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4/28/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congress gave president Trump the tools, people on payroll, and the Cares Act, how they could help. But he hasn’t fully used them. President Trump, in my view, should be expanding short term compensation programs for workers rather than laying off people… And I think we should immediately freeze rent for qualifying individuals, hault foreclosures and evictions, as people get back on their feet, increase the SNAP program. This guy wanted to keep cutting SNAP. We should increase it by 15% during this deepening recession. And temporarily provide low income families with about a hundred dollars per month extra in nutritional support.”

-Joe Biden as quoted by Rev, “Joe Biden & Hillary Clinton Virtual Town Hall Transcript on Women’s Issues,” rev.com, Apr. 28, 2020

4/28/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/INTELLIGENCE/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I did the foreign policy brief this morning which I do every morning… And they were reading to me and we were talking about what happened, that article in the Washington Post yesterday and how many times, how many times the president was explicitly by his national security team warned of this pandemic, warned about it saying what had to be done. I think it was close to eight or nine specific times resulting in some of those folks in the intelligence community either being fired or just going underground I mean not being paid attention to it at all.”

-Joe Biden as quoted by Rev, “Joe Biden & Hillary Clinton Virtual Town Hall Transcript on Women’s Issues,” rev.com, Apr. 28, 2020

4/28/2020

CORONAVIRUS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The only reason the U.S. has reported one million cases of CoronaVirus is that our Testing is sooo much better than any other country in the World. Other countries are way behind us in Testing, and therefore show far fewer cases!”

–Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 28, 2020 11:23 pm

4/29/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: [Reporter: “Mr. President, on testing: Yesterday, you said that we will very soon be testing 5 million people…”] “Everyone kept saying, ‘You said there’d be five.’ That was a study that came out. Somebody came out with a study of 5 million people… Do I think we will? I think we will, but I never said it. We’re testing millions of people…

But somebody started throwing around 5 million. I didn’t say 5 million. Somebody said 5 million. I think it might have been the Harvard report. There was a report from Harvard and they said 5 million…

But I didn’t say it. I mean, I didn’t say it. But somebody came out with a report saying 5 million. It sounds like a lot.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in Meeting with Governor Edwards of Louisiana,” whitehouse.gov, Apr. 29, 2020

4/29/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump Admin failed to provide enough testing, PPE, and safety enforcement. Workers have gotten sick, plants have closed, and the meat supply is at risk. It’s past time workers have the protections they need to stay healthy and do their job safely.”

-Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Apr. 29, 2020 7:16 pm

4/30/2020

CORONAVIRUS/SWEDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Despite reports to the contrary, Sweden is paying heavily for its decision not to lockdown. As of today, 2462 people have died there, a much higher number than the neighboring countries of Norway (207), Finland (206) or Denmark (443). The United States made the correct decision!”

–Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 30, 2020 6:45 am

4/30/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Through aggressive actions and the devotion of our doctors and nurses, however, we have held our fatality rate far below hard-hit other countries such as Spain and Italy and United Kingdom and Sweden. We’re way below other countries… [O]ur death totals — our numbers — per million people are really very, very strong. We’re very proud of the job we’ve done.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump on Protecting America’s Seniors,” whitehouse.gov, May 1, 2020

4/30/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/SENIORS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Our cherished seniors enrich every aspect of our national life… We’ll show them the same love and loyalty they’ve shown us and they’ve shown our nation every day of their lives. No effort will be spared to give America’s seniors the care and support and devotion and love they have earned and that they deserve.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump on Protecting America’s Seniors,” whitehouse.gov, May 1, 2020

4/30/2020

CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We just got hit by a vicious virus that should have never been allowed to escape China. They should have stopped it at the source. They didn’t do that. A hundred and eighty-four countries have been devastated by it, including China, by the way. Because I looked at their numbers, and their numbers are terrible. And it’s just a very tough situation for the people of our country. All the loss, the death, it’s a terrible thing.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in a Meeting with Governor Murphy of New Jersey,” whitehouse.gov, Apr. 30, 2020

4/30/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOBS/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “More than 30 million Americans have now lost their jobs since this pandemic seized our nation… Millions upon millions of Americans are suffering economically, there are more than a million confirmed COVID-19 cases nationwide, and we have now lost more American lives to this virus in just a few weeks than we did in all 20 years of the Vietnam War.

One of the hardest parts of this tragedy is knowing beyond a doubt that it didn’t have to be this way. The lack of preparation, the slow response on testing, the failure to administer the relief in the CARES Act appropriately — all of it stems from Donald Trump’s failures as president.”

-Joe Biden, “Statement by Vice President Joe Biden on Today’s Unemployment Claims,” medium.com, Apr. 30, 2020

4/30/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/INTELLIGENCE/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump either read his daily briefings and ignored the warnings, or didn’t read them at all. Either way, it’s a complete and unjustifiable dereliction of duty.”

-Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Apr. 30, 2020 3:17 pm

4/30/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “We need more tests. Our front line workers need protective equipment. Americans need additional economic relief.

Yet the Trump Administration is spending time and energy on President Trump’s wasteful border wall.

Unbelievable.”

-Joe Biden, Twitter.com, Apr. 30, 2020 9:00 pm

5/1/2020

AOC/CHUCK SCHUMER/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/MEDIA/NEW YORK: “Cryin’ Chuck Schumer was on a late night show using a false talking point over & over again. ‘We don’t have enough testing ,’ he would repeat, when he knows we have done a great job on Testing, just like we have on Ventilators and everything else. He lied, gave NY SALT. Run AOC!“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 1, 2020 2:07 am

5/1/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/DEMS: “So, what’s happening is the Democrats have come to us… They want to help the states. They want help — bailouts. And, you know, bailouts are very tough. And they happen to be Democrat states. It’s California. It’s New York. It’s Illinois. You start with those three.

And the Republican states are in strong shape. You know, I don’t know. Is that luck or is that talent? Or is it just a different mentality? But the Republican-run states are in strong shape.

Look, I looked today, when I spoke — I spoke with Ron DeSantis. He was here yesterday, as I said. And Florida is doing incredibly. Texas is doing incredibly. These states are doing unbelievably. They don’t know about the word ‘bailout.'”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump on Protecting America’s Seniors,” whitehouse.gov, May 1, 2020

5/1/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Not long ago, models predicted that between 1.5 million and 2.2 million people would have died in the United States without the mitigation. Through our aggressive response and the remarkable commitment and bravery of American people, we have saved thousands and thousands of lives… And hopefully, we’re going to come in below that 100,000 lives lost, which is a horrible number nevertheless. It’s a horrible thing.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in a Presidential Recognition Ceremony: Hard Work, Heroism, and Hope,” whitehouse.com, May 1, 2020

5/1/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Because we’ve flattened the curve, slowed the spread, and massively expanded our healthcare capacity, we’re now in the process of gradually reopening our country. And it’s being done with a tremendous — a tremendous gusto and vigor…

It’s a strategy guided by science, evidence, facts, and reason. A never-ending lockdown would inflict colossal damage on the health and lifespans of our people. Public health is closely tied to economic health. No state or country can long ignore the facts and the truth. And we’re just very proud of the fact that people have put up with so much in order to keep the numbers down to the level.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in a Presidential Recognition Ceremony: Hard Work, Heroism, and Hope,” whitehouse.com, May 1, 2020

5/2/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/HOUSE OF REPS/NANCY PELOSI/SENATE: “There is tremendous CoronaVirus testing capacity in Washington for the Senators returning to Capital Hill on Monday. Likewise the House, which should return but isn’t because of Crazy Nancy P. The 5 minute Abbott Test will be used. Please inform Dr. Brian P. Monahan. @MarkMeadows“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 2, 2020 3:06 am

5/2/2020

ANTHONY FAUCI/CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/DEMS/SENATE: “The Democrats are just, as always, looking for trouble. They do nothing constructive, even in times of crisis. They don’t want to blame their cash cow, China, for the plague. China is blaming Europe. Dr. Fauci will be testifying before the Senate very soon! #DONOTHINGDEMOCRATS“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 2, 2020 1:00 pm

5/2/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/MITCH MCCONNELL/NANCY PELOSI: “No reason to turn it down, except politics. We have plenty of testing. Maybe you need a new Doctor over there. Crazy Nancy will use it as an excuse not to show up to work! RT @senatemajldr

The time is now for all Americans to engage in basic common-sense measures, and for Americans at heightened risk to take additional precautions. The experts’ detailed recommendations for individuals, families, and employers are available online at Coronavirus.gov.“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 2, 2020 1:04 pm

5/2/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We left a playbook. He ignored it.

We created an office to prepare for pandemics. He gutted it.

We had CDC officials in China to detect and contain outbreaks. He pulled them out.

Trump can try and shift blame all he wants, but the fact is his actions left us unprepared.”

-Joe Biden, Twitter.com, May 2, 2020 3:29 pm

 

5/2/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On March 6th, Donald Trump said: “Anybody that wants a test can get a test.”

It was a lie then, and it’s still not true nearly two months later. It’s a disgrace, and it’s slowing efforts to reopen safely.

This administration needs to act immediately to surge testing nationwide.”

-Joe Biden, Twitter.com, May 2, 2020 10:55 am

5/3/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….And then came a Plague, a great and powerful Plague, and the World was never to be the same again! But America rose from this death and destruction, always remembering its many lost souls, and the lost souls all over the World, and became greater than ever before!“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 3, 2020 4:43 am

5/3/2020

CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/FAKE NEWS/INTELLIGENCE: “Intelligence has just reported to me that I was correct, and that they did NOT bring up the CoronaVirus subject matter until late into January, just prior to my banning China from the U.S. Also, they only spoke of the Virus in a very non-threatening, or matter of fact, manner…

….Fake News got it wrong again, as always, and tens of thousands of lives were saved by my EARLY BAN of China into our Country. The people that we’re allowed were heavily scrutinized and tested U.S. citizens, and as such, I welcome them with open arms!“
––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 3, 2020 10:18 am

5/3/2020

CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “Look, we’re going to lose anywhere from 75, 80 to 100 thousand people. That’s a horrible thing. We shouldn’t lose one person over this. This should have been stopped in China. It should have been stopped. But if we didn’t do it, the minimum we would have lost is a million-two, a million-four, a million-five. That’s the minimum. We would have lost probably higher than — it’s possible higher than 2.2…

I’ve never seen death like this. I’ve never personally experienced anything like it. And they talk about the flu and all of that… But you know what? I’ve known people that had the flu all of my life. I never — nobody ever died.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in a Fox News Virtual Town Hall,” whitehouse.gov, May 4, 2020

5/3/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/ELIZABETH WARREN: “Relief legislation passed by Congress provides critical support for hospitals, families, small businesses and local governments — efforts that will save lives and help cushion the economic blows of this pandemic.

As the price of their support for these measures, Trump and the Republicans insisted on a $500 billion slush fund for big businesses with minimal conditions — a fund Trump could use to reward his political friends and punish his political enemies.”

-Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren, “Biden, Warren: There’s No Oversight of Coronavirus Relief — Because That’s What Trump Wants,” kansascity.com, May 3, 2020

5/3/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/ELIZABETH WARREN: “The coronavirus rescue package imposed some oversight of these programs, but when he signed it, Trump said he’d ignore the law and prevent a new inspector general from communicating with Congress. He then appointed a White House loyalist to serve in that role. And just to be sure there was no real accountability, he fired another inspector general independently designated to oversee the bailout…

The Biden administration will appoint an inspector general to review every coronavirus relief transaction currently evading serious scrutiny.”

-Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren, “Biden, Warren: There’s No Oversight of Coronavirus Relief — Because That’s What Trump Wants,” kansascity.com, May 3, 2020

5/3/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “I think a lot of people want to go back. They just want to go back. You see it every day. You see demonstrations all over the country and those are meaningful demonstrations. It’s big stuff. But you also have some people that are very scared. Probably everybody’s scared when you get right down to it. It’s a terrible thing, a terrible thing that happened to our country.”

-Donald Trump as quoted by Factbase, “Interview: Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum Host a Town Hall with Donald Trump – May 3, 2020,” factba.se, May 3, 2020

5/3/2020

CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “It came from China. It should have been stopped. It could have been stopped on the spot. They chose not to do it or something happened. Either there was incompetence or they didn’t do it for some reason. And we’re going to have to find out what that reason was.”

-Donald Trump as quoted by Factbase, “Interview: Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum Host a Town Hall with Donald Trump – May 3, 2020,” factba.se, May 3, 2020

5/3/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “I used to say 65,000. And now I’m saying 80,000 or 90,000. And it goes up. And it goes up rapidly. But it’s still going to be, no matter how you look at it, at the very lower end of the plane, if we did the shutdown.”

-Donald Trump as quoted by Factbase, “Interview: Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum Host a Town Hall with Donald Trump – May 3, 2020,” factba.se, May 3, 2020

5/3/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/DEMS: “The Democrats, the radical left, whatever you want, would rather see people — I’m going to be very nice. I’m not going to say die. I’m going to say would rather see people not get well, because they think I’m going to get credit if, you know, hydroxychloroquine works.

And I don’t want the credit. I don’t care about it. I have nothing to do with it, by the way. Everyone said I own the company. I have nothing to do with hydroxychloroquine, other than, if it worked, it would be great.”

-Donald Trump as quoted by Factbase, “Interview: Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum Host a Town Hall with Donald Trump – May 3, 2020,” factba.se, May 3, 2020

5/3/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/VACCINES: “I think we’re going to have a vaccine by the end of the year. Now, the doctors would say, well, you shouldn’t say that. I will say what I think.”

-Donald Trump as quoted by Factbase, “Interview: Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum Host a Town Hall with Donald Trump – May 3, 2020,” factba.se, May 3, 2020

5/3/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “[T]he one thing about this disease that everybody’s learned very easily and very quickly is, it’s so contagious. It is the most contagious thing people have seen. So, in 1917, we had a horrible – in that case it was the flu, right, you remember, the Spanish Flu, so much has been written about it. Now, of course, it’s the hottest – everybody that writes a book about the Spanish Flu, in 1917, it killed between 100, I guess 50 to 100 million people.

It probably ended the First World War because the soldiers were all getting sick. It was the worst the world has ever seen that we know of. We have something that’s different. It’s not as powerful, but it’s far more contagious.”

-Donald Trump as quoted by Factbase, “Interview: Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum Host a Town Hall with Donald Trump – May 3, 2020,” factba.se, May 3, 2020

5/3/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/VACCINES: “We are very confident that we are going to have a vaccine at the end of the year.”

-Donald Trump as quoted by Factbase, “Interview: Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum Host a Town Hall with Donald Trump – May 3, 2020,” factba.se, May 3, 2020

5/3/2020

CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION: “The World Health Organization has been a disaster. Everything they said was wrong. And they’re China-centric. ll they do is they agree with China, whatever China wants to do. So our country, perhaps foolishly, in retrospect, has been paying $450 million a year to the World Health Organization.

And China has been paying $38 million a year. But they were more political than all of our leaders previous. So we’ll see what I do with that. I’m going to have to make a decision on that. But we’re not happy because, what they did, what World Health did, they missed every single call.”

-Donald Trump as quoted by Factbase, “Interview: Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum Host a Town Hall with Donald Trump – May 3, 2020,” factba.se, May 3, 2020

5/3/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We are very confident that we’re going to have a vaccine at the end of the year… Now, the doctors would say, ‘Well, you shouldn’t say that.’ I’ll say what I think. I’ve met with the heads of the big companies. These are great companies. Yeah, I think we’re going to have a vaccine much sooner rather than later.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in a Fox News Virtual Town Hall,” whitehouse.gov, May 4, 2020

5/3/2020

CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On January 23rd, I was told that there could be a virus coming in, but it was of no really import. In other words, it wasn’t, ‘Oh, we’ve going to do something. We got to do something.’ It was a brief conversation, and it was only on January 23rd. Shortly thereafter, I closed down the country to China. And we had 20 people, 21 people in the room. I was the only one that wanted to close it down.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in a Fox News Virtual Town Hall,” whitehouse.gov, May 4, 2020

5/4/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “Getting great reviews, finally, for how well we are handling the pandemic, especially our strong production of desperately needed ventilators, the building of field hospitals & beds, and soon, the great things we are doing on testing. People are really working well together!“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 4, 2020 2:19 am

5/4/2020

BORDER/CALIFORNIA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/MEXICO/WALL: “Mexico is sadly experiencing very big CoronaVirus problems, and now California, get this, doesn’t want people coming over the Southern Border. A Classic! They are sooo lucky that I am their President. Border is very tight and the Wall is rapidly being built!“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 4, 2020 3:42 am

5/4/2020

CONGRESS/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “Interesting? By Congress not wanting the special 5 minute testing apparatus, they are saying that they are not ‘essential’. In any event, we have great testing capacity, and have performed 6.5 million tests, which is more than every country in the world, combined!“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 4, 2020 4:24 am

5/4/2020

AFRICAN AMERICANS/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “The data we’ve seen so far suggests that African Americans are dying from COVID-19 at a far higher rate than whites. African Americans represent an especially high percentage of the front-line workers putting themselves at greater risk to sustain the economy and keep the rest of the country safe and fed — and are less likely to have a job they can do from home, forcing them to make the difficult choice between their health and a paycheck.

Long-standing systemic inequalities may also be contributing to this disparity — including the fact that African Americans are more likely to be uninsured… If I were President today, I would make it a top priority to ensure that African American workers, families, and small businesses got the relief they need and deserve.”

-Joe Biden, “Lift Every Voice: The Biden Plan for Black America,” medium.com, May 4, 2020

5/4/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought with it a rash of racist messages, verbal and physical attacks, and other incidents of hate directed against AAPIs [Asian American and Pacific Islander]. Such assaults strike at the heart of our country — all the more so at a time when so many AAPIs are leading on the front lines of this crisis as nurses and doctors, researchers and scientists, delivery drivers and retail workers, and in so many other essential roles.

With a White House devoid of moral authority, and a President who chooses time and again to fan the flames of hate, it is more critical than ever that all Americans stand together strongly against racism and xenophobia.”

-Joe Biden, “Statement by Vice President Joe Biden on Asian Pacific American Heritage Month,” medium.com, May 4, 2020

5/4/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “Every morning I start off like I did this morning, with leading medical advisors for an hour, an hour and a half briefing on the state of the coronavirus in the United States. And guess what? Nursing homes and meat packing plants, are the most dangerous places there are right now. That’s not up for debate. Thousands of infections have been traced back to meat packing plants and at least 30 workers have died from it. They designate them as essential workers, then treat them as disposable. It’s quite frankly inhumane and downright immoral because these workers are essential to our society. Not just in times of crisis, but always.”

-Joe Biden as quoted by Rev, “Transcript: Joe Biden Town Hall on Protecting Essential Workers,” rev.com, May 4, 2020

5/5/2020

CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “This is a situation — who would have ever thought a thing like this could happen? Frankly, I’ve read about and heard about, in 1917, The Great Flu. They call that the Flu, right? The Spanish flu, and it might have killed 100 million people.

Probably stopped the First World War ‘cause all the soldiers were getting sick. I mean, it, you know, was probably a cause of stopping the — a World War. But that was our worst. This is a different one. Not as lethal, individually, but more contagious. The level of contagion — the level of its being contagious has never seen before.”

-Donald Trump as quoted by ABC News, “TRANSCRIPT: ABC News anchor David Muir interviews President Trump in Arizona,” abcnews.go.com, May 6, 2020

5/5/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/DEMS/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I’ve had tremendous lack of support from Democrats…I thought the Democrats — because this is a crisis. I thought the Democrats would come together and work with us. They really don’t…

They said I called it a hoax. No, I called the Democrats a hoax because of what they were saying because when I did the ban they’re out there saying — they call me a racist because I did the ban. They called me xenophobic. Sleepy Joe Biden. He said ‘he’s xenophobic.’ He doesn’t know what the word means.”

-Donald Trump as quoted by ABC News, “TRANSCRIPT: ABC News anchor David Muir interviews President Trump in Arizona,” abcnews.go.com, May 6, 2020

5/5/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/ECONOMY: “Exciting to see our Country starting to open up again!“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 5, 2020 2:33 am

5/5/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/SANCTUARY CITIES/TAXES: “Well run States should not be bailing out poorly run States, using CoronaVirus as the excuse! The elimination of Sanctuary Cities, Payroll Taxes, and perhaps Capital Gains Taxes, must be put on the table. Also lawsuit indemnification & business deductions for restaurants & ent.“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 5, 2020 8:37 am

5/5/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/NATIVE AMERICANS: “Native Americans have been hit hard by the terrible pandemic. Over 2,000 members of the Navajo Nation have tested positive for the coronavirus. And tragically, more than 70 have lost their lives…

Weeks ago, I signed the CARES Act, which includes $8 billion to help tribal governments… This is the single largest investment in Indian country in our history. So the amount of money that’s being sent to ‘Indian country,’ as we call it, is the largest amount in the history of the U.S. And you deserve it. And you’ve been through a lot. The Navajo Nation will soon receive over $600 million. That’s a lot. Should I renegotiate that? Can we renegotiate that? I don’t think so.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in Roundtable Discussion on Supporting Native Americans | Phoenix, AZ,” May 5, 2020

5/5/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/ECONOMY/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The choice between the economy and public health is a false one—if we don’t beat the virus, we’ll never get back to full economic strength and will lose countless lives. We have to get the number of new cases down and scale up testing before we return to some sense of normalcy.”

-Joe Biden, Twitter.com, May 5, 2020 7:45 pm

5/5/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/ECONOMY: “I think actually the decision to close the country was the biggest decision I’ve ever had to make, and I’ve said that very loud and clear. I mean, we had the greatest economy in history, in the history of the world, not only our economy, it was our greatest economy. Best employment numbers, best numbers in every single way. And they said, sir, we have to close the country.”

-Donald Trump in a May 5, 2020 interview as quoted by ABC News, “TRANSCRIPT: ABC News anchor David Muir interviews President Trump in Arizona,” abcnews.go.com, May 6, 2020

5/5/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “Look. Our country has to go back to being our country again. You have people that are not going to stand for this. And I understand them very well. And we are going to put out little embers and little fires and maybe some big fires, but we still have to go back to work.”

-Donald Trump in a May 5, 2020 interview as quoted by ABC News, “TRANSCRIPT: ABC News anchor David Muir interviews President Trump in Arizona,” abcnews.go.com, May 6, 2020

5/5/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “You know, the virus will pass.

There’ll be more death, that the virus will pass, with or without a vaccine. And I think we’re doing very well on the vaccines but, with or without a vaccine, it’s going to pass, and we’re going to be back to normal. But it’s been a rough process. There is no question about it.”

-Donald Trump in a May 5, 2020 interview as quoted by ABC News, “TRANSCRIPT: ABC News anchor David Muir interviews President Trump in Arizona,” abcnews.go.com, May 6, 2020

5/5/2020

2020 ELECTION/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: [David Muir: “And if November becomes a referendum on your handling of the pandemic, are you comfortable with that?”] “Well, I am and I’m not. You know, it’s a very, it’s a very interesting thought. You know I’ve built the greatest economy and then it was turned off for good reason. We saved millions of lives by doing it. I think people are going to remember that…

I think in a certain way maybe our best work has been on what we’ve done with COVID-19, but, but we haven’t gotten– We haven’t been treated properly.”

-Donald Trump in a May 5, 2020 interview as quoted by ABC News, “TRANSCRIPT: ABC News anchor David Muir interviews President Trump in Arizona,” abcnews.go.com, May 6, 2020

5/6/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/HEALTHCARE/JOE BIDEN/OBAMA/OBAMACARE (ACA)/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today in our country, more than 1.2 million people have been infected with COVID-19… 

By siding with the Republican Attorneys-General who are seeking to invalidate the ACA in the U.S. Supreme Court, Trump has made clear where his priorities lie. Not with protecting the millions of people who depend on the exchanges for their health coverage. Not with ensuring that more than 100 million people with pre-existing conditions won’t be denied coverage or charged more by their insurers. Not with the thousands of Americans who may develop new ‘pre-existing conditions’ due to their battle with COVID-19…

No — Trump has decided he’d rather destroy President Obama’s legacy than protect the health care of millions upon millions of Americans.”

-Joe Biden, “Statement by Vice President Joe Biden on the Filing of the Opening Briefs in California v. Texas,” medium.com, May 6, 2020

5/6/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “This is really the worst attack we’ve ever had. This is worse than Pearl Harbor. This is worse than the World Trade Center. There’s never been an attack like this. And it should have never happened.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump at Signing of a Proclamation in Honor of National Nurses Day,” whitehouse.gov, May 6, 2020

5/6/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “[W]e’ll be leaving the task force indefinitely. We’ll see. You know, at a certain point, that’ll end like things end. But we’ll be adding some people to the task force… So we’re keeping the task force for a period of time…

Well, I guess, if you think, we’re always winding it down… I thought we could wind it down sooner. But I had no idea how popular the task force is until actually yesterday. When I started talking about winding it down, I’d get calls from very respected people saying, ‘I think it would be better to keep it going. It’s done such a good job.'”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump at Signing of a Proclamation in Honor of National Nurses Day,” whitehouse.gov, May 6, 2020

5/6/2020

CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So the media likes to say we have the most cases, but we do, by far, the most testing. If we did very little testing, we wouldn’t have the most cases. So, in a way, by doing all of this testing, we make ourselves look bad. For instance, they would say we have more than China. I don’t think so.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump and Vice President Pence at a Meeting with Governor Reynolds of Iowa”, whitehouse.gov, May 6, 2020

5/6/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/MIKE PENCE/VACCINES: “The White House CoronaVirus Task Force, headed by Vice President Mike Pence, has done a fantastic job of bringing together vast highly complex resources that have set a high standard for others to follow in the future. Ventilators, which were few & in bad shape, are now being….

….produced in the thousands, and we have many to spare. We are helping other countries which are desperate for them. Likewise, after having been left little, we are now doing more testing than all other countries combined, and with superior tests. Face masks & shields,….

….gloves, gowns etc. are now plentiful. The last four Governors teleconference calls have been conclusively strong. Because of this success, the Task Force will continue on indefinitely with its focus on SAFETY & OPENING UP OUR COUNTRY AGAIN. We may add or subtract people ….

….to it, as appropriate. The Task Force will also be very focused on Vaccines & Therapeutics. Thank you!“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 6, 2020 3:05, 3:06 am

5/6/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Today in our country, more than 1.2 million people have been infected with COVID-19. More than 71,000 lives have been lost to this pandemic. And millions more are facing enormous economic instability due to lost jobs, cut hours, reduced wages, and the ever-present fear of what they will do if they or their loved ones fall ill and need expensive medical treatment.

Against this backdrop of national crisis and human tragedy, today marks the beginning of the process of parties filing briefings with the U.S. Supreme Court in the Trump-backed lawsuit to strip away health care protections for the millions of Americans who depend on the Affordable Care Act (ACA).”

-Joe Biden, “Statement by Vice President Joe Biden on the Filing of the Opening Briefs in California v. Texas,” medium.com, May 6, 2020

5/6/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA)/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The number one job of any president is to keep the American people safe. Trump’s failures to heed the warnings that he was given to prepare for and protect against the worst impacts of the coronavirus are already nothing less than a dereliction of duty. Today’s efforts to destroy every aspect of the ACA are yet another horrifying example of Trump’s callous disregard for the struggles of everyday people all across the country. If Trump and the Republicans get their way, it will mean devastation for our health care system that will cause untold pain and suffering. We must not allow that to happen.”

-Joe Biden, “Statement by Vice President Joe Biden on the Filing of the Opening Briefs in California v. Texas,” medium.com, May 6, 2020

5/6/2020

2020 ELECTION/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN//VOTING/VOTE BY MAIL: “We can’t sit by as Donald Trump and Republicans use COVID-19 as an excuse to disenfranchise voters. We need to ensure people have the opportunity to vote by mail, early vote, vote absentee and, in every way possible, safely vote in person this November.”

-Joe Biden, Twitter.com, May 6, 2020 2:05 pm

5/7/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/OBAMACARE (ACA)/FLORIDA/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS: “Obamacare was the biggest, most progressive expansion over the four years of our healthcare system. Matter of fact, it’s the biggest expansion in our history. It covered 20 million uninsured Americans, protects 100 million more with preexisting conditions who couldn’t get covered before … Many of which of them are put them at a higher risk of the COVID complications I might add.”

-Joe Biden as quoted by Rev, “Transcript: Joe Biden Virtual Roundtable with African American Florida Representatives,” rev.com, May 7, 2020

5/7/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I just had a test, as you probably heard. In fact, I had one yesterday and I had one today, and it’s negative. Mike just had a test, and it’s negative. But they do the tests, and it just shows you that the fallacy — it’s what I’ve been saying: Testing is not a perfect art. No matter what you do, testing is not a perfect art. So we test once a week. Now we’re going to go testing once a day. But even when you test once a day, somebody could — something happens where they catch something.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in Meeting with Governor Abbott of Texas,” whitehouse.gov, May 7, 2020

5/7/2020

AFRICAN AMERICANS/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “So this disease is not only tearing through the nation, devastating families, wrecking the economy, it’s magnifying and exacerbating some of the worst systematic inequities exist. Counties with majority Black populations have COVID infections three times higher than majority white counties. Death rates nearly six times higher… People of color are less likely to have access to healthcare and health insurance. Therefore, they’re less likely to go in for preventative efforts. They’re less likely to have had treatment for underlying conditions that make them much more vulnerable to the virus now.”

-Joe Biden as quoted by Rev, “Transcript: Joe Biden Virtual Roundtable with African American Florida Representatives,” rev.com, May 7, 2020

5/7/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump had months to take action and stave off the worst of this crisis; he should have been deploying tests, marshaling medical supplies, and bracing the public to slow the spread from the minute he was briefed on its dangers this winter. He chose instead to dismiss the experts and knowingly make false promises about our testing capacity and the trajectory of the virus.”

-Joe Biden, “Statement by Vice President Joe Biden on Today’s Unemployment Claims,” medium.com, May 7, 2020

5/8/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “You look on the screens, you look on television today, and you see body bags and you see mass graves. And we may be talking about 95,000 people ultimately. We may be talking about something more than that… One person isn’t acceptable, let alone perhaps 100,000.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in Meeting with Republican Members of Congress,” whitehouse.gov, May 8, 2020

5/8/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “[A member of the Vice President’s staff] tested very good for a long period of time, and then all of a sudden, today she tested positive. She hasn’t come into contact with me…

This is why the whole concept of tests aren’t necessarily great. The tests are perfect, but something can happen between a test — where it’s good, and then something happens, and all of a sudden — she was tested very recently and tested negative. And then today, I guess, for some reason, she tested positive…

I feel about vaccines like I feel about tests. This is going to go away without a vaccine. It’s going to go away, and it’s — we’re not going to see It again, hopefully, after a period of time… You may have some flare-ups next year, but eventually, it’s going to be gone.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in Meeting with Republican Members of Congress,” whitehouse.gov, May 8, 2020

5/10/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/ECONOMY: “So great to see our Country starting to open up again!“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 10, 2020 1:44 am

5/10/2020

CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/OBAMA/POLLS: “We are getting great marks for the handling of the CoronaVirus pandemic, especially the very early BAN of people from China, the infectious source, entering the USA. Compare that to the Obama/Sleepy Joe disaster known as H1N1 Swine Flu. Poor marks, bad polls – didn’t have a clue!“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 10, 2020 1:48 am

5/10/2020

CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/MEDIA: “.@CBS and their show, @60Minutes, are doing everything within their power, which is far less today than it was in the past, to defend China and the horrible Virus pandemic that was inflicted on the USA and the rest of the World. I guess they want to do business in China!”

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 10, 2020 1:25 pm

5/11/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “To battle a virus, my administration marshaled every resource at our nation’s disposal: public, private, military, economic, scientific, and industrial — all at your disposal. We launched the largest manufacturing ramp-up since the Second World War…

In every generation, through every challenge and hardship and danger, America has risen to the task. We have met the moment, and we have prevailed…

[W]e’ve prevailed on testing, is what I’m referring to. That was with regard to testing. You never prevail when you have 90,000 people [dead], 100,000 people; when you have 80,000 people, as of today; when you have this — the kind of death you’re talking about, when you have potentially millions of people throughout the world that are dying. What I’m talking about is: We have a great testing capacity now.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in a Press Briefing on COVID-19 Testing,” whitehouse.gov, May 11, 2020

5/11/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If we didn’t get the tests, if we did no tests in the White House, you’d be up complaining, ‘Why aren’t you getting tests for the White House?’ See, we can’t win, because if we didn’t get the tests, you’d be up — I understand you very well, better than you understand yourself — and, frankly, if we didn’t get tests done, you’d be up complaining about the fact that we didn’t have the tests done…

As far as Americans getting a test, they should all be able to get a test right now. They should be able to get a test…

If people want to get tested, they get tested. We have the greatest capacity in the world… But, for the most part, they shouldn’t want to get tested. There’s no reason. They feel good. They don’t have sniffles. They don’t have sore throats. They don’t have any problem.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in a Press Briefing on COVID-19 Testing,” whitehouse.gov, May 11, 2020

5/11/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/FAKE NEWS: “Great credit being given for our Coronavirus response, except in the Fake News. They are a disgrace to America!“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 11, 2020 3:45 am

5/11/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “Coronavirus numbers are looking MUCH better, going down almost everywhere. Big progress being made!“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 11, 2020 3:56 am

5/11/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/DEMS/PENNSYLVANIA: “The great people of Pennsylvania want their freedom now, and they are fully aware of what that entails. The Democrats are moving slowly, all over the USA, for political purposes. They would wait until November 3rd if it were up to them. Don’t play politics. Be safe, move quickly!“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 11, 2020 4:26 am

5/11/2020

BORDER/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/WALL: “On the southern border, the wall is being built. It’s being built rapidly. And now you don’t hear the opponents talking too much about the border. They don’t like to talk about it because it seemed that we were right on a lot of things. One of the things we were right about — one of the many things was the border…

And the wall is being built. It’s up to 181 miles already. It’s being built. It’s being built rapidly. People don’t talk about it anymore because it’s very successful. In the area where the wall has built — that is a lot still, but we want to be up to 450 by a very short period of time. Early next year, we should be up to 450. And very shortly after that, over 500 miles to be completed…

The last thing we want now with this pandemic is for people to come across our southern border.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in a Press Briefing on COVID-19 Testing,” whitehouse.gov, May 11, 2020

5/11/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “And the people of the country, they’ve learned a lot over the last two months. They’ve learned about social distancing and washing your hands and other things that we’ve all learned and talked about. They’ve learned about — I see everybody — just about everybody has a facemask on. They’ve learned about facemasks — the good and the bad, by the way. It’s not a one-sided thing, believe it or not.

But our country has learned. Our country has been incredible. And you see the numbers; they’re dropping very substantially. The numbers are dropping around our country very, very substantially.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in a Press Briefing on COVID-19 Testing,” whitehouse.gov, May 11, 2020

5/11/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “I want it [the country] open safely, but I want it open.

Don’t forget, people are dying the other route. You can go with the enclosed route: Everything is closed up, you’re in your house, you’re not allowed to move. People are dying with that too. You look at drug addiction, you look at suicides, you look at some of the things that are taking place, people are dying that way too. You could make the case it’s in even greater numbers.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in a Press Briefing on COVID-19 Testing,” whitehouse.gov, May 11, 2020

5/11/2020

2020 ELECTION/CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/MEDIA: “The Lamestream Media is truly out of control. Look how they work (conspire!) together. They are the Enemy of the People, but don’t worry, we will WIN in November! RT @atrupar

.@weijia: Why is this a global competition to you when Americans are losing their lives every day?
TRUMP: Maybe that’s a question you should ask China.
WEIJA: Why are you saying that to me, specifically?
TRUMP: I’m saying it to anybody who would ask a nasty question like that.“
–Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 11, 2020 5:36 pm

5/11/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The truth is that everyone wants America to reopen as soon as possible — claiming otherwise is completely absurd. Governors from both parties are doing their best to make that happen, but their efforts have been slowed and hampered because they haven’t gotten the tools, resources and guidance they need from the federal government to reopen safely and sustainably. That responsibility falls on Trump’s shoulders — but he isn’t up to the task.”

-Joe Biden, “Joe Biden: How the White House coronavirus response presents us with a false choice,” washingtonpost.com, May 11, 2020

5/11/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If Trump and his team understand how critical testing is to their safety — and they seem to, given their own behavior — why are they insisting that it’s unnecessary for the American people?

And why does the president insist on trying to turn this into yet another line of division, pitting strained, grieving Americans against one another across manufactured battle lines of ‘health’ and ‘the economy’? Everybody knows that we can’t revive the latter unless we safeguard the former — and pretending otherwise is the most transparent of political ploys. Instead of once again seeking to divide us, Trump should be working to get Americans the same necessary protections he has gotten for himself.”

-Joe Biden, “Joe Biden: How the White House coronavirus response presents us with a false choice,” washingtonpost.com, May 11, 2020

5/12/2020

CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “Asian Americans are VERY angry at what China has done to our Country, and the World. Chinese Americans are the most angry of all. I don’t blame them!“

–Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 12, 2020 1:19 am

5/12/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “Our Testing is the BEST in the World, by FAR! Numbers are coming down in most parts of our Country, which wants to open and get going again. It is happening, safely!“

–Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 12, 2020 1:35 am

5/12/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Remember this, every Governor who has sky high approval on their handling of the Coronavirus, and I am happy for them all, could in no way have gotten those numbers, or had that success, without me and the Federal Governments help. From Ventilators to Testing, we made it happen!“

–Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 12, 2020 1:56 am

5/13/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I think they should open the schools, absolutely. I think they should. And it’s had very little impact on young people. And I think that if you’re an instructor, if you’re a teacher, a professor, and you’re over a certain age — like, let’s say, 65 or maybe even, if you want to be conservative, 60 — perhaps you want to stay out for a little while longer…

The schools are going to be open… These are young people. These are students… They’re in great shape. Now, when you have an incident, one out of a million, one out of five hundred thou- — will something happen? Perhaps. But, you know, you can be driving to school and some bad things can happen too.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump in a Meeting with Governor Polis of Colorado and Governor Burgum of North Dakota,” whitehouse.gov, May 13, 2020

5/13/2020

CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRADE DEALS: “As I have said for a long time, dealing with China is a very expensive thing to do. We just made a great Trade Deal, the ink was barely dry, and the World was hit by the Plague from China. 100 Trade Deals wouldn’t make up the difference – and all those innocent lives lost!“

–Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 13, 2020 4:33 am

5/14/2020

CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “China, I made a great trade deal. The ink wasn’t dry when the plague came over from China… I’m very disappointed in China. I will tell you that right now…

So Anthony [Fauci] is a good person, very good person. I’ve disagreed with him. When I closed the border to China, he disagreed with that. And then ultimately he agreed. And he said I saved hundreds of thousands of lives, which is what happened… I think that we have to open our schools. Young people are very little affected by this.”

-Donald Trump, Factbase, “Interview: Maria Bartiromo Interviews Donald Trump on Fox Business – May 14, 2020,” factba.se, May 14, 2020

5/14/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So we have the best testing in the world. It could be that testing is, frankly, overrated… We have more cases than anybody in the world. But why? Because we do more testing. When you test, you have a case. When you test, you find something is wrong with people. If we didn’t do any testing, we would have very few cases. They don’t want to write that. It’s common sense.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump at Owens & Minor, Inc. Distribution Center | Allentown, PA,” whitehouse.gov, May 14, 2020

5/14/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/DEMS/ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Great State of Wisconsin, home to Tom Tiffany’s big Congressional Victory on Tuesday, was just given another win. Its Democrat Governor was forced by the courts to let the State Open. The people want to get on with their lives. The place is bustling!“

–Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 14, 2020 2:11 am

5/14/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/VACCINES: “Good numbers coming out of States that are opening. America is getting its life back! Vaccine work is looking VERY promising, before end of year. Likewise, other solutions!“

–Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 14, 2020 3:07 am

5/14/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/VACCINES: “President Donald Trump is mobilizing the U.S. military to distribute a novel coronavirus vaccine when one becomes available and will focus first on older Americans…

He said he believes there will be a vaccine by the end of the year and the United States is mobilizing ‘our military and other forces’ on that assumption.”

-Reuters, “Trump mobilizing U.S. military to deliver coronavirus vaccine,” reuters.com, May 14, 2020

5/15/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As of this morning, almost every state has taken steps to begin reopening, and the American people are doing an extraordinary job of continuing to take precautions while, at the same time, wanting to start. And they will be starting to resume their American way of life…

Today I want to update you on the next stage of this momentous medical initiative. It’s called Operation Warp Speed. That means big and it means fast. A massive scientific, industrial, and logistical endeavor unlike anything our country has seen since the Manhattan Project…

Its objective is to finish developing and then to manufacture and distribute a proven coronavirus vaccine as fast as possible. Again, we’d love to see if we could do it prior to the end of the year…

And I just want to make something clear. It’s very important: Vaccine or no vaccine, we’re back.”

-Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump on Vaccine Development,” whitehouse.gov, May 15, 2020

5/15/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/INDIA/VACCINES: “I am proud to announce that the United States will donate ventilators to our friends in India. We stand with India and @narendramodi during this pandemic. We’re also cooperating on vaccine development. Together we will beat the invisible enemy!“

–Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 15, 2020 8:50 am

5/15/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “To everyone who has lost a loved one due to COVID-19: I know it’s incredibly difficult right now, but there will come a time when their memory brings a smile to your lips before it brings a tear to your eye. It will take time, but that’s when you know you’re going to make it.”

-Joe Biden, Twitter.com, May 15, 2020 3:55 pm

5/16/2020

CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION: “Lou [Dobbs], this is just one of numerous concepts being considered under which we would pay 10% of what we have been paying over many years, matching much lower China payments. Have not made final decision. All funds are frozen. Thanks! RT @LouDobbs

Top WH Advisors are working for whom exactly? Surely not for our historic President or this great nation: Trump set to restore partial funding to WHO after pause to investigate coronavirus response #MAGA ⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩ #AmericaFirst #Dobbs“

–Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 16, 2020 2:51 am

5/16/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/DEMS/MEDIA: “We’ve done a GREAT job on Covid response, making all Governors look good, some fantastic (and that’s OK), but the Lamestream Media doesn’t want to go with that narrative, and the Do Nothing Dems talking point is to say only bad about ‘Trump’. I made everybody look good, but me!“

–Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 16, 2020 3:30 am