He ignores facts. His delayed response has cost us.
Perspective: President Trump must resist his base’s push to prioritize faith over science https://t.co/pQVpKSLQom
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 6, 2020
WaPo: "This portrait of mounting tensions between the president and the scientific community is the result of interviews with 15 senior administration officials, aides, outside advisers and others briefed on internal deliberations…" https://t.co/39qtXcLSNk
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 25, 2020
What did the delayed reaction to coronavirus cost?
— Jonathan Cohn (@CitizenCohn) March 25, 2020
Here's one way to measure it, via @SangerNYT @KannoYoungs @AnaSwanson https://t.co/DcnHcErxzc pic.twitter.com/VuocSkHDYj
Comparisons with the seasonal flu, meanwhile, ignore that coronavirus cases are increasing more rapidly and with a higher mortality rate. https://t.co/7OhhBKPMMm
— Philip Bump (@pbump) March 25, 2020
"This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today. This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper."
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 25, 2020
—FDR, 3/4/1933 https://t.co/CCe02nA3GS
This is the mayor in Walton Kentucky and I think we should put him in charge of everything pic.twitter.com/2TQn5649xQ
— Jessica Huseman (@JessicaHuseman) March 26, 2020
The science denialism of President Trump's ultraconservative religious allies has haunted his response to the coronavirus pandemic, says @kathsstewart https://t.co/r6owP7KSDv
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) March 27, 2020
And right wing media does it too https://twitter.com/oliverdarcy/status/1243925441272045569?s=21
President Trump has adopted the Christian Right's anti-science position, harming the COVID-19 response. "But this is not the first time Trump has undermined public health to win approval from his religious extremist backers," writes our VP @AlisonMGill1. https://t.co/jLxMJOvhTo
— American Atheists (@AmericanAtheist) March 31, 2020