’t or were unable to. So it was either incompetence or they knew.

And I guess the third one is they knew and they decided not to at a later date. But it’s the Chinese plague. And it’s not a good thing. And that, I think, had something to do with the civil unrest.”

-Donald Trump as quoted by Factbase, “Interview: Brian Kilmeade of Fox News Interviews Donald Trump,” factba.se, June 22, 2020

6/22/2020

CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOBS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “You know, we were sailing and then we got hit with the Chinese virus, but we were sailing. We were so far up and we were doing very well. And then all of a sudden it was an artificial situation that happened to us. So we had to turn it off. We had to turn off the economy. We did the right thing. We saved millions of lives and now we’re turning it back on and we’re doing record business. We’re doing record jobs. As you know, were announced last week we have record retail sales was announced last week and I think it’s going to be a V-shape.”

-Donald Trump as quoted by CBN News, “EXCLUSIVE Interview with President Trump: Running Against Joe Biden and a Record Number of Pro-Life Judges,” www1.cbn.com, June 22, 2020

6/22/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We do more testing than any country in the world by far, 25 million tests… You’re showing people that are asymptomatic. You’re showing people that have very little problem. You’re showing young people that don’t have a problem, but we’re doing so much testing 25 million tests. Nobody thought that was possible.

If it did slow down, frankly, I think we’re way ahead of ourselves. If you want to know the truth. We’ve done too good a job. Because every time we go out with 25 million tests, you’re going to find more people…

So when we have more cases, you look at some of these countries that don’t even report. You think China’s reporting their numbers. Do you think that other countries, I won’t mention names, are reporting that numbers? We are so far advanced in testing and in some ways that hurts us.”

-Donald Trump as quoted by Factbase “Interview: Joe St. George of Scripps Television Interviews Donald Trump – June 22, 2020,” factba.se

6/22/2020

2020 ELECTION/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VOTING/VOTE BY MAIL: “[M]ail-in ballots will lead to the greatest rigged election and the greatest fraud in the history of our country, potentially.”

-Donald Trump as quoted by Factbase, “Interview: Raymond Arroyo Interviews Donald Trump on EWTN’s ‘World Over’ – June 22, 2020,” factba.se, June 22, 2020

6/22/2020

2020 ELECTION/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VOTING/VOTE BY MAIL: “We went through World War I and World War II, people went out and voted. And now they’re saying the pademic — pandemic, they’re using that as an excuse. The news is building it up like crazy. Mail-in ballots, you’re going to have foreign countries, you talk about foreign countries, they’re going to be printing their own ballots. It will be a rigged election if they do that. Now, we’re suing on many different states.

And we’re having great luck, we’re winning some of these suits. We’re going to see what happens. If we go to mail-in ballots, they’re going to take them out of the mailboxes. They’re going to take them from postmen. They’re going to print them fraudulently and foreign countries are going to print them… You take a look, we had seven races in California at the end, house races. Everybody was close. And then in the end we lost, they dumped a whole pile of ballots on tables, but we won the big one. We won the one just recently.”

-Donald Trump as quoted by Factbase, “Interview: Raymond Arroyo Interviews Donald Trump on EWTN’s ‘World Over’ – June 22, 2020,” factba.se, June 22, 2020

6/22/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It’s worth repeating that this weekend, President Trump admitted he directed his administration to slow down coronavirus testing in the middle of a global pandemic.

He continues to prove just how unfit he is to lead our nation.”

-Joe Biden, Twitter.com, June 23, 2020 9:05 pm

6/22/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/VOTE BY MAIL: “Because of MAIL-IN BALLOTS, 2020 will be the most RIGGED Election in our nations history – unless this stupidity is ended. We voted during World War One & World War Two with no problem, but now they are using Covid in order to cheat by using Mail-Ins!“

–Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 22, 2020 3:45 am

6/21/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “Our Coronavirus testing is so much greater (25 million tests) and so much more advanced, that it makes us look like we have more cases, especially proportionally, than other countries. My message on that is very clear!“

–Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 21, 2020 6:48 pm

6/20/2020

2020 ELECTION/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/RALLY: “President Donald Trump launched his comeback rally Saturday by defining the upcoming election as a stark choice between national heritage and left-wing radicalism. But his intended show of political force amid a pandemic featured thousands of empty seats and new coronavirus cases on his own campaign staff.

Trump ignored health warnings to hold his first rally in 110 days — one of the largest indoor gatherings in the world during a coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 120,000 Americans and put 40 million out of work. The rally was meant to restart his reelection effort less than five months before the president faces voters again.”

-Kevin Freking and Jonathan Lemire, “Trump comeback rally features empty seats, staff infections,” June 20, 2020

6/20/2020

2020 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/RALLY: “You know, all of the sudden you go from campaign, and we had it going. We were, you know that better than anybody. All of a sudden we’re sitting around, we’re sitting in the White House for three months without leaving. And it’s a tough, it’s a tough thing. Because we had momentum…

Well, there is an urgency. We have to do rallies. We have to do — it’s what we do well. Nobody’s ever done them like this. And then we, we’re greeted with all of these wise guys. And they call them protesters. They’re not protestors. They’re agitators. And they’re anarchists and you know, they wear the black, they think they’re hot stuff.”

-Donald Trump as quoted by Factbase, “Interview: John Roberts of Fox News Interviews Donald Trump in Tulsa, Oklahoma – June 20, 2020,” factba.se, June 20, 2020

6/20/2020

CAMPAIGN/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/RALLY: “By the way, it’s [coronavirus] a disease [that] without question, has more names than any disease in history. I can name, ‘Kung flu.’ I can name, 19 different versions of names. Many call it a virus, which it is. Many call it a flu, what difference? I think we have 19 or 20 versions of the name.”

-Donald Trump as quoted by Rev, “Donald Trump Tulsa, Oklahoma Rally Speech Transcript,” rev.com, June 21, 2020

6/20/2020

CAMPAIGN/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/RALLY: “And with testing, you know, [COVID-19] testing is a double edged sword. We’ve tested now 25 million people. It’s probably 20 million people more than anybody else… Here’s the bad part. When you do testing to that extent, you’re going to find more people, you’re going to find more cases. So I said to my people slow the testing down, please. They test and they test.”

-Donald Trump as quoted by Rev, “Donald Trump Tulsa, Oklahoma Rally Speech Transcript,” rev.com, June 21, 2020