Trump Camp Rallies To His Defense After Intentional COVID Downplay Revelation

Trump campaign officials on Sunday defended the President’s intentional public downplaying of COVID-19 early this year, which journalist Bob Woodward revealed in his forthcoming book.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1331876
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The only fog was the dust from opening another bag of Cheetos.

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Trump campaign senior adviser Steve Cortes

Trump campaign senior adviser Jason Miller

Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel

 

Delusional, at best.

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Bioterrorism

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I know this is not productive talk, but Steve Cortes looks like a guy who should be saying, “What’s it going to take to put you in this car today?” And Jason Miller just looks stupid.

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Fog of senility …

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OT, but I just ran across this and it’s brilliant! I suggest that it be titled “Life During Boor Time.”

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Is this a Handwringing Piece?

@cervantes

Delusional with a capital F

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This will win him no votes. None.

At this stage, keeping him on the defensive is very valuable. Almost as good as picking up votes. Indeed, very close to being as good.

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Liars. Flat-out liars.

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“Fog of war,” eh? Sure. Like that time U.S. Grant saw Lee’s troops attacking, and got confused by the “fog of war,” thinking he wasn’t the commanding general but a cook at the field kitchen five miles from the front.
Or that time after Pearl Harbor when FDR, understandably confused by the “fog of war,” just forgot to mobilize the armed forces, institute a draft, impose rationing, etc. It was that darned “fog of war” that led FDR to make the famous statement that the Japanese Navy would just “disappear, like a miracle.”

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Jesus Horatio Christ! It’s not exactly the A Team is it?

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Fog of brain. . . . in Trumps case, a very, very dense fog.

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Idiot Republican flaks refuse to see how other smarter national leaders calmly informed their populace and took honest steps forward. They are trying to put lipstick on this pig that won’t hunt. Typical GOP deceit.

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Trump is ranting at “Latinos for Trump”.




Acyn Torabi
@Acyn

Trump: As you know, a little while ago I received the bay of pigs award… that’s a big honor and they don’t give it out easily


There is no such award.

ETA. It was merely an endorsement from “The Bay of Pigs Veterans” That’s it. No facts unworthy of embellishment.

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there were “competing views” on “whether this is simply the flu or whether this is very serious”

Don’t think by that time there was any question about this not being “simply the flu.”

Also like the use of the word “corporate”
as in “corporate media.” Are they trying to peel off some Bernidians from Biden/Harris?

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I would have believed fog of dementia, but as far as “fog of war” goes, it’s risible. What fog? He was told from the beginning it was serious, deadly, and a threat to Americans. And he responded by call it a “Democratic hoax”.

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at least they didn’t unleash Stephen Miller. he would have ranted about thinning the herd and herd immunity.

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Today is the day Trump finally became the fog of war President. Congrats?

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He’s about as Churchillian as a large dildo.


Daniel Dale
@ddale8

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I asked scholars of Winston Churchill about Trump’s claim that concealing the danger of the coronavirus, to keep people “calm,” was like what Churchill did during the war. There was a lot of scoffing.

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