Trump says "I think you are going to have a lot of big things happening long before the end of the year on both vaccines and therapeutics" as though 2020 isn't already more than half over.pic.twitter.com/Eei8NHqzmj
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TRUMP: "We want to reopen the schools. Everybody wants it. The moms want it. The dads want it. The kids want it. It's time to do it." (He cites no evidence.)pic.twitter.com/shcR3yNRAr
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"We don't want people to make political statements or do it for political reasons. They think it's gonna be good for them politically and they keep the schools closed" -- Trump suggests Democrats are using the coronavirus to conspire against himpic.twitter.com/WhBSE8tiOG
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Mike Pence slathers effusive, Pyongyang-style praise on Trumppic.twitter.com/Uc2pJ6T5Dh
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It's another one of those White House meetings in which Trump encourages everybody to go around the room and praise him. Get a load of this stuff from
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Trump asks the governor of Missouri if he's planning "to change the name of St. Louis."pic.twitter.com/86r4oCxndQ
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"Good luck with all of the therapeutics. I know you're getting very close. That would be incredible. What are your chances early, like, in September?" -- Trump isn't even trying to hide that he's hoping for a coronavirus miracle cure in time for the electionpic.twitter.com/lmUI3W046a
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A woman who identifies herself with the Tea Party implores Trump that "America is not meant to be shut down"pic.twitter.com/3RrFRNILjz
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LOL Trump *still* hasn't figured out that the 1918 flu pandemic didn't happen in 1917pic.twitter.com/80WeTimtIt
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"We're at 130 [thousand]. We could be at way over a million right now, and I think it could've been 2.5 or 3 million" -- Trump takes credit for saving millions of lives, comparing his response to a situation where his government literally did nothingpic.twitter.com/SJM6wmOp4A
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"We're not closing. We'll never close," insists Trump, as the number of coronavirus cases around the country continues to risepic.twitter.com/NN9QLj5aeN
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"Will Alabama be playing some great football? What's going on with Alabama?" -- Trumppic.twitter.com/MHEM5JmCaC
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Trump policy aide Brooke Rollins says "I'm struck, I don't know that the world understands, but it's so important, we have a president who was arguably one of the most successful businessmen in the history of our country ... this is the dream team."
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Betsy DeVos: "Under the president's strong leadership, our economy is roaring back. Our schools must do the same."
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Trump concludes by lying & claiming US coronavirus mortality rate "is the lowest anywhere in the world." (The US is nowhere near the top https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality .) He then chides Harvard for taking "the easy way out" by announcing its campus will be closed this fall.pic.twitter.com/wDSCCBKKpI
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