President Trump is blaming his biggest problem on his favorite enemy.
Trump held a press conference Monday where he was asked to explain why he constantly blames surging COVID-19 case counts on more testing. But he refused to acknowledge there simply are more coronavirus cases and hospitalizations out there now, instead asking why the gathered reporters weren't talking about the COVID-19 failures of the Obama administration.
"We have one of the lowest mortality rates anywhere," Trump falsely said Monday when asked how the U.S. will stop COVID-19 spread. Not only is America's coronavirus mortality rate far from the lowest in the world, it's also been deflated due to rampant testing and rising case numbers — not to mention that many people with COVID-19 face severe and debilitating illness without dying.
"Biden and Obama stopped their testing," Trump then said, referring to former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden. "I'm sure you don't want to report it," Trump added to the reporter, which is probably true — the new coronavirus hadn't even infected a person until late 2019, well into Trump's presidency.
Trump also mistakenly said, as he often has, that the 1918 flu pandemic started in 1917. Kathryn Krawczyk
CrazyCatLadyBoy on July 13rd, 2020 at 21:33 UTC »
Oh sure, Obama and Biden stopped their Covid testing, but where was Trump during Pearl Harbor? He did absolutely nothing to help.
ViciousSquirrelz on July 13rd, 2020 at 21:10 UTC »
His base will believe it, most of them still blame Obama for Katrina.
accountabilitycounts on July 13rd, 2020 at 21:07 UTC »
I genuinely hope someone parrots this line to me.