LIVEBLOG: WH Holds COVID-19 Task Force Press Briefing | Talking Points Memo

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I wish that the WH briefings would NOT include Trump. This is all grift with him, and we are wasting valuable time.

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I wish everyone at these briefings would huddle even closer to IMPOTUS, to show they’re not afraid.

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How many hundreds or thousands of points do we expect to see the market drop during today’s remarks?

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If my Apple stock goes below $0, does that mean that they then own shares of me?

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Maybe he won’t be at this briefing. Surely someone told him that every time he opens his mouth the markets plummet. Nah, he needs to be the center of attention even as people are dying because of his own incompetence.

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Is it just me, or is the interval between press conferences shrinking? Soon we’l have 2 or 3 a day and a negative stock index.

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Zero chance. They substitute for his campaign rally affirmations.

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You know what might restore a blip of confidence in these assclowns? Starting one fucking press conference somewhere near on time.

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Let the show begin!!!

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He’s somber again. And seems a bit short of breath…

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That’s munted shitshow.

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The contrast with Cuomo’s earlier presser is dramatic.

WhyTF is Fauci crowed on the stage? He should make a point of stepping farther away.

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Birx is staring straight ahead like a weird manikin.

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he must be so pissed that this is interfering with his mar a lardo time…
you just know he was seething the entire time Cuomo was on the screen…

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WHY WHY WHY do they have Trump talking all the time? He is sooooo bad at this.

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He got up this morning, opened his door and was greeted with the entire world looking at him. Scared sounding while struggling to maintain some shred of relevance in the issues. Tired his adding embellishment that is completely not needed.

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It’s not “they” HE wants to be there.

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no one believes him; he’s the worst messenger for whatever this administration is saying it’s doing.

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Shortness of breath is one of the symptoms…

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