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Trump COLLAPSES, Mutters "Obama" When Confronted About Virus
Donald Trump was asked by CBS’s Weijia Jiang about the explosion in coronavirus cases and he appeared to have a brain malfunction. Rather than address the surging number of cases and increasing positivity rates in places like Florida, Trump reverted to his factory settings and blamed Obama. He said, “Biden and Obama stopped their testing, they just stopped it. You probably know that. I'm sure you don't want to report it, but they stopped testing right in the middle.” Trump went on to ramble about the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 (or as he calls it, 1917).
What exactly is Donald Trump talking about here? Is he saying that Obama and Biden stopped coronavirus testing? They left office three years before the pandemic began. Could Trump be talking about Ebola or H1N1 which didn’t lead to nearly as many deaths as coronavirus and didn’t cause massive shutdowns? The important point is that this is a total red herring. Trump has failed miserably at his coronavirus response and all he can do now is complain and blame Obama.
Trump & White House Go to War with...Dr. Fauci
Dr. Anthony Fauci revealed that he has not spoken to Donald Trump in about five weeks and he has not briefed Trump in any serious manner in two months. This didn’t come as too much of a surprise, as the coronavirus press conferences ended many weeks ago and the White House has been trying to hide Fauci since May. In an attempt to discredit him, the administration released a list of claims about the virus made by Fauci that later turned out to be wrong. (Of course, Trump himself said we have 15 cases that will soon go down to 0 and recommended that people ingest disinfectant.)
Tensions between Trump and Fauci could heat up as the virus gets worse and it may lead to Fauci getting fired. However, in the court of public opinion that would likely be a disaster for Trump. Americans overwhelmingly trust Fauci on the virus over Trump. Trump had an opportunity to listen to Fauci and act more boldly on combating the virus. Instead, he has fractured the country’s opinion on the virus even as new records get set every day.
From yesterday’s show:
Trump Commutes Roger Stone's Prison Sentence
Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of his former campaign associate, Roger Stone. Stone, therefore, will not be going to prison where he was scheduled to report soon. Trump was of course heavily involved in the Stone case, as Stone got in troubling lying for Trump. Now Trump is returning the favor by commuting Stone’s sentence. This is historic corruption from a historically corrupt president.
--More on the show:
--Dan Harris, author of "Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics" and "10% Happier, and ABC News anchor who embraced mindfulness after having a panic attack on live television, joins David to discuss his work, books, and journey. Get his latest book: https://amzn.to/2WcjRQk
--Republicans and Trumpists are deliberately pushing "culture war" issues to distract from their abject failures on actual policy, coronavirus, and the economy, and we shouldn't be drawn into it
--Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani appears to accidentally admit that the audits of Donald Trump's taxes claimed as the reason why Trump won't release his tax returns have actually concluded
--Donald Trump retweets a conspiracy theory that the CDC is plotting against Trump's re-election with their school guidelines, a theory tweeted by former game show host Chuck Woolery
--Joe Biden has statistically tied Donald Trump in polling from the state of Texas
--Voicemail caller asks what happens if Donald Trump loses but simply refuses to leave
--On the Bonus Show: Budget deficit hits all-time high, Disney World offering mask-free "relaxation zones," China announces sanctions on Republican Senators, much more...
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