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Originally Posted by RickBomba
He called it a “Democrat Hoax”.
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This is from the venerable "liberal" BBC, "he never called the virus a "hoax" - contrary to several viral social media posts.
The confusion may have stemmed from rambling remarks way back in February, when he accused Democrats of "politicising the coronavirus" - then talked about his impeachment, calling it a "hoax" and criticism of his handling of Covid-19 "their new hoax."
And the CNN fact check: In this section of his rally speech, Trump began by saying that "the Democrats are politicizing the coronavirus," ridiculing Democrats for attacking his administration's performance addressing the virus. The President then compared this attack to the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, and calling his impeachment a "hoax . . . Trump then said, "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."
And from Fact Check.Org: Trump said that when he used the word “hoax,” he was referring to Democrats finding fault with his administration’s response to coronavirus, not the virus itself.
Even after Trump explained his remarks, some Democrats — including former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg — continued to wrongly accuse Trump of describing the coronavirus as a “hoax.”
And the Washington Examiner: The president, of course, never called the virus a hoax.
What he said at a campaign rally last week was, “Now, the Democrats are politicizing the coronavirus," and, "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. And this is their new hoax.”
It's obvious that what he was referring to was the Democrats accusing him of mishandling the virus. It's also obvious that he demonstrably new it wasn't a hoax since he was ahead of the Dems on taking the controversial action of banning travel from China and the UK and the Dems accused him of being xenophobic. And that he put together a coronavirus task force. And made it possible for private companies to produce the medical equipment to replace the empty cupboard left by the previous administration and by the states who were also responsible for stocking up on supplies.
It's obvious that for political purposes the Dems and leftist media jumped on another chance to lie about what Trump said.