Trump Insults Reporter, Contradicts Own Task Force During Friday Presser

March 20, 2020
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March 20, 2020

The White House held another coronavirus task force briefing today at 11:45 a.m. ET. The news conference came just as the state of California issued a new shelter-in-place mandate that urges residents to stay home and not leave for anything but “essentials.” Since then New York has issued a similar declaration.

During the presser, Trump made a plethora of headlines, most dramatically when he insulted a reporter for asking about Americans fears over the virus and when he contradicted his own task force chief on the effectiveness of a specific therapy drug to combat the virus.

Scroll down to read our live coverage of the briefing.

 

 

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The White House held another coronavirus task force briefing today at 11:45 a.m. ET. The news conference came just as the state of California issued a new shelter-in-place mandate that urges residents to stay home and not leave for anything but “essentials.” Since then New York has issued a similar declaration.

During the presser, Trump made a plethora of headlines, most dramatically when he insulted a reporter for asking about Americans fears over the virus and when he contradicted his own task force chief on the effectiveness of a specific therapy drug to combat the virus.

Scroll down to read our live coverage of the briefing.

 

 

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  1. To put this into perspective:

    • The “info” Trump gives will be self serving

    • There will be misleading statements

    • This is a substitute for a Trump Rally

    • The amount of days he will be able to pull this off is based on the constraints of a geometrically-increasing virus spread

    • The bobble-heads behind Trump are afraid for their lives

  2. “The White House will hold another coronavirus task force briefing today at 11:45 a.m. ET.”

    The White House staff needs to set a good example of “social distancing”, and start lying from home.

  3. “Chinese virus”

  4. Insists on branding it “the Chinese Virus.” Slight hesitation has his brain accelerated past the word “chink.”

  5. Why why why aren’t all the people standing behind Trump practicing social distancing?

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