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10/9/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP’S HEALTH: “I feel really good. I feel very strong. I know a lot of people that have had the COVID or the China virus, as I call it, because it came from China — but I feel really, really strong, and a lot of people don’t feel that way sometimes for awhile afterwards. But very good…

I didn’t have a problem with breathing, which a lot of people seem to have. I had none of that.”

-Donald Trump as quoted by Factbase, “Interview: Marc Siegel Interviews Donald Trump on Fox News Channel – October 9, 2020,” factba.se, Oct. 9, 2020

10/9/2020

CDC/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “40,000 people a day are coming down with the coronavirus. What is the matter with this guy? RT @nytimes

Breaking News: The White House is said to have blocked a CDC effort to require face coverings on airplanes, trains, buses and in travel hubs.“
––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, October 9, 2020 1:49 pm

10/9/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “It’s estimated that nearly another 200,000 Americans could lose their lives by the end of the year because of this virus.

Enough. No more.

Let’s set the partisanship aside. Let’s end the politics. Let’s follow the science.”

––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, October 9, 2020 10:05 am

10/9/2020

CONGRATS/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/UN: “Congratulations to the UN World Food Program. With global hunger on the march, made worse by the pandemic and conflict around the world, we must come together to fight food insecurity. As president, I’ll support the WFP and reassert American leadership to address global hunger. RT @nytimes

Breaking News: The World Food Program was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to fight hunger globally, including its work during the coronavirus pandemic.”
––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, October 9, 2020 6:46 am

10/8/2020

CORONAVIRUS/JOBS/JOE BIDEN: “We’re going to get this virus under control. We’re going to reopen safely and strongly creating good paying jobs and working to end this era of rancor and division. Because if we’re going to get anything done, we have to do it together.

I’ve been saying this since I announced and people thought I was being naive. They said, ‘Oh, you got a lot of things done, Joe, before, but that was the past.’ Well, guess what? If we can’t bring the country together, we’re dead. This is a democracy. It depends on a consensus. You’ve got to bring people together.”

-Joe Biden, “Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Kick-off the “Soul of the Nation” Bus Tour in Phoenix, AZ,” YouTube.com, Oct. 8, 2020

10/8/2020

CORONAVIRUS/ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The fact is President Trump can only see the world from Park Avenue. He thinks that Wall Street built America. That’s why he let big corporations jump in on the front lines and get the [coronavirus] recovery money that the Congress helped pass while small businesses struggled to stay open…

What’s the first thing the President did? He fired the Inspector General. Think about that. 40% of all the money that was supposed to go to small businesses in the first time around went to the Mar-a-Lago crowd. The wealthy. I mean, if this wasn’t so true, I’d be reluctant to say it because it sounds so bizarre. This President has forgotten the people he said he’d fight for.”

-Joe Biden, “Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Kick-off the “Soul of the Nation” Bus Tour in Phoenix, AZ,” YouTube.com, Oct. 8, 2020

10/8/2020

ARIZONA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Look, we’ve paid too high a price already for Donald Trump’s chaotic, divisive leadership. More than 210,000 Americans have lost their lives to this virus. We lose more every single day.

Now, these 6,000 Arizonans have been lost. I mean, 6,000 gone, gone. More than 220, 000 Arizonans have been infected with COVID. 122,000 jobs in Arizona still haven’t come back. Nine times more Arizonans are on unemployment each week than before this crisis hit…

When the House passed the so-called Heroes Act, that’s that second big package they passed to get people on their feet again some time ago, but the President and Mitch McConnell did nothing to move the legislation.”

-Joe Biden, “Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Kick-off the “Soul of the Nation” Bus Tour in Phoenix, AZ,” YouTube.com, Oct. 8, 2020

10/8/2020

CORONAVIRUS/TRUMP’S HEALTH: [Sean Hannity: “Have you had a test since your diagnosis a week ago?”]

“Well, what we’re doing is probably the test will be tomorrow, the actual test, because there’s no reason to test all the time. But they found very little infection or virus, if any. I don’t know that they found any. I didn’t go into it greatly with the doctors.”

-Donald Trump via Factbase, “Interview: Sean Hannity Interviews Donald Trump Live Via Telephone – October 8, 2020,” factba.se, Oct. 8, 2020

 

10/8/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP’S HEALTH: “And I will tell you, I took this Regeneron. It’s phenomenal. And Eli Lilly has something very comparable. It’s phenomenal. And it’s a whole new day. It’s a whole — and if you go back a few months, nobody ever even thought about this stuff. We came up with it. And I’m going to have it delivered to every hospital where you have sick people with the COVID, or the China virus, as we call it. And we are going to make people better. It actually made me better. I went in. I could have left a day later.”

-Donald Trump via Factbase, “Interview: Sean Hannity Interviews Donald Trump Live Via Telephone – October 8, 2020,” factba.se, Oct. 8, 2020

10/8/2020

CORONAVIRUS/TRUMP’S HEALTH: “I’ll be tested pretty soon, but I’m — I’m essentially very clean. They say it’s over a periods of six, seven days and I was — I — you know, it was amazing thing happened to me. I just went in and I didn’t feel good. And that’s OK, I expect it [coronavirus] at some point because I’m out there. I’ve got to be a leader. Winston Churchill didn’t sit in his basement for six months. I got a lot of things going.”

-Donald Trump via Factbase, “Interview: Maria Bartiromo Interviews Donald Trump on Fox Business – October 8, 2020,” factba.se, Oct. 8, 2020

10/8/2020

CORONAVIRUS/JOE BIDEN/MILITARY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I’m glad because I’m the leader. And I can’t be like Biden where I hang out in a basement every day…

 I met with Gold Star families. I didn’t want to cancel that…

And I can’t back up, Maria, and say give me room, I want room. Give me 12 feet, stay 12 feet away when you talk. They come within an inch of my face sometimes. They want to hug me and they want to kiss me. And they do. And frankly, I’m not telling them to back up. I’m not doing it. But I did say it’s like — it’s obviously dangerous. It’s a dangerous thing I guess if you go by the COVID thing.”

-Donald Trump via Factbase, “Interview: Maria Bartiromo Interviews Donald Trump on Fox Business – October 8, 2020,” factba.se, Oct. 8, 2020

10/8/2020

CORONAVIRUS/DRUGS: “Remdesivir is, you know, it’s fine. But the Regeneron was– I view it as a cure [for coronavirus], not just a therapeutic. I view it as a cure because I took it… It’s great. And what I’m doing is I’m going to supply this drug. It made me better, I will tell you right now. I walked in. I didn’t feel great. I think I would have done it fine without drugs. It — you know, you don’t really need drugs.”

-Donald Trump via Factbase, “Interview: Maria Bartiromo Interviews Donald Trump on Fox Business – October 8, 2020,” factba.se, Oct. 8, 2020

10/8/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/OBAMA/POLLS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Gallup Poll has just come out with the incredible finding that 56% of you say that you are better off today, during a pandemic, than you were four years ago (OBiden). Highest number on record! Pretty amazing!“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 8, 2020 5:10 pm

10/8/2020

CORONAVIRUS/RALLY/TRUMP’S HEALTH: [Maria Bartiromo: “You say you feel great, but the media is out there saying, well, you’re contagious. Do you feel that you are? I mean, obviously, you wouldn’t feel that way if you’re saying you are ready to go to a rally.”]

“No, I don’t think I’m contagious, but we still have to wait — I don’t think I’m contagious at all. Well, first of all, if I’m at a rally, I stand by myself very far away from everybody. So whether I was or not. But I — I don’t — I wouldn’t — I still wouldn’t go to a rally if I was contagious. But, no, it takes a certain period of time.

I feel that I’m great. You catch this thing. A lot of people caught it… It’s, you know, it’s particles of dust. It’s tiny stuff. Now, as far as the White House is concerned, somebody got in. There was a day of celebration with Notre Dame, et cetera, et cetera. Somebody got in and people got affected.”

-Donald Trump via Factbase, “Interview: Maria Bartiromo Interviews Donald Trump on Fox Business – October 8, 2020,” factba.se, Oct. 8, 2020

10/8/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/MICHIGAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When [Michigan] Governor [Gretchen] Whitmer worked to protect her state from a deadly pandemic, President Trump issued a call to ‘LIBERATE MICHIGAN!’

That call was heard.

He’s giving oxygen to the bigotry and hate we see on the march in our country — and we have to stop it.“

––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, October 8, 2020 4:35 pm

10/8/2020

2020 ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT: “In more than two centuries of publishing, the New England Journal of Medicine has never weighed in on a U.S. presidential election. That changed this week.

On Wednesday [October 8, 2020], alongside its usual peer-reviewed scientific studies and analysis, the journal published a blistering editorial taking President Trump and his administration to task over their handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The respected journal broke the nonpartisan position it has held since 1812 with an editorial titled, ‘Dying in a Leadership Vacuum,’ which urged voters to oust Trump over his administration’s failures.”

-Katie Shepherd, “The New England Journal of Medicine avoided politics for 208 years. Now it’s urging voters to oust Trump.,” washingtonpost.com, Oct. 8, 2020

10/8/2020

CORONAVIRUS/TRUMP’S HEALTH: “I think I’m better, to a point where I’d love to do a rally tonight, I wanted to do one last night. But I think I’m better to a point that I feel better than I did you know, I jokingly said 20 years ago, I feel perfect. There’s nothing wrong. I had a case [of coronavirus], I got it knocked out. I think it was Regeneron that was responsible for it.

Because of that, it was sort of like almost a gift from heaven because of what I went through. I felt pretty lousy. A lot of people did. A lot of people do. No matter how good the security, you’re not going to protect yourself from this thing with just your standard anything, unless you just literally don’t come out and even those people found out.

Did you see in New York City, the most heavily locked down place, the people that caught it the most were the people that were caught in their houses and their apartments. Okay?”

-Donald Trump, “Trump: I’m not wasting my time on a virtual debate,” video.foxbusiness.com, Oct. 8, 2020

10/8/2020

CORONAVIRUS/SENIORS: “We’re taking care of our seniors. You’re not vulnerable but they like to say ‘the vulnerable,’ but you’re the least vulnerable, but for this one thing, you are vulnerable and so am I.

But I want you to get the same care that I got. I got incredible care at Walter Reed, incredible doctors and this [coronavirus] medicine in particular, one medicine was unbelievable. You’re going to get the same medicine, you’re gonna get it free. No charge. And we’re going to get it to you soon.”

-Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Oct. 8, 2020 1:13 pm

10/8/2020

CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/SENIORS: “So, to my favorite people in the world – the seniors. I’m a senior, I know you don’t know that, nobody knows that, maybe you don’t have to tell them, but I’m a senior.

We are making tremendous progress with this horrible disease that was sent over by China. China will pay a big price for what they did to the world, and to us.

But we have medicines right now and I call them a cure. I went into the hospital a week ago [with coronavirus], I was very sick, and I took this medicine and it was incredible. It was incredible. I could have walked out the following day, sooner, it was incredible the impact that it had.”

-Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Oct. 8, 2020 1:13 pm

10/8/2020

2020 ELECTION/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Joe Biden has no plan for Coronavirus – ALL TALK! He was a disaster in his handling of H1N1 Swine Flu. He didn’t have a clue, with his own Chief of Staff so saying. If he were in charge, perhaps 2.2 million people would have died from this much more lethal disease!“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 8, 2020 8:59 am

10/7/2020

CORONAVIRUS/DRUGS/TRUMP’S HEALTH: “So we have these drugs, Eli Lilly, and the others that are so good. But they are, in my opinion, remember this, they’re going to say that they’re ‘therapeutic.’ And I guess they are therapeutic. Some people don’t know how to define therapeutic.

I view it different, it’s a cure. For me, I walked in, I didn’t feel good. A short 24 hours later, I was feeling great, I wanted to get out of the hospital and that’s what I want for everybody. I want everybody to be given the same treatment as your president, because I feel great. I feel like perfect.

So I think this was a blessing from God that I caught it [coronavirus]. This was a blessing in disguise. I caught it. I heard about this drug. I said, ‘Let me take it.’ It was my suggestion. I said, ‘Let me take it,’ and it was incredible the way it worked. Incredible. I think if I didn’t catch it, we’d be looking at that like a number of other drugs, but it really did a fantastic job.”

-Donald Trump via Maggie Haberman and Katie Thomas, “Trump says contracting the virus was ‘a blessing from God’ and hails an unproven drug as ‘a cure.’,” nytimes.com, Oct. 7, 2020

10/7/2020

CORONAVIRUS: “So I just want to say, we have Regeneron [to treat coronavirus]… We’ve authorized it. I’ve authorized it. If you’re in the hospital and you’re feeling really bad, I think we’re going to work it so that you get them and you’re going to get them free, and especially if you’re a senior, we’re going to get you in there quick. We have hundreds of thousands of doses that are just about ready.”

-Donald Trump via Maggie Haberman and Katie Thomas, “Trump says contracting the virus was ‘a blessing from God’ and hails an unproven drug as ‘a cure.’,” nytimes.com, Oct. 7, 2020

10/7/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/KAMALA HARRIS/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We’re eight months into this pandemic and Donald Trump and Mike Pence still have no plan to deal with COVID-19. He’s still hoping it will just ‘disappear.’

@KamalaHarris and I have a comprehensive, science-backed plan to defeat this virus. Take a look:

https://t.co/xjxsDn2qCD?amp=1″

––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, October 7, 2020 3:13 pm

10/7/2020

2020 ELECTION/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/VACCINES: “As president, I will:

– Implement nationwide mask mandates

– Ensure access to regular, reliable, and free testing

– Accelerate the development of treatments and vaccines

I won’t waste any time getting this virus under control.”

––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, October 7, 2020 4:10 am

10/6/2020

CORONAVIRUS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump ended the efforts to pass bipartisan [coronavirus] relief that our nation desperately needs. He ended talks that would get help for our businesses and schools, for families struggling and for those unemployed — that would have preserved hundreds of thousands of jobs. Make no mistake: if you are out of work, if your business is closed, if your child’s school is shut down, if you are seeing layoffs in your community, Donald Trump decided today that none of that — none of it — matters to him.

There will be no help from Washington for the foreseeable future. Instead, he wants the Senate to use it’s [sic] time to confirm his Supreme Court Justice nominee before the election, in a mad dash to make sure that the Court takes away your health care coverage as quickly as possible.”

-Joe Biden, “President Trump Canceling Negotiations for COVID-19 Relief – Statement by Vice President Biden,” joebiden.com, Oct. 6, 2020

10/6/2020

CORONAVIRUS: “We have paid a high price for allowing the deep divisions in this country to impact how we have dealt with the coronavirus. 210,000 Americans dead and the numbers climbing. It’s estimated that nearly another 210,000 Americans could lose their lives by the end of the year…

Let’s set the partisanship aside. Let’s end the politics. Let’s follow the science.

Wearing a mask isn’t a political statement. It’s a scientific recommendation.”

-Joe Biden, “Remarks by Vice President Joe Biden, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania,” joebiden.com, Oct. 6, 2020

10/6/2020

CORONAVIRUS/TRUMP ADMIN: “President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has told his administration’s negotiators to end coronavirus stimulus talks with Democrats until after the Nov. 3 election.

The declaration, if the White House follows through on it, would halt an ongoing push to send trillions of dollars more in relief to Americans as the outbreak rampages through the U.S. and the economy struggles to recover from virus-related shutdowns…

Investors punished stocks in response to Trump’s tweets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by more than 300 points, about 1.1%, in the minutes following the announcement.”

-Jacob Pramuk and Thomas Franck, “Trump says he’s calling off stimulus negotiations with Democrats ‘until after the election,’” CNBC.com, Oct. 6, 2020 

10/6/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/CRIME/DEMS/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Crazy Nancy Pelosi and the Radical Left Democrats were just playing ‘games’ with the desperately needed Workers Stimulus Payments.They just wanted to take care of Democrat failed, high crime, Cities and States. They were never in it to help the workers, and they never will be!“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 6, 2020 1:36 pm

10/6/2020

CONGRESS/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/FED/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “True! RT @CNBCnow

BREAKING: Fed Chair [Jerome] Powell calls for more help from Congress [for a stimulus package], says there’s a low risk of ‘overdoing it’
https://t.co/wgjXwmmmZ5?amp=1″

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 6, 2020 1:00 pm

10/6/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/EDUCATION/JOBS/JOE BIDEN/SHUTDOWN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Make no mistake: if you are out of work, if your business is closed, if your child’s school is shut down, if you are seeing layoffs in your community, Donald Trump decided today that none of that matters to him.“

––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, October 6, 2020 12:50 pm

10/6/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The President turned his back on you.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ejre5W2XsAEslX_?format=png&name=large”

[Editor’s Note: the article in the link is titled, “Statement by Vice President Joe Biden on President Trump Canceling Negotiations for COVID-19 Relief.”]

––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, October 6, 2020 12:32 pm

10/6/2020

CORONAVIRUS/SOCIAL MEDIA/TWITTER: “Facebook on Tuesday removed a post from President Donald Trump that downplayed the dangers of the coronavirus pandemic, a day after he left a hospital while recovering from the virus.

Twitter restricted a similar tweet from Trump, leaving it online but placing it behind a note saying the tweet violated the company’s rules about spreading misleading information.

The posts from Trump compared Covid-19 to the flu, a comparison that medical experts have repeatedly said is unfounded and potentially dangerous because it may cause people not to take the coronavirus seriously.”

-David Ingram, “Facebook removes Trump post that compared Covid-19 to flu,” nbcnews.com, Oct. 6, 2020

10/6/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/DEMS/GOP/JOE BIDEN: “The pandemic is not a red state versus blue state issue. The virus doesn’t care where you live or what political party you belong to.

It infects us all. It will take anyone’s life. It is a virus — not a political weapon.“

––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, October 6, 2020 10:49 am

10/6/2020

2020 ELECTION/AMY CONEY BARRETT/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/CRIME/DEMS/ECONOMY/JOBS/MITCH MCCONNELL/NANCY PELOSI/STOCK MARKET/SUPREME COURT: “Nancy Pelosi is asking for $2.4 Trillion Dollars to bailout poorly run, high crime, Democrat States, money that is in no way related to COVID-19. We made a very generous offer of $1.6 Trillion Dollars and, as usual, she is not negotiating in good faith. I am rejecting their…

…request, and looking to the future of our Country. I have instructed my representatives to stop negotiating until after the election when, immediately after I win, we will pass a major Stimulus Bill that focuses on hardworking Americans and Small Business. I have asked…

…@senatemajldr Mitch McConnell not to delay, but to instead focus full time on approving my outstanding nominee to the United States Supreme Court, Amy Coney Barrett. Our Economy is doing very well. The Stock Market is at record levels, JOBS and unemployment…
…also coming back in record numbers. We are leading the World in Economic Recovery, and THE BEST IS YET TO COME!“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 6, 2020 8:48 am

10/6/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “Folks, we can save nearly 100,000 lives by the end of the year if everyone wears a mask in public.

Do your part. Protect your neighbors. Wear a mask.“

––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, October 6, 2020 6:15 am

10/6/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/DEMS/ECONOMY/FAKE NEWS/JOBS/MEDIA/STOCK MARKET: “The Fake News Media refuses to discuss how good the Economy and Stock Market, including JOBS under the Trump Administration, are doing. We will soon be in RECORD TERRITORY. All they want to discuss is COVID 19, where they won’t say it, but we beat the Dems all day long, also!!!“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 6, 2020 6:03 am

10/6/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/SHUTDOWN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VACCINES: “Flu season is coming up! Many people every year, sometimes over 100,000, and despite the Vaccine, die from the Flu. Are we going to close down our Country? No, we have learned to live with it, just like we are learning to live with Covid, in most populations far less lethal!!!“

[Editor’s Note: Twitter blocked this tweet with the following message: “This Tweet violated the Twitter Rules about spreading misleading and potentially harmful information related to COVID-19. However, Twitter has determined that it may be in the public’s interest for the Tweet to remain accessible.”]

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 6, 2020 2:03 am

10/5/2020

CORONAVIRUS/TRUMP’S HEALTH: “President Donald Trump staged a dramatic return to the White House Monday night after leaving the military hospital where he has been receiving an unprecedented level of care for COVID-19. He immediately ignited a new controversy by declaring that despite his illness the nation should not fear the virus that has killed more than 210,000 Americans — and then he entered the White House without a protective mask…

Landing at the White House on Marine One, Trump gingerly climbed the South Portico steps, removed his mask and declared, ‘I feel good.'”

-Zeke Miller , Jill Colvin and Aamer Madhani, “Trump, still infectious, back at White House — without mask,” startribune.com, Oct. 5, 2020

10/5/2020

CORONAVIRUS/TRUMP’S HEALTH: “I just left Walter Reed Medical Center, and it’s really something very special. The doctors, the nurses, the first responders, and I learned so much about coronavirus.

And one thing that’s for certain, don’t let it dominate you. Don’t be afraid of it. You’re going to beat it. We have the best medical equipment. We have the best medicines all developed recently, and you’re going to beat it.

I went, I didn’t feel so good. And two days ago, I could have left two days ago. Two days ago, I felt great. Like, better than I have in a long time. I said just recently, better than 20 years ago. Don’t let it dominate. Don’t let it take over your lives. Don’t let that happen.”

-Donald Trump via NBC News, “Trump Posts Video From White House After Returning From Walter Reed | NBC News NOW,” YouTube.com, Oct. 5, 2020

10/5/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP’s HEALTH: [Lester Holt: “[W]hen you hear that this president was infected with COVID-19, were you surprised?”]

“Quite frankly, I wasn’t surprised… [T]he idea COVID does not spread in proximity. when you don’t have a mask on, when you’re not socially distancing, when there’s a large groups of people, when you’re inside particularly — but even when you’re outside — that’s not surprising. And again, we keep forgetting… the expectation is, if nothing changes, we’re going to have another 200,000 dead [from coronavirus] by the end of the year.

That’s 400,000 dead, God forbid if that happens, that’s more than were killed in… four years of World War 2.”

-Joe Biden via NBC News, “Joe Biden Town Hall Hosted By Lester Holt | NBC News NOW,” YouTube.com, Oct. 5, 2020

10/5/2020

CORONAVIRUS/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP’S HEALTH: “I would hope that, the president having gone through what he went through, and I’m glad he seems to be coming along pretty well, would communicate the right lesson to the American people: Masks matter. These masks matter.

It matters, it saves lives, it prevents the spread of the disease. Social distancing. Instead of talking about that, the only thing I heard is one of the tweets saying that, you know, don’t be so concerned about all this, essentially. There’s a lot to be concerned about: 210,000 people have died…

I hope no one walks away with the message thinking that it is not a problem. It’s a serious problem, it’s an international pandemic, and we have 4% of the population and 20% of the deaths.”

-Joe Biden via NBC News, “Joe Biden Town Hall Hosted By Lester Holt | NBC News NOW,” YouTube.com, Oct. 5, 2020

10/5/2020

CORONAVIRUS/JOE BIDEN: “I know this isn’t an easy time, but I also think this [coronavirus] pandemic has just helped us rip off the blinders in this country as how inequitable so many things are. People didn’t even realize, and so now they’ve seen it.

I truly believe we have a tremendous opportunity to turn this moment of crisis in a moment of great progress for the country. That’s why I’ve laid out a comprehensive agenda, not just to rebuild our communities, but to build them back, make bold investments in them so we can build back better than before the crisis.”

-Joe Biden, “LIVE: Joe Biden Speech on how we can Build Back Better in Florida,” YouTube.com, Oct. 5, 2020

10/5/2020

CORONAVIRUS/ECONOMY/HISPANICS: “This [coronavirus] pandemic and economic collapse has hit the Hispanic communities, particularly hard. Nationally, the infection rate among Hispanics is almost three times higher than white, non Hispanics…

Nearly 3 million Hispanics are unemployed… One in three Hispanic small business owners have taken a hit and many are likely to have to close permanently.”

-Joe Biden, “LIVE: Joe Biden Speech on how we can Build Back Better in Florida,” YouTube.com, Oct. 5, 2020

10/5/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “Experts say that universal masking could save, between now and January, 100,000 lives. Let me say that again. Between now and January, mandatory masking could save 100,000 lives [from coronavirus]. I backed that mandate months ago. He [Donald Trump] should back it now.

Since the president entered the hospital on Friday, since Friday, more than 100,000 more people have been diagnosed with COVID. And this week, at least 5,000 more will die. Cases and deaths are climbing in many states. I hope the president’s recovery is swift and successful, but our nation’s covered crisis is far, far from over.”

-Joe Biden, “LIVE: Joe Biden Speech on how we can Build Back Better in Florida,” YouTube.com, Oct. 5, 2020

10/5/2020

CORONAVIRUS/TRUMP’S HEALTH: “White House physician Dr. Sean Conley said that President Trump ‘may not entirely be out of the woods yet’ in his fight against the novel coronavirus, but said that the ‘clinical status’ supports his discharge from Walter Reed Military Medical Center and a safe return to the White House.

During a news briefing at Walter Reed Monday [Oct. 5, 2020], Conley said that the president would be discharged Monday evening…

Conley said over the weekend that the president had received an antibody cocktail, as well as zinc, Vitamin D, famotidine, melatonin and a daily aspirin, along with his five-day course of Remdesivir.”

-Brooke Singman, “White House physician says Trump ‘may not entirely be out of the woods yet’ in fight against coronavirus,” foxnews.com, Oct. 5, 2020

10/5/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “Wear a mask.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1313304721092997125″
––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, October 5, 2020 4:27 pm

10/5/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “More than 200,000 Americans have died. 50,000 Americans are getting the virus every day. 1,000 a day are dying. This is a national emergency.

The President should take responsibility.“

––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, October 5, 2020 2:31 pm

10/5/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP’S HEALTH: “I would hope that the President having gone through what he went through will communicate the right lesson to the American people: Masks matter. They save lives.“

––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, October 5, 2020 2:22 pm

10/5/2020

2020 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/DEMS/FLORIDA/GOP/PENNSYLVANIA/QUOTE: “‘You see it in enthusiasm for the President outside Walter Reed Hospital. You see it in Registrations, from Florida to Pennsylvania & West Virginia, where Republicans are outstripping Democrats by 2 to 1. If the President bounces back onto the campaign trail, he will be an….

….invincible hero, who not only survived every dirty trick the Democrats threw at him, but the Chinese virus as well. He will show America we no longer have to be afraid.’ @MirandaDevine @NYPost  Thank you Miranda. Was over until the Plague came in from China. Will win anyway!“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 5, 2020 1:56 pm

10/5/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/PRESS SECRETARY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany announced Monday she tested positive for Covid-19, the latest in a string of staffers to contract the disease that has hobbled the Trump operation less than a month before Election Day…

McEnany said she received the positive test result Monday morning and that she is not currently displaying symptoms.

She also claimed to have no knowledge that senior Trump aide Hope Hicks tested positive for Covid-19 prior to holding a press briefing without a mask last Thursday, a decision that has come under fire for potentially exposing those present.”

-Nick Niedzwiadek, “Trump’s press secretary tests positive for coronavirus,” politico.com, Oct. 5, 2020

10/5/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/DRUGS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 P.M. Feeling really good! Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!“

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

10/5/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It is reported that the Media is upset because I got into a secure vehicle to say thank you to the many fans and supporters who were standing outside of the hospital for many hours, and even days, to pay their respect to their President. If I didn’t do it, Media would say RUDE!!!“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 5, 2020 8:26 am

10/4/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19: “So, it’s been a very interesting journey. I learned a lot about COVID. I learned it by really going to school. This is the real school. This isn’t the ‘let’s read the book’ school, and I get it and I understand it, and it’s a very interesting things, and I’m going to be letting you know about it. In the meantime, we love the USA and we love what’s happening.”

-Donald Trump via David Jackson and Courtney Subramanian, “‘Interesting journey’: Donald Trump drives by supporters outside Walter Reed, claims progress in another video,” usatoday.com, Oct. 4, 2020

[Note: Donald Trump was being treated for coronavirus as a patient at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center when he released this statement on video.]

10/4/2020

CORONAVIRUS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We’re getting great reports from the doctors. This is an incredible hospital, Walter Reed. The work they do is just absolutely amazing, and I want to thank them all — the nurses, the doctors, everybody here.

I’ve also gotten to meet some of the soldiers and the first responders and — what a group. I also think we’re gonna pay a little surprise to some of the great patriots that we have out on the street, and they’ve been out there for a long time, and they’ve got Trump flags, and they love our country…

But I just when I look at the enthusiasm — and we have enthusiasm like probably nobody’s ever had — our people that love the job we’re doing. We have more enthusiasm than maybe anybody.”

-Donald Trump via David Jackson and Courtney Subramanian, “‘Interesting journey’: Donald Trump drives by supporters outside Walter Reed, claims progress in another video,” usatoday.com, Oct. 4, 2020

[Note: Donald Trump was being treated for coronavirus as a patient at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center when he released this statement on video.]

10/4/2020

CORONAVIRUS/SECRET SERVICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump briefly left Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda to wave to supporters from a motorcade, after releasing a video on Twitter thanking people who had gathered outside the facility…

Trump told advisers on Sunday [Oct. 4, 2020] that he was getting bored being in the hospital and was tiring of watching coverage of his hospitalization. The ride past supporters was so impromptu that officials in charge of assembling the White House press pool were not even told.

The decision by Trump, who announced on Friday that he’d tested positive for the coronavirus, to defy public health guidelines and leave quarantine to greet his supporters confounded medical experts. Several agents from the Secret Service, which has already suffered from coronavirus outbreaks in recent weeks while protecting Trump, were also in the SUV with the president.”

-Toluse Olorunnipa, Josh Dawsey and Amy Goldstein, “Infectious Trump briefly leaves hospital to greet fans as confusion continues over his health,” washingtonpost.com, Oct. 4, 2020

10/4/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I really appreciate all of the fans and supporters outside of the hospital. The fact is, they really love our Country and are seeing how we are MAKING IT GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE!“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 4, 2020 9:51 am

10/3/2020

CORONAVIRUS: “It’s about patriotism. You wear a mask to protect the person next to you [from coronavirus]. You wear a mask to protect the bus driver. You wear a mask to protect the person you’re sitting next to on the bus. And to reject the chance to do the easiest thing possible to save lives, I find it appalling.”

-Joe Biden via The Hill, “Joe Biden says he doesn’t want to attack President Trump following COVID-19 diagnosis,” YouTube.com, Oct. 3, 2020

10/3/2020

COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP’S HEALTH: “I’m in a little bit of a spot here because I don’t want to be attacking the President and the First Lady now because they now have contracted Coronavirus, and Jill and I pray for their quick and full recovery… This isn’t about politics. More than 200,000 Americans have died from COVID. 7.3 million have been infected. 30 million have lost paychecks, hours, or their jobs entirely.”

-Joe Biden via The Hill, “Joe Biden says he doesn’t want to attack President Trump following COVID-19 diagnosis,” YouTube.com, Oct. 3, 2020

10/3/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “And as we’ve all seen too clearly this week, COVID-19 is still a threat to our health, as well as our economic security. We have to do so much more to step up to get this virus under control. We need to take science, the science of fighting this disease seriously if we’re going to save lives.”

-Joe Biden via The Hill, “Joe Biden says he doesn’t want to attack President Trump following COVID-19 diagnosis,” YouTube.com, Oct. 3, 2020

10/3/2020

CORONAVIRUS/TRUMP’S HEALTH: “If you look at the [coronavirus] therapeutics, which I’m taking right now, some of them, and others are coming out soon that are looking like– Frankly, they’re miracles, if you want to know the truth, they’re miracles. People criticize me when I say that, but we have things happening that look like they’re miracles, coming down from God.”

-Donald Trump via Daniel Politi, “Trump Says He Is ‘Starting to Feel Good’ in Video From Walter Reed,” slate.com, Oct. 3, 2020

[Note: Donald Trump was being treated for coronavirus as a patient at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center when he released this statement on video.]

10/3/2020

CORONAVIRUS/TRUMP’S HEALTH: “But this [getting coronavirus] was something that happened, and it’s happened to millions of people all over the world. And I’m fighting for them, not just in the U.S., I’m fighting for them all over the world. We’re going to beat this coronavirus, or whatever you want to call it, and we’re going to beat it soundly. So many things have happened…

But I had no choice, because I just didn’t want to stay in the White House. I was given that alternative, ‘Stay in the White House, lock yourself in, don’t ever leave, don’t even go to the Oval Office. Just stay upstairs and enjoy it. Don’t see people, don’t talk to people, and just be done with it.’ And I can’t do that, I had to be out front.”

-Donald Trump via Daniel Politi, “Trump Says He Is ‘Starting to Feel Good’ in Video From Walter Reed,” slate.com, Oct. 3, 2020

[Note: Donald Trump was being treated for coronavirus as a patient at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center when he released this statement on video.]

10/3/2020

CORONAVIRUS/TRUMP’S HEALTH: “I want to begin by thanking all of the incredible medical professionals, the doctors, the nurses, everybody, at Walter Reed Medical Center… I came here, wasn’t feeling so well, I feel much better now. We’re working hard to get me all the way back.

I have to be back, because we still have to Make America Great Again. We’ve done an awfully good job of that, but we still have steps to go, and we have to finish that job. And I’ll back, I think I’ll be back soon.”

-Donald Trump via Daniel Politi, “Trump Says He Is ‘Starting to Feel Good’ in Video From Walter Reed,” slate.com, Oct. 3, 2020

[Note: Donald Trump was being treated for coronavirus as a patient at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center when he released this statement on video.]

10/3/2020

CHRIS CHRISTIE/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) has tested positive for COVID-19, he announced Saturday [Oct. 3, 2020], making him the latest official in President Trump’s orbit to contract the virus…

Christie was at the White House last Saturday for Trump’s announcement that he was nominating Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. The ex-governor was spotted interacting closely with others in the Rose Garden without a mask.

In the week since, Trump, first lady Melania Trump, Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and former White House counselor Kellyanne Conway have all tested positive for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.”

-Brett Samuels, “Christie tests positive for COVID-19 after helping Trump with debate preparation,” thehill.com, Oct. 3, 2020

10/3/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Doctors, Nurses and ALL at the GREAT Walter Reed Medical Center, and others from likewise incredible institutions who have joined them, are AMAZING!!!Tremendous progress has been made over the last 6 months in fighting this PLAGUE. With their help, I am feeling well!“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 3, 2020 7:19 am

10/3/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “Be a patriot. Do your part.

Wearing a mask will protect you. But it will also protect those around you — your mom, your dad, your son, your daughter, your neighbor, your co-worker.

Don’t just do it for yourself. Do it for the people you love.“

––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, October 3, 2020 3:47 am

10/2/2020

CORONAVIRUS: “It’s not just the folks in the White House or who travel with me that deserved regular [coronavirus] testing, it’s folks in the meatpacking and food processing plants, grocery store workers. Every single American deserves safety and peace of mind. And it means we need transparency.

Those who test positive need to participate in contact tracing so that everyone who they may have exposed can get tested themselves. That’s how you stop transmission for any epidemic. It’s basic. We need to take the science of fighting this disease seriously if we’re going to save lives. And above all, the news is a reminder that we, as a nation, need to do better in dealing with this pandemic. Taking these steps is how we’ll protect ourselves.”

-Joe Biden, “Joe Biden Speech LIVE from Grand Rapids, Michigan | Joe Biden For President 2020,” YouTube.com, Oct. 2, 2020

10/2/2020

CORONAVIRUS: “Leading scientists from the University of Washington tell us that we can save more than 100,000 American lives [from dying of coronavirus] in the next 100 days alone if everyone wore a mask in public. So let me repeat that because it’s so important. We can save 100,000 lives in the next 100 days, according to the head of the CDC, if everyone wears a mask in public.

So be patriotic. It’s not about being a tough guy. It’s about doing your part. Wearing a mask is not only going to protect you, but it also protects those around you. Your mom, your dad, your brother, your sister, husband, wife, neighbor, coworker. Don’t just do it for yourself, do it for the people you love, the people you work with. The seriousness of this virus also underscores that we need regular testing with results turned around rapidly and that’s available to everyone.”

-Joe Biden, “Joe Biden Speech LIVE from Grand Rapids, Michigan | Joe Biden For President 2020,” YouTube.com, Oct. 2, 2020

10/2/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP’S HEALTH: “Look, I’d like to start by acknowledging — which I’m sure all of you do as well — sending my prayers for the health and safety of the First Lady and President of the United States after they tested positive for COVID-19. My wife, Jill, and I pray that they’ll make a quick and full recovery.

This is not a matter of politics. It’s a bracing reminder to all of us that we have to take this virus seriously. It’s not going away automatically. We have to do our part to be responsible. It means following the science, listening to the experts, washing our hands, social distancing. It means wearing a mask in public and means encouraging others to do so as well. It means having masking mandates nationwide.”

-Joe Biden, “Joe Biden Speech LIVE from Grand Rapids, Michigan | Joe Biden For President 2020,” YouTube.com, Oct. 2, 2020

10/2/2020

CORONAVIRUS: “It’s not about wearing the mask to protect yourself [from coronavirus], it’s wearing the mask to protect other people, people around you. It’s a patriotic thing to do… There should be a mask mandate.”

-Joe Biden via 7 Action News, “Exclusive: 1-on-1 interview with Joe Biden,” wxyz.com, Oct. 2, 2020

10/2/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP’S HEALTH: “President Donald Trump was headed to the hospital Friday after he and first lady Melania Trump tested positive for COVID-19, raising fresh questions about the president’s health.

Trump, 74, was going to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, in what aides said was a precautionary move. Officials said they expected him to be there for a few days.

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said the president ‘remains in good spirits, has mild symptoms, and has been working throughout the day.'”

-Courtney Subramanian and David Jackson, “President Trump heading to Walter Reed hospital hours after COVID-19 diagnosis,” usatoday.com, Oct. 2, 2020

10/2/2020

2020 ELECTION/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/ECONOMY/JOE BIDEN/MICHIGAN/RALLY: “Thank you, Grand Rapids, for a great afternoon. From the virus to the economy, we face immense challenges as a nation. But if we come together and act as one America, we can and will overcome them.“

––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, October 2, 2020 3:42 pm

10/2/2020

CORONAVIRUS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Even as President Donald Trump privately admitted to journalist Bob Woodward earlier this year that the coronavirus was highly contagious and dangerous, Trump claimed he wasn’t worried about contracting the virus himself.

CNN on Friday obtained a new audio recording from Woodward’s April 13 interview with Trump that sheds new light on the President’s mindset…

‘You’re risking getting it, of course,’ said Woodward. ‘The way you move around and have those briefings and deal with people. Are you worried about that?’

‘No, I’m not. I don’t know why I’m not. I’m not,’ the President responded.

‘Why?’ Woodward asked.

‘I don’t know,’ Trump said. ‘I’m just not.'”

-Jamie Gangel, Elizabeth Stuart and Michael Warren, “‘I’m just not’: Trump told Woodward he wasn’t concerned about catching Covid in newly released audio,” cnn.com, Oct. 2, 2020

10/2/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/TRUMP PEOPLE/TRUMP’S HEALTH: “As all of you know, the president and the first lady tested positive for COVID-19. They remained in good spirits. The president does have mild symptoms and as we look to try to make sure that not only his health and safety and welfare is good, we continue to look at that for all of the American people. He continues to be not only in good spirits but very energetic.”

-Mark Meadows, White House chief of staff, via ABC News, “The president has ‘mild symptoms’ of COVID-19: Mark Meadows,” YouTube.com, Oct. 2, 2020

10/2/2020

CORONAVIRUS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump went to a New Jersey fundraiser for his reelection campaign on Thursday, mingling with crowds and posing for photographs mere hours before he tweeted that he’d tested positive for the coronavirus.

Trump appeared at his Bedminster golf club despite learning that one of his closest aides and advisers, Hope Hicks, had tested positive for COVID-19 earlier in the day.

Hicks has been in close quarters with Trump and many other senior-level White House officials, having traveled with them Tuesday for the first presidential debate.”

-Jenna Amatulli, “Trump Held Fundraiser, Mingled With Crowd Hours Before Revealing COVID-19 Diagnosis,” huffpost.com, Oct. 2, 2020

10/2/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “I’m happy to report that Jill and I have tested negative for COVID. Thank you to everyone for your messages of concern. I hope this serves as a reminder: wear a mask, keep social distance, and wash your hands.“

––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, October 2, 2020 6:22 am

10/2/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump announced early Friday [Oct. 2, 2020] that both he and the First Lady Melania Trump tested positive for COVID-19 early and will quarantine at the White House…

The president and first lady’s positive coronavirus tests came just hours after news surfaced that senior White House adviser Hope Hicks tested positive for COVID-19.”

– Brooke Singman, “President Trump, first lady test positive for coronavirus, set to quarantine at White House,” foxnews.com, Oct. 2, 2020

10/2/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/MELANIA/TRUMP’S HEALTH: “Jill and I send our thoughts to President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump for a swift recovery. We will continue to pray for the health and safety of the president and his family.“

––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, October 2, 2020 2:45 am

10/1/2020

CORONAVIRUS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP’S HEALTH: “This evening I received confirmation that both President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 virus.

The President and First Lady are both well at this time, and they plan to remain at home within the White House during their convalescence.

The White House medical team and I will maintain a vigilant watch, and I appreciate the support provided by some of our country’s greatest medical professionals and institutions. Rest assured I expect the President to continue carrying out his duties without disruption while recovering.”

-Sean P. Conley, Physician to the President, Memorandum to Kayleigh McEnany, whitehosue.gov, Oct. 1, 2020

10/1/2020

CORONAVIRUS/VACCINES: “We have five companies that are in great shape and they have, we think, great [coronavirus] vaccines. We’ll crush the virus. Our opponent will crush America. I’m thriving and we are thriving as a nation. We are thriving like practically no nation, nobody’s done the comeback like we’ve done, and so we’ve made America great again.”

-Donald Trump as quoted by Factbase, “Remarks: Donald Trump Holds a Virtual Iowa Tele-Rally – October 1, 2020,” factba.se, Oct. 1, 2020

10/1/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/MELANIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Hope Hicks, who has been working so hard without even taking a small break, has just tested positive for Covid 19. Terrible! The First Lady [Melania] and I are waiting for our test results. In the meantime, we will begin our quarantine process!“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 1, 2020 4:44 pm

10/1/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump will do everything he can to distract from the fact that because of his failed COVID-19 response:

– Over 200,000 Americans have died

– 26 million are on unemployment

– 1 in 6 small businesses risk permanent closure

We can’t let him.“

––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, October 1, 2020 2:40 pm

10/1/2020

CORONAVIRUS/MILITARY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “So, she [Hope Hicks] did test positive [for coronavirus]. I just heard about this. She tested positive. She’s a hard worker. A lot of masks. So, she wears masks a lot. But she tested positive. And I just went out with a test. I’ll see what — because we spend a lot of time. And the first lady just went out with a test also. So, whether we quarantine, or whether we have it, I don’t know.

You know, it’s very hard. When you’re with soldiers, when you’re with airmen, when you’re with Marines, and I’m with — and the police officers. I’m with them so much. And when they come over here, it’s very hard to say, stay back, stay back. It’s a tough kind of a situation. It’s a terrible thing. So, I just went for a test, and we will see what happens.

I mean, who knows? But you know her very well. She’s fantastic. And she’s done a great job. But it’s very, very hard when you are with people from the military or for law enforcement. And they come over to you, and they want to hug you, and they want to kiss you, because we really have done a good job for them. And you get close, and things happen.”

-Donald Trump as quoted by Factbase, “Interview: Sean Hannity Interviews Donald Trump Live Via Telephone – October 1, 2020,” factba.se, Oct. 1, 2020

9/30/2020

CORONAVIRUS: “He [Donald Trump] hasn’t pulled Congress together to provide real relief for working people, moms, and dads, and business owners. The fact is Congress has passed a significant [coronavirus] recovery bill, but he’s too busy being in a bunker, or in his golf course to call them into the White House to work out an agreement. He told FEMA to cut off funding for school PPE, masks, and protective gear, because it’s not a national emergency.”

-Joe Biden, “Joe Biden Kicks Off His Whistle-Stop Tour LIVE | Joe Biden For President 2020,” YouTube.com, Sep. 30, 2020

9/30/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN: “It’s safe to say I’ve gotten to know the hardworking men and women of @Amtrak over the years — I’m proud to stand with them as they face furloughs due to funding cuts.

These essential workers have kept us moving during this pandemic –– now it’s time we have their backs.“

––Joe Biden, Twitter.com, September 30, 2020 4:00 pm

9/30/2020

CORONAVIRUS/DEBATES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I saw last night [Sep. 29, 2020] on that debate stage, a self-entitled, self-serving president who thinks everything is about him. He thinks that, if he just yells louder and louder, throws out lie after lie after lie, he’ll get his way.

He thinks you’ll forget. Well, he picked the wrong guy. I don’t forget. I don’t forget that in February, he’s on tape acknowledging he knew how serious this [coronavirus] pandemic was. He knew how quickly it would spread, that thousands of people would be killed, but he forgot to say a single thing. He kept it secret. He was more worried about the stock market collapsing than about the over 205,000 people who’ve died. He didn’t say a word.

What did he tell us? He said it’d be gone by Easter. It will go away in the warm weather. He told us it will just go away like a miracle, and then maybe if we injected bleach in our arm, we may be okay.”

-Joe Biden, “Joe Biden Speaks at the Last Stop in Johnstown, PA LIVE | Whistle-Stop Tour,” YouTube.com, Sep. 30, 2020

9/30/2020

CORONAVIRUS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Of the flood of misinformation, conspiracy theories and falsehoods seeding the internet on the coronavirus, one common thread stands out: President Trump.

That is the conclusion of researchers at Cornell University who analyzed 38 million articles about the pandemic in English-language media around the world. Mentions of Mr. Trump made up nearly 38 percent of the overall ‘misinformation conversation,’ making the president the largest driver of the ‘infodemic’ — falsehoods involving the pandemic…

But by far the most prevalent topic of misinformation was ‘miracle cures,’ including Mr. Trump’s promotion of anti-malarial drugs and disinfectants as potential treatments for Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. That accounted for more misinformation than the other 10 topics combined, the researchers reported.”

-Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Noah Weiland, “Study Finds ‘Single Largest Driver’ of Coronavirus Misinformation: Trump,” nytimes.com, Sep. 30, 2020

9/30/2020

CHINA/CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/JOE BIDEN/SHUTDOWN: “Many more people would have died from the China Virus if Sleepy Joe were your President. He didn’t even want me to close our Country to Infected China until TWO MONTHS later, when he said I was right. Now he likes to say I didn’t close up ‘fast enough’. Just another politician!“

––Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 30, 2020 8:01 am

9/29/2020

CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/ECONOMY: “[T]he people who have lost their jobs are those people who have been on the front lines. Those people who have been saving our lives, those people who have been out there dying [from coronavirus]. People who’ve been putting themselves in the way to make sure that we could all try to make it.

And the idea that he [Donald Trump] is insisting that we go forward and open when you have almost half the states in America with a significant increase in COVID deaths and COVID cases in the United States of America, and he wants to open it up more. Why is he want to open it up?…

You can’t fix the economy until you fix the COVID crisis. And he has no intention of doing anything about making it better for you all at home in terms of your health and your safety.”

-Joe Biden via CNBC Television, “President Trump and former VP Biden face off in first presidential debate — 9/29/2020,” YouTube.com, Sep. 29, 2020