He never said it was hoax you dumb witch.
I hate these liars. It’s one thing to disagree on politics and policy but to make up stuff or deliberately take comments out of context is just flat annoying. Of course he never called it “a hoax”. If he thought it was a hoax, would he have cut off Asian travel on Jan 30? Would he have put 3000 beds in the Javitz center? Would he have sent the navy ships to the 2 largest cities? Spent unknown billions on the development of vaccines and therapies?
I hate these prevaricating politicians and twitter heads who intentionally lie and distort and twist. It is a clear sign of low character, and also the low opinion they hold for their constituents.