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“I think he was talking about young Americans, he said “no one, ” said Acosta. “But he told Bob Woodward that “it’s not just the elderly, it’s also the young ones,” up to 200,000 dead. What other people tell others about the virus at their rallies?”
McEnany replied, “The president is telling other people the truth. “
Acosta interrupted, repeating that Trump said the coronavirus “no to anyone” and said he wasn’t telling the truth.
“Jim, but, get the president out of context. I have your full appointment here and you’re right about young people. He said that,” McEnany said before Acosta interrupted him.
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“I’m taking this out of context,” CNN reporter said.
“You take it out of context because you say it doesn’t give critical data when it actually does and I’ll emphasize exactly what he said,” McEnany said. “He said this: “You know, in some states, thousands of people, and they haven’t had anyone young, under the age of 18 as a person. They have a strong immune system. ” That’s right, you can visit the online page of the U. S. Academy of Pediatrics, the Children’s Hospital Association, and list a number of states that have not experienced any pediatric deaths. “
Acosta then interrupted for the third time, explaining that other young people can still transmit the coronavirus to the elderly.
“For the president of the United States, with 200,000 dead, go to his rallies and say something like: ‘This does not matter to anyone, and that in some states it does not screw other people, you are ignoring the fact, and in fact The fact that other young people can contract this virus and pass it on to the elderly is decreasing . . . Younger young people may also be in poor health and die from the virus.
McEnany Acosta if I had a Trump date with him.
“I’ve got the quote, ” he said.
“Yes, it is precisely as I read it, that in several states they have not had pediatric deaths. I have the full list here: Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas and the list goes on. As you may not know, Jim, COVID has a mortality rate of 0. 01 for others under the age of 18, so it’s not a disease that affects other young people in the same way as other older people, which is precisely the president’s disease. point of view, do last night, ” replied McEnany.
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NewsBusters editor-in-chief Curtis Houck McEnany had “deleted” Acosta with the answer.
“As usual,” Houck said, “listen to Acosta not asking questions, but commented in accusing Trump of COVID’s death. “