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Piers Morgan: Trump 'failing the American people' on 'almost every level' with coronavirus response
Washington Examiner ^ | April 19, 2020 | Caitlin Yilek

Posted on 04/19/2020 1:05:06 PM PDT by EdnaMode

Piers Morgan said he is horrified by how his “friend” President Trump is handling the coronavirus crisis.

The British media personality said Trump has turned his daily briefings on the pandemic into a partisan affair, which Morgan argued shows Trump is more concerned with winning November’s election than saving lives.

"I've known him a long time. I consider him to be a friend, but I've been watching these daily briefings with mounting horror, frankly, because this is not what the president should be doing. He won't want me saying this, but I'm gonna say it anyway," Morgan told CNN’s Reliable Sources on Sunday.

Morgan said all Trump had to do was be calm, show authority and empathy, and tell the truth.

"At almost every level of that, Donald Trump at the moment is failing the American people," he said. “He’s turning these briefings into a self-aggrandizing, self-justifying, overly defensive, politically partisan — almost like a rally to him."

“Donald Trump, if he’s listening to this or watching, you will win the election in November if you get this right," Morgan added. "If you stop making it about yourself and make it about the American people and show that you care about them over yourself, you will win. … If you don't get it right, more Americans are going to die.”


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
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To: stylin19a
I’ve been starting to go glassy-eyed in his Coronavirus pressers.

Same here, I'm tired of hearing about it 24/7, I have covid fatigue, also known as covfefe.

41 posted on 04/19/2020 1:42:03 PM PDT by Buttons12 (Bad flu got you down? Take Anecdotal for fast relief!)
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To: stylin19a
I’ve been starting to go glassy-eyed in his Coronavirus pressers.

Ditto. Needs some new material.

42 posted on 04/19/2020 1:42:22 PM PDT by llevrok (Vote while it is still legal)
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To: EdnaMode

Piers must be in England and not watching our media and political apparatus running 24/7 hit jobs while he does his work. This is crap. There are even paid ads running against him. Grotesque.


43 posted on 04/19/2020 1:42:31 PM PDT by ilgipper (The mob only destroys. Never creates.)
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To: EdnaMode
It is real easy for Morgan to criticize from his chair. He reminds me of the kids that did not try out for the High School football team or did not make the cut and criticized the play of those who were on the field doing their best on the field. The polite name for that type was “losers”...
44 posted on 04/19/2020 1:42:37 PM PDT by RetiredScientist
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To: EdnaMode
Sometimes, real friends tell you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear.

I've made numerous posts here, recommending that people watch the briefings, in order to get their information first hand. That's still good advice. However, the briefings aren't -- brief, that is. In the first few briefings, we saw a CEO taking command -- Trump was very impressive. If the briefings were kept to under an hour, and the messages focused; I believe they would be much better. These briefings are not political rallies -- Trump should be showcasing his incredible strengths as a CEO and problem solver.

45 posted on 04/19/2020 1:42:53 PM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: Dr.Deth

It’s amazing how true that description is with nearly every report about Trump. The media has become like white noise. It’s constantly on, but few care.


46 posted on 04/19/2020 1:43:01 PM PDT by Dutch Boy
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To: dfwgator

It’s surprising you don’t see more Democrats post that W meme of “miss me yet?”


47 posted on 04/19/2020 1:43:44 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: RetiredScientist
Teddy was right!



Critics can all go blank themselves.
48 posted on 04/19/2020 1:45:00 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: EdnaMode

Last I read thought he was defending “his friend”. What happened today?


49 posted on 04/19/2020 1:45:23 PM PDT by John W (Trump/Pence 2020)
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To: EdnaMode

Talking through his nose makes him sound authoritative.
Stick with the UK, Piers...


50 posted on 04/19/2020 1:47:21 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: EdnaMode

Basically he’s saying that Trump needs to be more like GWB and allow the commie media to call him every name in the book and never ever fight back..EVER


51 posted on 04/19/2020 1:47:41 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: EdnaMode

FU, Piss Morgan. You lobster back.


52 posted on 04/19/2020 1:48:48 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

All of these critics would shit in their pants if they were in Trump’s spot.


53 posted on 04/19/2020 1:49:56 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: EdnaMode

When President Trump had his show it had between 16 (best) and 5 (lowest) million viewers. Can’t find good numbers on Morgan. Best I can find was 300,000 viewers and shrinking. I can’t see one lib talking head without thinking of how jealous they must be just over that and it shows.


54 posted on 04/19/2020 1:53:25 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: EdnaMode
I've been watching these daily briefings with mounting horror, frankly, because this is not what the president should be doing. He won't want me saying this, but I'm gonna say it anyway,"

Did he start crying?

55 posted on 04/19/2020 1:53:42 PM PDT by McGruff (Trust your instincts Mr. President.)
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To: EdnaMode

Trump is Magnificent!!
This is why the Lying Losers are attacking him so hard!!


56 posted on 04/19/2020 1:54:29 PM PDT by DivineMomentsOfTruth ("There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." -GW)
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To: EdnaMode

Piers is too much of a coward to even mention the ridiculous behavior of the media at those briefings.


57 posted on 04/19/2020 1:57:58 PM PDT by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: Steve_Seattle

“The media are turning it into a partisan affair, and Trump has to respond to their blatant and shameless lies.”

Yes.

Morgan ignores context in his empty rhetoric.


58 posted on 04/19/2020 1:58:20 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: EdnaMode

FOPM


59 posted on 04/19/2020 2:05:15 PM PDT by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

The poll I saw today from Harvard was Trump rising to 49 percent approval.


60 posted on 04/19/2020 2:09:55 PM PDT by laconic
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