Posted on 02/26/2020 8:30:09 AM PST by SeekAndFind
President Trump announced Wednesday that he would be holding a 6 p.m. ET news conference to discuss the coronavirus, which is rapidly spreading around the world and triggering fears of a pandemic.
The president also bashed the media and Democrats for allegedly overhyping the threat.
"Low Ratings Fake News MSDNC (Comcast) & @CNN are doing everything possible to make the Caronavirus [sic] look as bad as possible, including panicking markets, if possible," Trump said, referencing dives in the U.S. stock market both Monday and Tuesday which were triggered by fears about coronavirus. "Likewise their incompetent Do Nothing Democrat comrades are all talk, no action. USA in great shape!"
"I will be having a News Conference at the White House, on this subject, today at 6:00 P.M. CDC representatives, and others, will be there. Thank you!" he wrote.
The president's announcement follows criticism from many in the media about his administration's handling of the threat and comments made by Democratic presidential contenders Tuesday night on the South Carolina debate stage to the same effect.
Ahead of the debate, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., tweeted that Trump is mishandling the U.S. government's response to the virus, which originated in China's Wuhan province and has infected tens of thousands around the globe, despite largely sparing U.S. citizens on American soil so far.
"The Trump administration is absolutely bungling the response to coronavirus, putting our public health and our economy at risk," she said. "This is why we need a real plan and an adult in charge."
Warren then tweeted her plan for "combating infectious disease outbreaks," and went on to slam Trump for "crisis mismanagement," previous budget cuts to health programs and not taking a stronger stance against Chinese President Xi Jinping after his country's largely opaque response to the outbreak.
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I was switching channels between about 6:10 and 6:40 p.m. last night could not find it anywhere. It didn’t appear anybody covered it nor did any of the stations talk about it. All they did was talk about panic and a shortage of masks how the stock market is getting pummeled. And Jonathan Muir’s part still did not change and his chiseled chin was still visible. And their news was still very very very serious.
Name 3 Scientist that Trump isn’t listening to that he should be.
Actually, just name one.
Indeed, the Democrats on Twitter and on CNN and MSNBC, etc are going to try to make cornoavirus into some sort of Katrina for Trump but in some ways they are playing into Trump’s hand if Trump plays his cards right. The coronavirus can be what Trump needs to show the American people why we need to shut down immigration, have border control and end globalism which leaves our supply chain vulnerable as well as opens us up to pandemics.
Three extra merit points sir!!!
Hunky-dory is a Racial slur.
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