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Trump Goes "Kung Flu" at Enclosed Megachurch Rally
Donald Trump held another campaign rally yesterday, this time in Phoenix, Arizona. Arizona has perhaps the scariest coronavirus case growth rate of any state in the country, but that did not deter Trump from holding the indoor rally. The megachurch where the rally was held claimed it had a new air filtration system that could kill 99.99% of COVID-19 within ten minutes, a claim that Arizona State University scientists found absurd. Trump recycled much of his material from Saturday’s Oklahoma rally, including again calling the coronavirus “kung flu.”
There is a lot of focus on Trump repeatedly using the term “kung flu” and there should be because he is the president. But the deeper issue is the millions of people who will turn out for Trump specifically because of his racism and dog-whistling. Many in the crowd were begging Trump to say “kung flu” and erupted in applause when he did. What remains uncertain is whether Trump can grow his base of support by using that language and whether he has enough supporters remaining to push him over the line.
Trump Confirms He Ordered Virus Testing Slowdown
Donald Trump admitted on Saturday that he wanted coronavirus testing to be slowed down so we would not find out about more cases. Knowing how devastating and murderous this sounded, the White House came up with the defense that Trump was just kidding. Trump was then asked by a reporter if he was joking and he said, “I don’t kid.” It’s obvious that Trump understands adequate testing will expose more cases in the US and that will not help him politically. He just forgot to keep his mouth shut about it. Any benefit Trump could have gotten by covering up case numbers is undone by admitting that he wanted to keep people ignorant. This is an approach that will surely lead to more deaths.
Trump has been given multiple opportunities to correct himself and he cannot even do that correctly, with contradicting answers coming from Trump and his staff. It’s like getting all the questions wrong on a test, getting to redo the same test, and again selecting all of the same wrong answers. We have to talk about Trump like he is a child. Maybe one day we will have a president again.
Trump Warns of Foreign Meddling, Welcomes Foreign Meddling
Donald Trump has been saying that foreign countries are going to meddle in the 2020 election in order to help Democrats. Of course, he won’t say which ones or provide any evidence. This is rather ironic coming from someone who has welcomed the support of Russia, Ukraine, and China and has opposed funding that would strengthen our election infrastructure making it less susceptible to foreign interference. What will he think of next?
--More on the show:
--Progressives score some major victories in yesterday's primary elections around the country, and we look at results from New York, Virginia, Kentucky, and more
--Americans will likely be banned from traveling to Europe when the EU reopens on July 1st due to the disastrous coronavirus situation in the United States under Donald Trump
--This week's edition of Hatriot Mail
--Noam Chomsky says that Donald Trump is the worst criminal in history and absolutely must be voted out
--Donald Trump is increasingly desperate and panicking, and is now promising a second coronavirus stimulus payment to Americans, despite it being unclear if this will be passed any time soon
--Voters are increasingly rejecting Donald Trump and choosing Joe Biden due to Trump's failure on coronavirus and race relations
--Voicemail caller Jimmy from Philly, a furious Trumpist, returns with a string of incoherent voicemails
--On the Bonus Show: Texas is wide open but Governor says stay home, $600 unemployment boost is ending soon, state court says you don't have to unlock your phone for police, much more...
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