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Trump Comes To Birx’s Defense After Lashing Out At Her On Twitter

August 3, 2020
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After lashing out at Dr. Deborah Birx, President Trump on Monday came to the top health official’s defense.

“She’s a person I have a lot of respect for,” Trump said. However, earlier Monday, Trump called a dire warning from Birx on the coronavirus pandemic “pathetic.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has ramped up her criticism of Birx in recent days, accusing her of enabling Trump’s more outlandish theories on COVID-19.

Trump hit back at Pelosi during Monday’s briefing, saying that the House speaker has treated Birx “very badly.”

Follow along with the TPM staff’s coverage of the press conference below:

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After lashing out at Dr. Deborah Birx, President Trump on Monday came to the top health official’s defense.

“She’s a person I have a lot of respect for,” Trump said. However, earlier Monday, Trump called a dire warning from Birx on the coronavirus pandemic “pathetic.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has ramped up her criticism of Birx in recent days, accusing her of enabling Trump’s more outlandish theories on COVID-19.

Trump hit back at Pelosi during Monday’s briefing, saying that the House speaker has treated Birx “very badly.”

Follow along with the TPM staff’s coverage of the press conference below:

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  1. All insanity, all the time.

  2. Cult of failure, The Trumpazoans

    On the coronavirus, you’d think the metrics of our failure would be hard to evade. The United States boasts nearly one-fourth of the world’s reported coronavirus cases and deaths. We had more than 432,000 cases in the past seven days, a percentage jump that dwarfs that of most of our major western allies.
    …
    To believe that the United States is doing well, you’d have to think that what we’re doing is good despite those mounting horrors. You couldn’t merely think that our rapid reopening earlier this spring was an inherently good approach because, say, freedom is good and lockdowns are bad. You’d also have to think this is the case despite the second surge in cases that was caused in no small part by that reopening.

    ETA. I’m going for a walk in the Tucson heat (104 deg. F). I’d rather risk heat prostration than see or listen to Trump.

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