More Trump lies and a poll on his honesty

The %'s have basically been frozen in this place since 2018. Three out of ten Americans say Trump is honest no matter what he says or does. https://t.co/Hgb3aKKKc8
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 27, 2020

Standing in front of the country and lying every single day about literally everything probably not helping with those numbers https://t.co/MLIGF05EUl
— Daniel Gilmore (@gilmored85) April 27, 2020

You may perhaps have noticed that the president’s weekend tweets were both very dishonest and very weird. Here are some fact checks. https://t.co/gfYGU7NBeF
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 27, 2020

Analysis: Trump’s Twitter rant suggests his coronavirus falsehoods will only get worse https://t.co/vY0hpROGaH
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 27, 2020

Trump is now routinely lying about things we saw with our own eyes and are on tape https://t.co/8RR7Lm8e5z
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 26, 2020

“Simply put, it’s a bald face lie,” says @JakeTapper on President Trump’s false claim he did not suggest looking into internal disinfectant as a coronavirus treatment.

"It's ridiculous. Obviously he was not being sarcastic," added Tapper. https://t.co/T3bSmtVZkt pic.twitter.com/KcJyg9cqKk
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) April 24, 2020

Tonight was the 9th time Trump has said Michelle Obama went to Georgia to unsuccessfully campaign against Brian Kemp, though she didn't do that. He started saying it in November 2018, the week after he was asked about her criticizing his birther comments. https://t.co/zG7Kh21OV4
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 23, 2020

Trump has been criticizing this imaginary "one car per family" policy for a year now. It is a complete invention. The Green New Deal doesn't propose any limits on car ownership, and it certainly doesn't call for the elimination of cars. It calls for zero-emissions vehicles. pic.twitter.com/lwWXveKGSZ
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 10, 2020

He lied about "Russia, if you're listening." He shrunk Reagan's crowds. He said a bunch of nonsense about Ebola. He told one of his favorite imaginary stories about people crying around him.

Trump made 115 false claims in the last two weeks of February: https://t.co/1mmDAW94sw
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 9, 2020

https://t.co/7LC1DSqx1C pic.twitter.com/8EskCCLCOt
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) April 27, 2020

Coronavirus polls 4/26/20

The majority of Americans v. the Fox News audience is a good way of thinking about much of American politics https://t.co/xITyhOo1rV
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) April 26, 2020

The polarization industry describes an America divided over the virus. That’s false. 98% of D’s and 82% of R’s support the social distancing regime. All things considered we’re quite united.
— David Brooks (@nytdavidbrooks) April 26, 2020

How much longer do you think you can follow strict social distancing guidelines via @KFF poll:

Republicans:
Less than 3 months: 67%
More than 3 months: 31%

Democrats:
Less than 3 months: 48%
More than 3 months: 50%
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) April 26, 2020

Coronavirus outlook by party via @KFF poll:

Democrats:
64% worst yet to come
21% worst behind us

Republicans:
27% worst yet to come
53% worst behind us
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) April 26, 2020

Are shelter-in-place measures worth it to protect people and limit coronavirus spread or placing unnecessary burdens on people and economy and more harm than good? (via @KFF poll)

Democrats:
94% worth it
5% unnecessary burden

Republicans:
61% worth it
38% unnecessary burden
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) April 26, 2020

From a YouGov poll that's one month old today https://t.co/N2A71YJErL pic.twitter.com/Fqk47HGm69
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) April 26, 2020

Which comes closer to your view? Strict shelter-in-place measures are …
Worth it 80%
Causing more harm than good 19%
(Kaiser Family Foundation, 4/15-20/20)
more: https://t.co/FZqvGXKZcC

1/2
Full wording …
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) April 26, 2020

McConnell wants states to go bankrupt if they can’t pay their bills

McConnell is using the economic revenue losses states are having because of the coronavirus to attack blue states. In fact, blue states subsidize red states like McConnell’s Kentucky.

Republican Rep Greg Murphy says on CNN that states should have managed money better and built rainy day funds, so should explore bankruptcy. He doesn’t explain why that wouldn’t apply to companies.
— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) April 25, 2020

It's getting dangerously close to the point where @WhiteHouse & @GOP leadership are openingly willing to spend $ to save #Republican lives, but not to save #Democrat lives. This Red State/Blue State approach to public health is immoral and dangerous. https://t.co/XEPI4z014P
— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie_Garrett) April 25, 2020

“Because Rs hold the Senate, the federal judiciary has shifted in conservative direction.

“State bankruptcy would enable GOP based in the poorer states to use its federal ascendancy to impose its priorities upon the budgets of richer Democratic states”
https://t.co/FEajyOmbPU
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) April 26, 2020

To understand why McConnell wants Blue States to declare bankruptcy, it's important to understand not only McConnell, but also "bankruptcy." My latest in @TheAtlantic https://t.co/PU08ZWtpik
— David Frum (@davidfrum) April 26, 2020

"… State bankruptcy is not some passing fancy. Republicans have been advancing the idea for more than a decade." https://t.co/4F1jOkTdyB
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) April 25, 2020

NY has given $116 billion more to the federal government than we received since 2015.

Kentucky *took* $148 billion more from the federal government than it gave.

Just give NY our money back, Senator McConnell. pic.twitter.com/kejNSU2oK5
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) April 24, 2020

Actually, they squandered billions of dollars on states like Arkansas. https://t.co/KMegdND3ou
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) April 25, 2020

McConnell's outrageous scheme to block aid for hard-hit states and localities isn't just hardball politics

It's a scorched-earth policy to crush unions and cause pain in what really needs to be GOP's last hurrah

My new column: https://t.co/PeIrMfSEBq
— Will Bunch Sign Up For My Newsletter (@Will_Bunch) April 26, 2020

Governors criticize Senate Majority Leader McConnell for saying this week he would prefer states to be able to declare bankruptcy rather than provide hundreds of billions in relief as state and local government revenue dries up. https://t.co/pc6qePFkER
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 26, 2020

Gov. Whitmer: McConnell's 'bankruptcy' suggestion is "outrageous" and "incredibly dangerous. I don't think that the vast majority of governors in this country, Republican and Democratic, would agree with him. He’s wrong and we need Congress to step up and help states." Via ABC pic.twitter.com/SIP4dGrXXi
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 26, 2020

“What Senator McConnell said was absolutely disgraceful,” Rep. King says in response to McConnell’s remarks, in which he suggested states could file for bankruptcy amid the coronavirus pandemic. https://t.co/1hr3BhWNrl
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) April 26, 2020

The options are not “the feds give states money, or states default on their debts and debt-like obligations.” The options are “the feds give states money, or states implement economically destructive austerity.” So bankruptcy is a red herring. https://t.co/zU2pwhEm1B
— Josh Barro (@jbarro) April 26, 2020

Kevin Hassett on ABC on McConnell: “I’m just an economist, but it feels like the Constitution doesn't really allow states to declare bankruptcy & so … they're going to have to work things out & the federal government is going to probably have to help them, too.”
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) April 26, 2020

New HHS spokesman made racist tweets

Racism among Trump employees is not new.

Caputo is counting on surviving this and keeping his job by doubling down, telling you to GFY, and shrugging it off.

And it'll work. https://t.co/3tUeZJLA93
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 26, 2020

Trump‘s new health spokesman accused George Soros and the Rothschild family of seeking to exploit the pandemic for control and to advance their agendas. https://t.co/Y0BnGPuCXH
— Mairav Zonszein מרב זונשיין (@MairavZ) April 23, 2020

Commend CNN for calling racism by its rightful name. https://t.co/LwKjJsgUj6
— Brent Staples (@BrentNYT) April 23, 2020

And just for good measure, he repeats the "maybe a bioweapon" business, before getting the racism. https://t.co/eRmlu4Eu9N
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 23, 2020

HHS Spox Michael Caputo Deletes Slew of Tweets Featuring Coronavirus Denial, Conspiracy Theories, Racist Comments About China https://t.co/rmshj9xEyX
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) April 23, 2020

Trump’s planned West Point photo op

He’s bringing the cadets back and risking their health just so he can get a photo op. Sad!

The Army will proceed with this year's West Point graduation ceremony amid the coronavirus pandemic https://t.co/K5Z2ymEoX3 pic.twitter.com/kODRKGzSik
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) April 26, 2020

To accommodate Trump’s sudden decision to speak at West Point, cadets will be called back, tested off campus, then isolated for 14 days in rooms with masks. They’ll eat in segregated groups. No decision on whether family members may attend. https://t.co/64YyFn5TaZ
— Trip Gabriel (@tripgabriel) April 25, 2020

OPINION | Stand down, Mr. President: West Point should not bring graduating cadets back for a Trump commencement address.

Like any addict, Trump is unconcerned about the damage he could cause to those around him.https://t.co/uXLFgj0cun
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) April 25, 2020

Is West Point really going to ask 1000 cadets to leave their homes, fly back to campus in order to salute POTUS at graduation? And he wants no social distancing? Please! @cnn
— David Gergen (@David_Gergen) April 25, 2020

"He’s the commander in chief, that’s his call… But everyone is leery about bringing 1,000 cadets into the New York metropolitan area for a ceremony. It’s definitely a risk."

— @SueFulton, Former Chair of West Point's Board of Visitorshttps://t.co/oBVxQmfj9e
— Charlotte Clymer 🏳️‍🌈 (@cmclymer) April 25, 2020

Just the normal day with the commander in chief forcing West Point cadets to risk their lives so he can have a cool photo op… https://t.co/Xg4nM8IxQP
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) April 27, 2020

Right-Wing attacks on Bill Gates

These folks don’t believe in science.

The current campaign to preemptively sow distrust in a possible future COVID-19 vaccine by tying it to suspicion of Bill Gates' philanthropic motives is going to be a bigger problem in a year or two. https://t.co/PpcusECLB5
— Travis View (@travis_view) May 4, 2020

This is the exact nightmare scenario disinfo scholars, researchers, reporters, etc worried about.

Bad info has gone international despite every fact checker in the world being on the same story. Issue isn’t lack of good info, it’s lack of good social media infrastructure. https://t.co/kAJeHDhV4o
— Jane Lytvynenko 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️ (@JaneLytv) May 10, 2020

"Where are the billionaire tech innovators when we need them?" asks Clive Irving.

Adding, "Trump has no concept of what a wartime grand strategy looks like. He can never see beyond the daily news cycle." https://t.co/XiXOwuQvvY
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) April 26, 2020

2015: "Your reputation is amazing. I will not let you down," Trump told Alex Jones during an appearance on the https://t.co/8IT7mIDMjk proprietor's show. Jones shared the love, telling Trump that "my audience, 90% of them, they support you."

TODAY: https://t.co/9WTyWZdo5r
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) April 26, 2020

Alex Jones leads protesters in a chant of "Arrest Bill Gates" at a protest in Austin, Texas today. pic.twitter.com/FtAR199Wl2
— Travis View (@travis_view) April 26, 2020

https://t.co/2ouVlhTgpV
— Ben Wieder (@benbwieder) April 26, 2020

5) The warnings came almost monthly. Among others, Bill Gates warned @VP Pence and other US officials at the Munich Security Conference in 2017. Then Bill Gates met with Trump personally in March 2018 to warn him of the pandemic threat….
— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg) April 17, 2020

Bill Gates is now the leading target for coronavirus falsehoods, says report https://t.co/SPYfduHleE pic.twitter.com/9v61ujUzK0
— The Verge (@verge) April 17, 2020

Bill Gates, the Microsoft co-founder turned philanthropist, has now become the star of an explosion of conspiracy theories about the coronavirus outbreak https://t.co/1oKaG9bU2G
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 17, 2020

Trump attacks reporters who got the “Noble” prize

It’s Nobel and they got Pulitzers, not Nobels. These are pathetic tweets from Trump. Of course, the reporters were right about Russian interference, too. Even a Senate panel led by a Republican confirmed it.

The word Pulitzer is trending on Twitter in the U.S. because the president confused the Nobel Prizes with the Pulitzer Prizes. The word Noble is also trending, because he misspelled Nobel.
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 26, 2020

I don't know of anyone who has won a Noble, or a Nobel, prize for their journalism in the Trump administration. https://t.co/Xpan76Tqd9
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) April 26, 2020

Those reporters are indeed noble. You are ignoble. You are also ignorant. You refer to the wrong prize, and have misspelled it, to boot.

You’re so far in over your head you can’t even see the surface. https://t.co/1lkcL1tnoM
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) April 26, 2020

When did they start awarding the “Noble” Prize in Journalism? Would love to see the list of winners. https://t.co/m2aXQFthpC
— Julian Zelizer (@julianzelizer) April 26, 2020

54,000 dead, and he went on a misspelled rant about "Noble Prizes." https://t.co/vQpNm96mmJ
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 26, 2020

More than 2,000 Americans died yesterday due to a pandemic the president was totally unprepared for. He’s melting down on Twitter and trying to crowdsource frivolous lawsuits. pic.twitter.com/7PHvzjsC6w
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 26, 2020

https://twitter.com/RonCharles/status/1254486881074642955?s=20

Separate from his rant about reporters getting Pulitzers for Russia-Trump coverage, the president has strongly suggested that he is being mistreated because he has not been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. These two complaints seem to have gotten mixed up in his mind today. https://t.co/PrgcqQEFoO
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 26, 2020

It's just another Sunday, but the President doesn't know the difference between a Pulitzer and a Nobel, and he can't spell "Nobel." https://t.co/yNMnoD2eMW
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 26, 2020

.@realDonaldTrump, it seems that it really, really bothers you that your predecessor won a prize that you can’t even spell. https://t.co/2JIvLnfubB
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) April 26, 2020

Does anybody get the meaning of what a so-called Noble (not Nobel) Prize is, especially as it pertains to Reporters and Journalists? Noble is defined as, “having or showing fine personal qualities or high moral principles and ideals.” Does sarcasm ever work?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 26, 2020

Once again, Trump screws up, claims it was sarcasm and blames the media.

Trump is still doing his Nobel Prize nomination thing even though they awarded it to someone else on Friday
— Kevin Liptak (@Kevinliptakcnn) October 12, 2020

https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/1315810513876586496?s=20

Trump: "I've been — I guess, three or four, maybe now: Nobel Peace Prizes. Can you believe it? Four. Three."

He's received nominations, not the prize itself.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) October 12, 2020

Trump tells his story about he how and Melania recently watched the evening news expecting to see coverage of his Nobel nominations, but were dismayed that the news was covering a hurricane in Florida and flooding in Iowa instead. This is supposed to make the media look bad. pic.twitter.com/62gzutni0D
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 15, 2020

Professional medal guy here. I’ve actually catalogued/authenticated a Nobel Peace Prize before (it brought over a million bucks at auction).

That’s not even a Nobel Peace Prize. The medal depicted is awarded for physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, and literature.

Idiot. https://t.co/hcQMbkypGG
— John Kraljevich (@JohnSpiroSpero) December 29, 2020

Trump’s bad advice on disienfectants prompts calls and Internet searches

People listen when the president talks.

Call surge to NYC Poison Control larger than thought after Trump comments https://t.co/j3VC72tpAx
— Muckmaker™ (@RealMuckmaker) May 3, 2020

In case you're wondering how today's briefing is going: pic.twitter.com/aXqHPL2ZsC
— Vicky Ward (@VickyPJWard) April 27, 2020

BREAKING: President Trump said he claims no responsibility for the spike in calls to poison control centers after he suggested last week that ingesting disinfectants could be used as a coronavirus cure https://t.co/yTfftPRUlI
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) April 27, 2020

Trump never accepts responsibility for anything that goes wrong.

all hail the dimwit-in-chief https://t.co/uPwftSfilX
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) April 25, 2020

This is insane, but that's the power of the presidency and it was foreseeable! Trump's lunacy about disinfectants poisoned these people—as did the cover job by the Surgeon General and the White House spokesperson who said only to check with a doctor first. This is on their heads! https://t.co/cKJ8B9x6He
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) April 25, 2020

As disinformation about bleaches spreads around in Nigeria, doctors have warned that adhering to Trump's suggestions would be extremely dangerous. Taken internally, the stuff is poison, pure and simple. The outcome could be fatal.https://t.co/W6TBVajJIR
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) April 25, 2020

“Inject with disinfectant” is a breakout search, Worldwide and “sunlight disinfectant” spiked +3,100% past day UShttps://t.co/QMzhzcUvqQ
— GoogleTrends (@GoogleTrends) April 24, 2020

Gov. Larry Hogan Sunday morning said Maryland's emergency health hotline that was set up to field questions about the coronavirus pandemic had received "hundreds" of inquiries about the safety of ingesting cleaning products to kill the virus. https://t.co/akZOCJxBqj
— The Baltimore Sun (@baltimoresun) April 26, 2020

Maryland and Michigan experience surge in poison control calls after Trump's disinfectant comments https://t.co/R9R4vTTAiR pic.twitter.com/mwBq8B1jTF
— The Hill (@thehill) April 26, 2020

Maryland warns against ingesting disinfectants after calls to hotlinehttps://t.co/e7baTZVL7X
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 24, 2020

Trump China story was incorrect

see my prior post

There are still plenty of conflicts of interest

This got 13.5K RTs, but the story appears to be incorrect information because the headline was changed removing "the loan is due soon" to reflect the story now noting the loan was sold by Bank of China in 2012. https://t.co/r9UC3E70bW
— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) April 25, 2020

“Chinese state-owned companies are constructing two luxury Trump developments in United Arab Emirates and Indonesia. Trump and Ivanka Trump have been awarded trademarks by China’s government. And Jared Kushner has courted Chinese investors in at least one other real estate deal.”
— Katie Phang (@KatiePhang) April 24, 2020

Trump administration attack on the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA)

The Trump administration tried to punish CNN. They do not determine the seating.

I with the WHCA would be more active in defending their rights. They have leverage. Trump needs the media to cover him just as the media needs his words to report the news.

They should tell Trump:

1) No more attacks on media members

2) No more lies. They could give him a list of lies he has told over and over such as China is paying the tariffs or he implemented Veterans Choice.

3) The TV networks will give the Democrats equal time to any part of his briefing that is political and is carried by a particular network.

By continuing to show up only to be abused by Trump, the media is implying his behavior is normal and acceptable. It isn’t

The White House tried to move a CNN reporter to the back of the press room, but she refused. Then Trump walked out. Something I wrote: https://t.co/KwwhXGRZPR
— Paul Farhi (@farhip) April 25, 2020

This White House targets reporters for doing their jobs all the time, but it’s hard to think of a reporter who’s been less willing to bite & allow herself to become part of the drama than Kaitlan. Trump throws a tantrum at her & she doesn’t blink—she just asks the next question. https://t.co/vf2JJBfMRR
— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) April 25, 2020

Oh wow: per @jonkarl, “The Secret Service tells the WHCA they were not involved whatsoever in this effort by the WH to change seating assignments” despite a White House official telling today’s pooler he needed to switch seats with CNN and that the Secret Service was involved
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) April 24, 2020

WHCA president @JonKarl will join me on Sunday's @ReliableSources https://t.co/obvrU4uQR1
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 24, 2020

White House staff just came into the briefing room and informed the print pooler that they want them to swap seats w CNN. That would move CNN to the back row from the front. @whca made these seat assignments not staff
— Hunter Walker (@hunterw) April 24, 2020