Aaron Rupar on Twitter: "Get a load of Dr. Birx's demeanor after Trump tells her, "I would like you to speak to the medical doctors to see if there's any way that you can apply light and heat to cure [coronavirus]."… https://t.co/M8a0BjxCg9"

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Aaron Rupar‏Verified account @atrupar Apr 23

DHS official William Bryan: "Our most striking observation to date is the powerful effect solar light appears to have on killing the virus on both surfaces & in the air. We see a similar effect with both temperature & humidity ... increasing them is unfavorable for the virus."pic.twitter.com/t6NPYNwlsr

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Aaron Rupar‏Verified account @atrupar Apr 23

This slide summarizes some of the coronavirus research findings Bryan is highlightingpic.twitter.com/M8ComOsoWh

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Aaron Rupar‏Verified account @atrupar Apr 23

"The disinfectant, where it knocks it out in a minute, and is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside, or almost a cleaning. It gets in the lungs" -- Trump seems to suggests that injecting disinfectant inside people could be a treatment for the coronaviruspic.twitter.com/amis9Rphsm

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Aaron Rupar‏Verified account @atrupar Apr 23

"I think a lot of people are gonna go outside all of the sudden" -- Trump on DHS's preliminary finding that the coronavirus doesn't do as well in sunlight as it does insidepic.twitter.com/tmMCiCh3tq

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Aaron Rupar‏Verified account @atrupar Apr 23

Asked why he's stopped promoting hydroxychloroquine, Trump claims absurdly that he "hasn't at all." (He has in fact stopped promoting it in the last week.)pic.twitter.com/6AhhXRs7Oq

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Aaron Rupar‏Verified account @atrupar Apr 23

TRUMP: "I know a lot about economists and the answer is they have no idea. I think I have as good of an idea as anybody."pic.twitter.com/tntck0ZMcI

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Aaron Rupar‏Verified account @atrupar Apr 23

TRUMP: "Statistically we are doing phenomenally, in terms of mortality ... when you look, Germany and ourselves are doing very well." (Germany has 5,503 coronavirus deaths; the US has 49,605)pic.twitter.com/x0epoE5W6x

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Aaron Rupar‏Verified account @atrupar Apr 23

Trump says he doesn't agree with Dr. Fauci's claim that the US needs to do more to address its coronavirus testing shortfallpic.twitter.com/iBH8ObCmaC

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Aaron Rupar‏Verified account @atrupar Apr 23

"We started with nothing ... we started with a broken test" -- Trump tries to pass the buck for the CDC botching the development of a coronavirus test in January and February of this yearpic.twitter.com/dNyEUaIAol

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Aaron Rupar‏Verified account @atrupar Apr 23

"It is interesting that the states are in trouble do happen to be blue. It is interesting" -- Trump suggests Democrats are responsible for the financial troubles of blue statespic.twitter.com/Gfge2w1xKg

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Aaron Rupar‏Verified account @atrupar Apr 23

Get a load of Dr. Birx's demeanor after Trump tells her, "I would like you to speak to the medical doctors to see if there's any way that you can apply light and heat to cure [coronavirus]."pic.twitter.com/TP0QoSzkYl