That is what’s going on. Whatever is happening, there is always some aspect of the situation which is blamed on Trump.
A common talking point is that Trump was slow to react to the virus, and mishandled it. They take that questionable opinion, and extrapolate it to mean that Trump is personally and directly responsible for 180,000 deaths.
The fact that their icon Dr. Fauci, publicly praised Trump’s early action to restrict travel from China and Europe is ignored. The fact that Trump took these actions early on, while according to the talking point, he ignored early warnings about the virus, is simply ignored as well. Facts which counteract the talking points, even verifiable facts, are simply ignored.
The fact that Dr. Fauci publicly said that Trump’s actions saved lives, is ignored.
And don’t forget the Apples and Oranges technique. A developing talking point is that Obama and Biden knew how to handle virus outbreaks, and they point to how Obama and Biden allegedly did so well handling the Ebola outbreak a few years ago.
The major differences between the Ebola situation and the Covid situation are ignored, because they are inconvenient truths. Instead, they hammer the talking point that “Obama and Biden handled Ebola, and Trump messed up with Covid”.
Actually a few weeks before Trump restricted travel from China, Dr. Fauci dismissed the virulence of the Covid virus and it’s impact on the US.