Amid a sharp buildup of coronavirus cases, President Trump downplayed the severity of the pandemic Saturday in front of a crowd of conservative activists accumulated in the White House, just nine days after declaring his own infection with the virus and two weeks after what happened criticized as a “super-widespread” White House event.
“It’s going to disappear, it’s going to disappear,” Trump told a lot of followers of the conservative black “Blexit” movement, who piled up on the White House lawn for what was announced as an official event.
Trump once again promorated the effectiveness of the remedies used to treat his own infection, saying that “thanks to the strength of the American mind, more than anything else, science and medicine will eliminate the Chinese virus once and for all, let’s get away with it. “that. “. “
The comment comes after the U. S. Centers for Disease Control has not been able to do so. More than 58,000 new cases of the virus will be reported on Friday, the number in a day since August, with 926 new deaths.
Despite the build-up of cases, Trump criticized the concept of shutting down the country to involve the epidemic and falsely accused Democrats of “locking everything up,” telling his supporters that “we’re not going to let that happen. “
The demonstration itself reflected Trump’s prospects for the virus, with the crowd of sympathizers, some unmasked despite a call for them, hued on the White House lawn.
56%. That’s the percentage of Americans who disapprove of Trump’s handling of the virus compared to 42 percent who approve, according to the RealClearPolitics average. 50% of the most likely electorate on a Reuters/Ipsos ballot released this week said Biden would be the most productive. about the coronavirus, while only 38% said Trump would.
White House spokesman Judd Deere told reporters that the demonstration was an official event, not a crusader event, to dispel considerations about Hatch violations, but Trump spent a lot of time pointing to Biden and his party, unfoundedly calling the Democratic Party platform. “beyond socialism” and “communism” and tell collectors to “vote those other people in oblivion. “
“Good luck. I wouldn’t run unless you’re dressed in a mask and you’re not in tune,” Biden said Friday, when asked about restarting Trump’s chances in person. “I just read that the CDC was going to require a mask on public transportation – 40,000 people a day get a coronavirus – and the White House blocked it. What about this guy?”
Trump is scheduled for a face-to-face rally in Sanford, Florida, Monday, where Trump intended to speak last Friday before testing positive for the virus, with Trump’s crusade uttering occasions in users in Pennsylvania and Iowa on Tuesday and Wednesday.
I’m a journalist covering politics and the 2020 elections. In the past I worked for MSNBC and Chronogram Magazine. I attended Vassar College and London School.
I am a journalist covering politics and the 2020 elections; in the past I worked for MSNBC and Chronogram Magazine; I attended Vassar College and the London School of Economics.