I doubt this will sway Republicans. Trump said Republicans wouldn’t win if everyone voted. They would prefer that voters get sick like they did in Wisconsin. Sad!
Category: Coronavirus
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:
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) April 26, 2020
Republicans:
Less than 3 months: 67%
More than 3 months: 31%
Democrats:
Less than 3 months: 48%
More than 3 months: 50%
Coronavirus outlook by party via @KFF poll:
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) April 26, 2020
Democrats:
64% worst yet to come
21% worst behind us
Republicans:
27% worst yet to come
53% worst behind us
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)
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) April 26, 2020
Democrats:
94% worth it
5% unnecessary burden
Republicans:
61% worth it
38% unnecessary burden
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 …
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) April 26, 2020
Worth it 80%
Causing more harm than good 19%
(Kaiser Family Foundation, 4/15-20/20)
more: https://t.co/FZqvGXKZcC
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Full wording …
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.
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) April 26, 2020
“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
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.
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) April 24, 2020
Kentucky *took* $148 billion more from the federal government than it gave.
Just give NY our money back, Senator McConnell. pic.twitter.com/kejNSU2oK5
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
— Will Bunch Sign Up For My Newsletter (@Will_Bunch) April 26, 2020
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
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.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) April 26, 2020
And it'll work. https://t.co/3tUeZJLA93
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.
— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) April 25, 2020
Like any addict, Trump is unconcerned about the damage he could cause to those around him.https://t.co/uXLFgj0cun
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."
— Charlotte Clymer 🏳️🌈 (@cmclymer) April 25, 2020
— @SueFulton, Former Chair of West Point's Board of Visitorshttps://t.co/oBVxQmfj9e
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.
— Jane Lytvynenko 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️ (@JaneLytv) May 10, 2020
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
"Where are the billionaire tech innovators when we need them?" asks Clive Irving.
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) April 26, 2020
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
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."
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) April 26, 2020
TODAY: https://t.co/9WTyWZdo5r
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
— 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’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
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 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
Coronavirus stats 4/24/20
Technically, the United States has one-quarter of the world's deaths from covid-19 despite 4% of the world's population. But any glance at the numbers indicates that China, Russia and Brazil are suppressing/undercounting their actual death tolls. So not a reliable statistic.
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) April 25, 2020
Should we trust those conclusions?
— Yahoo News (@YahooNews) April 24, 2020
1 in 57 people in New York City have tested positive for coronavirus, 1 in 221 people in New York City have been hospitalized for coronavirus, and 1 in 530 people in New York City have died from coronavirus, according to data from the city and the US Census Bureau.
— Ryan Struyk (@ryanstruyk) April 24, 2020
Trump owes money to China
This is a conflict of interest that is affecting US foreign policy.
THREAD
— Jeffrey Prescott (@jeffreyprescott) April 24, 2020
The news that Trump is in deep debt to a state-owned bank in China — a bill that comes due during the next president’s term — sheds some light on a seeming puzzle: why does Trump keep praising China's leader as the COVID-19 pandemic gets worse?https://t.co/pUwy5TFrHh
Sad! 