A.G. Gancarski
The Never Trumpers at The Lincoln Project are wishing the President a “swift recovery” from COVID-19 while urging testing for those who may have come in contact with him in recent days.
Beyond that, the group asserted Friday, it extends hope that Donald Trump, now waylaid by the coronavirus, will finally take the disease seriously.
“The Lincoln Project sincerely hopes Trump’s infection with COVID sends a signal to the Americans who follow him to take this deadly disease seriously. From the start, the President and his media cheerleaders have amplified dangerously irresponsible messages about the transmissibility, seriousness, and fatality rates of COVID,” the group asserted in a statement.
The Lincoln Project charges the President “ignored and marginalized scientific and medical experts, placed political hacks in positions at HHS and elsewhere to prevent the American people from receiving accurate information about the pandemic, and spread false information about spurious cures.”
The release notes Trump knew about the seriousness of the novel coronavirus and played it down.
“The President’s own admissions to Bob Woodward that he knew of the seriousness of COVID in February and that he told his people to ‘slow the testing down’ are stark reminders that this President has lied about COVID and its impact from the beginning.”
From there, the group had some pointed words about virus skeptics.
“We hope the President’s followers will take heed. This disease is not a hoax; it is a killer. Masks, social distancing, and hand washing are vital elements in protecting yourself from COVID. There is no vaccine available at this time. Hydroxychloroquine does not cure or treat COVID in any way.”
“We must also note that over 200,000 Americans have died of COVID, a loss to America made worse by Donald Trump’s recklessness and lies. The election continues. Donald Trump must be defeated.”
The Lincoln Project vows to continue to “prosecute” its case against President Trump, and the incumbent’s approach to coronavirus has featured in advertising.
Perhaps the best known spot dates back to July, a frequently-seen ad with numerous swatches of sound of Trump downplaying the virus.
“It will go away, just stay calm,” Trump says at one point about what he called “the Kung Flu.”
5 comments
Sonja Fitch
October 2, 2020 at 2:15 pm
Still do not believe or trust the trump! Would not surprise me a bit that this just bs distraction! Time will tell or the “miracle” will happen!
S.B. ANTHONY
October 2, 2020 at 2:22 pm
Not it’s officially the Trump Virus. It very well may be a ploy for him to step
out of the race and save face because he knows he is going to lose. But, with this
dumpster fire, who knows? That’s the problem with being a pathological liar. When
you finally tell the truth, no one believes you. And, remember, we only know about
all of this because the Hicks disease was leaked. Otherwise, guaranteed, the WH never
would have released information about him and his family catching the Trump Virus.
LQ
October 2, 2020 at 4:51 pm
Cynically, I would add that if POTUS and FLOTUS not been tested, they would not go down as two cases of the corona virus.
Frankie M.
October 2, 2020 at 5:39 pm
Please tell me more about how Sleepy Joe needs to do more in person campaign events like Donnie Dumbo…
James Robert Miles
October 2, 2020 at 8:28 pm
Trump doesn’t have a clue. Unless you are one of his stupid followers. The jerk lies about everything so nothing he says is believable! VOTE HIM OUT, LOCK HIM UP! DUMP TRUMP 2020! Save America from fascist insanity!
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