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IS CORONAVIRUS A HOAX?
Powerline ^ | FEBRUARY 29, 2020 | JOHN HINDERAKER

Posted on 02/29/2020 9:00:06 AM PST by Hojczyk

Democratic Party media are claiming that last night in South Carolina, President Trump said that the coronavirus epidemic is a hoax. Politico headlines

:Did Trump actually say the corona virus is a hoax? Of course not. The claim is idiotic. If the president thought the virus is a hoax, why did he do a press conference on it last week, along with various medical personnel? And why did he ban travel to China at the beginning of the outbreak?

This is what Trump actually said in South Carolina, according to the New York Post:

President Trump jeered Democrats Friday night for criticizing his response to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, saying that it was a “new hoax” after a failed attempt to remove him from office over Ukraine.

“They tried to beat you on Russia, Russia, Russia — that didn’t work out too well,” Trump told a cheering crowd in South Carolina. “They tried the impeachment hoax. That was a perfect conversation.”

“And this is the new hoax,” Trump declared. *** “Let’s get this right: A virus starts in China, makes its way into various countries all around the world, doesn’t spread widely at all in the United States because of the early actions that myself and my administration took against a lot of other wishes. And the Democrats’ single talking point and you see it is that it’s Donald Trump’s fault,” he said.

The hoax, obviously, is the Democrats’ unfounded criticism of the Trump administration. Never in American history have we seen such nakedly dishonest criticism of anyone in public life.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bloggers; chinavirusinfo; enemedia; powerlineblog
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1 posted on 02/29/2020 9:00:06 AM PST by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

No, that’s something the Left would do to implement their dream of totalitarian dictatorship.


2 posted on 02/29/2020 9:01:25 AM PST by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Hojczyk

Media hoax against Trump.


3 posted on 02/29/2020 9:02:59 AM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Hojczyk

Not a hoax obviously, but overhyped with fear, freak out, panic, etc. instead of allowing for discussion. We should and need to discuss, WITHOUT the political hype. Discussing it is not criticism of Trump, it is not fear or panic. Discuss for the sake of discussion.


4 posted on 02/29/2020 9:05:01 AM PST by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: Hojczyk

Heck of a hoax for China to crater its own economy


5 posted on 02/29/2020 9:05:10 AM PST by HangnJudge (Kipling was right about humanity)
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To: SkyDancer

“Media hoax against Trump.”

Exactly. You have to be intellectually dishonest to come up with anything else.


6 posted on 02/29/2020 9:05:21 AM PST by Parley Baer
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To: Hojczyk

Yes. Hoax in U.S. The RATs are desperate.


7 posted on 02/29/2020 9:05:41 AM PST by MayflowerMadam ("Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength" - Corrie ten Boom)
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To: Hojczyk

The left wants to attribute all kinds of absurdities to Trump, knowing that the media will run with it regardless of how ridiculous it is. This ranks right up there with the idea that Trump wants to sell Alaska back to the Russians!


8 posted on 02/29/2020 9:06:01 AM PST by Spok
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To: Hojczyk

IMO it is more so just a way over super-blown hyped up every day occurrence likely. It is flu time and what with a 2% fatality rate that puts right on par with the fatality rate of around 2% as well for the flu.


9 posted on 02/29/2020 9:07:30 AM PST by Ron H. (Gab.com)
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To: Hojczyk

Yes.

This is a hoax involving China, South Korea, Japan, Italy, Iran and Israel, in league with the US Democratic Party/Deep State, the media, financial markets and Mother Nature.


10 posted on 02/29/2020 9:07:53 AM PST by CharleysPride (Peace, Freedom and Prosperity. Thank you, President Trump.)
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To: Hojczyk

China needed something to get rid of those protest marches in Hong Kong... Notice any news about those protest lately?

It worked.


11 posted on 02/29/2020 9:08:54 AM PST by jerod (Nazi's were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: Hojczyk

The virus is real enough. The use of it for political propaganda is a hoax.


12 posted on 02/29/2020 9:08:56 AM PST by marron
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To: Ron H.
Flu mortality is about 0.1%
13 posted on 02/29/2020 9:09:08 AM PST by palmer (Democracy Dies Six Ways to Sunday)
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To: Hojczyk

the virus is real, it’s the hyping of disease which makes it very hoax like. The dems and their media puppetmasters are politicizing the virus, and actually hoping that many people die, they have devolved that far as a party.


14 posted on 02/29/2020 9:09:12 AM PST by euram
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To: Hojczyk

Is the Media a hoax?
Is the DNC a hoax?
Is the FBI a hoax?


15 posted on 02/29/2020 9:10:09 AM PST by Leep (Everyday is Trump Day!)
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To: Hojczyk

To anyone in here that goes over to Reddit - try scrolling thru the r/coronavirus sub, and read the replies.

They want this to be the catalyst for world communism.

Would China do this to its own people in order to bring about world dominance without going to war?

Hell yes they would - it’s cheaper.


16 posted on 02/29/2020 9:10:26 AM PST by datura
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To: Hojczyk
The News Benders

Less than arf an arrr, worth a watch...


17 posted on 02/29/2020 9:12:01 AM PST by null and void (By the pricking of my lungs, Something wicked this way comes ...)
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To: CharleysPride

Yes.
This is a hoax involving China, South Korea, Japan, Italy, Iran and Israel, in league with the US Democratic Party/Deep State, the media, financial markets and Mother Nature.

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Why would those countries be willing to hurt their own economies? You think Japan and south Korea are in league with China?


18 posted on 02/29/2020 9:13:31 AM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Parley Baer
"Exactly. You have to be intellectually dishonest to come up with anything else."

I agree with you. But it was careless of Trump to say hoax in a context where the media was inevitably going to twist it.

19 posted on 02/29/2020 9:14:31 AM PST by Wayne07
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To: datura

Would China do this to its own people in order to bring about world dominance without going to war?
Hell yes they would - it’s cheaper.

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Would Japan and South Korea be willing to do the same?


20 posted on 02/29/2020 9:15:08 AM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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