The level of sociopathy and lying here is off the charts. This "travel ban" didn't have nearly the impact Trump and his propagandists pretend it did, and what makes this even more depraved is that they attacked media/Dems early on for hyping coronravirus to harm him! https://t.co/Raxj7xOxYK
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) April 13, 2020
He lied about voter fraud. He tried to rewrite history about his "flu" comments. He denied saying something he said 16 minutes prior. He exaggerated about the WHO. He wrongly declared Biden admitted being wrong about China travel. Fact check on last night: https://t.co/QezKL1Gch8
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 8, 2020
African Americans in Mississippi account for 56% of coronavirus cases and 72% of deaths, state epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers said. “We’re seeing some significant disparities, some racial disparities both in the percentage of cases we’re seeing and deaths." https://t.co/f3VxbKv0U3
— CNN (@CNN) April 8, 2020
Trump has said four times since last week that his administration inherited obsolete or flawed tests.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 7, 2020
This makes no sense whatsoever. This coronavirus was identified this year. The faulty tests were developed this year. https://t.co/JUMlQB0cah
To put this claim in perspective, there are (or, at least, were) between 150-160 million jobs in the entire United States.
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) April 7, 2020
Trump is claiming that his daughter created 10 percent of ALL THE JOBS.
https://t.co/Nzin7VPINP
Lies. On 2/28/20 on the South Lawn I ASKED you about the W.H.O. telling us the risk for COVID19 had increased. You blew off the question to tell us about Your rally that night. You blew it. Not the W.H.O. @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/DHhSgURGRt
— Brian J. Karem (@BrianKarem) April 7, 2020
Trump calls a reporter "horrid" for asking a question about testing. He then falsely claims, as he did three times last week, that the initial tests were old and obsolete. That is completely nonsensical. They were developed in 2020. This is a new virus.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 6, 2020
Trump falsely says of the H1N1 pandemic: "The other administration, they didn’t even know — it was like they didn’t even know it was here."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 6, 2020
Just ridiculous. Obama declared a public health emergency within two weeks of the first confirmed US case.
Trump repeats his false claim that people are being tested getting on and off planes. Just not happening. Airlines and airports have no idea what he's talking about.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 6, 2020
Trump said at this briefing that, before him, "China never spent money in our country."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 6, 2020
That is beyond a lie — it's just bonkers. Even ignoring FDI, China has spent more than $100B on US goods every year since 2011. https://t.co/WARcFVzxiX
Fact check: President Trump made yet another series of inaccurate or misleading claims at a coronavirus briefing on Friday https://t.co/KYokIQLXOB
— CNN (@CNN) April 4, 2020
Fact check: President Trump says some states aren't in jeopardy from the coronavirus and denies saying it would go away by April https://t.co/rk4f0wWEVH pic.twitter.com/SXZFkbykG0
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) April 4, 2020
Reminded that he said the virus would go away in April, Trump falsely said, "I didn't say a date."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 3, 2020
February 10 rally: "Looks like by April, you know, in theory, when it gets a little warmer, it miraculously goes away. I hope that's true."
Once more: The president pushed back against the suggestion of suspending domestic plane and rail travel by saying passengers on planes and trains are getting tested twice, before departure and after arrival.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 3, 2020
They are not being tested at all: https://t.co/p8CUsRkxs2
After depicting the coronavirus as the flu and arguing life should go on as normal, Trump now portrays himself as the man who saved lives by standing up to the people who depicted the coronavirus as the flu and argued life should go on as normal. https://t.co/U047SoYyP3
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 1, 2020
Trump is now falsely denying that he said his comments about not calling governors who don't treat you right, then he says, "I don't call. But Mike Pence calls. And the head of FEMA calls." He then says he's never told Pence not to, though he's said he HAS said that to Pence.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 29, 2020
Trump could not have become President without unprecedented free media from TV networks in 2015-16. Now the same networks are giving him a daily platform to spread disinformation in a pandemic. https://t.co/LGEaN9ErSA
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) March 27, 2020
Trump says he doesn't want to stand here for two hours at these briefings, but "it's important for the public to know." He says "it gives our country confidence." He says, "I'm very transparent."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 23, 2020
He's been relentlessly dishonest and inaccurate in these briefings.
Sad! 