Fact Check: Trump’s coronavirus response is plagued with misstatements https://t.co/QQPeEtnR8t
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) March 16, 2020
Fact check: President Trump made yet another false claim to minimize the severity of the coronavirus crisis, claiming Sunday that the virus is under "control."
— CNN (@CNN) March 16, 2020
Experts say the US does not have the virus even close to contained. https://t.co/sDQnFcCOGZ
"We have it very well under control."
— David Leonhardt (@DLeonhardt) March 15, 2020
"We pretty much shut it down."
"The numbers are going to get progressively better."
"We’re going very substantially down, not up."
"One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear."
None of it was true. https://t.co/E7ZDLvqMmv
We're starting a list –> Tracking Trump’s false or misleading coronavirus claims https://t.co/RP3QvHWpa3
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) March 14, 2020
“President Trump continues to lie to the American people and say that testing is going smoothly… that’s not the case.” @JakeTapper reports on coronavirus testing troubles. https://t.co/8dUuBm3yRP pic.twitter.com/P9uwDuz6p7
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) March 12, 2020
The CDC identified the 1st case of the virus on 4/14/09. The Obama admin declared swine flu a public health emergency on 4/26/26. The FDA approved a rapid test for the virus 2 days later. At the time, the CDC had reported 64 cases & zero deaths. https://t.co/qgnzskwVEI
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) March 14, 2020
No, the coronavirus isn't a flu. No, the virus isn't contained. No, not everybody who wants a test can get one. No, Obama didn't impede coronavirus testing and do nothing about swine flu. No, the number of cases wasn't going down to zero from 15. https://t.co/BsVJ2XRNW7
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 11, 2020
Trump today: "We're having to fix a problem that four weeks ago nobody ever thought would be a problem."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 11, 2020
The US had its first confirmed case seven weeks ago…
With the Trump lies and Fox News outright propaganda, one fact in unavoidable:
— Todd Poirier (@todd_poirier) March 11, 2020
Deep red states are going to get hit the worst with the virus because nobody there even thinks it's real. Super hard. It's going to be awful.
How do they lie that away when it happens?
Trump on the virus: “We closed it down. We stopped it.”
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) March 6, 2020
His lies and incompetence are going to get many killed.
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A killer virus is spreading rapidly, world markets are crashing, people are rightfully scared, and Trump’s response is to tweet dangerous lies. We don’t have a leader. We have a sad, small, stupid man-baby who is entirely unable to manage this crisis.
— Bryce Tache 🇺🇸 (@brycetache) March 9, 2020
Trump colliding with a brick wall of reality is a fascinating psychological drama to watch. The old tricks-Tweets, lies, dehumanizing attacks, blaming others-won't work against a deadly virus; this will cause him/his supporters even greater frustration, anger, anxiety & paranoia.
— Peter Wehner (@Peter_Wehner) March 9, 2020
More effective video content to disseminate widely on your networks. He’s a narcissistic disaster and unfit for a moment like this. We need to all help narrate that fact. https://t.co/uCL4zxaj1C
— David Plouffe (@davidplouffe) March 11, 2020
"From the moment the coronavirus reached the United States, President Donald Trump has seemed determined to construct an alternate reality around the outbreak."
— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) March 11, 2020
— @mckaycoppins:https://t.co/HDikEom5I8
We've deleted an earlier tweet to this story to reflect that President Trump's statement was a false claim. The headline of the article has also been updated to note the claim was false. https://t.co/5AOpXO87gw
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 13, 2020
Majority of Americans don't trust Donald Trump to tell truth about coronavirus threat: Poll https://t.co/kNRizmMGrI
— Kim (Our strength is our shared commitment. 2020) (@kimc473) March 13, 2020
Sad! 