Forum Overview :: Motherfucking News :: He never said the virus was a hoax

[quote name="Vested Id"]<a href="https://spectator.us/trump-blame-slack-response-covid-19/">Here's the full quote</a> (Feb 28): [quote]‘Now the Democrats are politicizing the coronavirus, you know that right? Coronavirus, they’re politicizing it. We did one of the great jobs. You say, ‘How’s President Trump doing?’ They go, “Oh, not good, not good.” They have no clue. They don’t have any clue. They can’t even count their votes in Iowa. They can’t even count. No, they can’t. They can’t count their votes. ‘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. That was not a perfect conversation. They tried anything. They tried it over and over. They’d been doing it since you got in. It’s all turning. They lost. It’s all turning. Think of it. Think of it. And this is their new hoax. But we did something that’s been pretty amazing. We have 15 people in this massive country and because of the fact that we went early. We went early, we could have had a lot more than that. We’re doing great.’[/quote] He'd had travel from China shut down for a month, and he makes direct reference to the virus. He's not saying it's fake. He said the Democrats are lying about his inadequate response. He equates it to their disingenuous behavior on impeachment and flat-out lies on Trump-Russia. Remember Trump-Russia, when journalists said for 2.5 years he was a Manchurian candidate taking orders directly from Vladimir Putin? Remember "Moscow Mitch," <em>months</em> after Trump-Russia was proven <em>completely false</em>? You can't grant rhetorical slop anymore, it's a deliberate contortion of reality.[/quote]