Trump Claims Dems Are Creating A ‘New Hoax’ With Coronavirus

President Donald Trump waits for a dinner with Latin American and US leaders at the Palace Hotel during the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 18, 2017 in New York City. (Photo credit: B... President Donald Trump waits for a dinner with Latin American and US leaders at the Palace Hotel during the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 18, 2017 in New York City. (Photo credit: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump went full conspiracy theory about Democrats’ alarm over COVID-19, aka the deadly coronavirus, on Friday night.

During a campaign rally in North Charleston, South Carolina, Trump accused Democrats of “politicizing” the disease by criticizing his shoddy handling of the outbreak.

“One of my people came up to me and said, ‘Mr. President, they tried to beat you on Russia, Russia, Russia. That didn’t work out too well. They couldn’t do it. They tried the impeachment hoax,'” he told the crowd, saying that “it’s all turning.”

Then Trump declared: “And this is their new hoax.”

He added that he and his administration “did something that’s been pretty amazing” in response to the 15 cases of the virus in the U.S.

“We have 15 people in this massive country, and because of the fact that we went early, we went early, we could’ve had a lot more than that,” he said.

It wasn’t the first time the word “hoax” was bandied about in Trumpland with regards to the coronavirus; White House Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney had complained earlier on Friday that the media was trying to tear down Trump with its coverage of the disease because the impeachment “hoax” had failed to do so. However, Mulvaney did not directly call the coronavirus itself a hoax.

Several hours later, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo refused to answer Rep. Ted Lieu’s (D-CA) query whether he believed the coronavirus was “the hoax of the day.”

“The State Department is doing everything it can to protect American citizens around the world,” Pompeo told Lieu.

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  1. One of my people came up to me and said, ‘Mr. President, they tried to beat you on Russia, Russia, Russia. That didn’t work out too well. They couldn’t do it. They tried the impeachment hoax,’” he told the crowd, saying that “it’s all turning.” Then Trump declared: “And this is their new hoax.”

    “One of my people.”

    Sure.

  2. Avatar for j.dave j.dave says:

    That dude is seriously unwell.

  3. Toadglans is obviously getting all of his cutting-edge “caronavirus” updates from renowned epidemiologist and Oxycontin connoisseur Rusty Limpballs.

    That helps explain why all of the Trumpistas have sworn off Skunk Beer (aka Corona).

  4. This isnt funny anymore…:face_vomiting:

  5. Avatar for spin spin says:

    Only Russian sanctioned intervention is allowed, and his friend Brad Percale keeps him informed of that. Covid-19 is from China and China promised to be nice to him as part of the trade talks. So clearly it is fake news, as the Chinese are his friends.

    No way that Xi would every hurt trump, they are friends.

    It is only real when the nice guys and the bimbo in the middle on FOX and Freinds tell him it is real, until they do, it is all fake.

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