Going to try to fact-check what Trump says on COVID.
Wish me luck.
"It is what it is because you are who you are."
Fact-check: Yup, as I told Vox back in March.
vox.com/2020/3/5/21166…
Trump says if the country had listened to Biden, the country "would have been left wide open."
False. Biden didn't speak against the China ban, and when Trump banned EU travel, Biden rightly pointed out that the ban was not a substitute for a plan:
Trump also claims that China is to blame for the virus. As I've written at length, China's bad behavior doesn't explain the US outbreak:
Trump says the bleach comments were made sarcastically. You be the judge.
As for the vaccine timeline, Fauci knows better than Trump.
(Hard to keep up)
Pelosi is not the obstacle to the next round of COVID aid. The House has moved; the Senate hasn't. bizjournals.com/washington/new…
Trump claims that the states that shut down have done poorly.
False. The states that reopened prematurely across the Sun Belt experienced huge surges over the summer. States like NY, NJ, CT that clamped down after early surges have been the best performers.
Trump rallies are *not* all outside.
Trump claims Biden will close down the whole country.
False. Economic disruption is driven by the virus. What keeps communities closed is the failure to beat the virus. Curtailing the virus - what Trump has utterly failed to do for 9 months - is what will get the country open.
I'm tallying 8 big lies so far on this topic; sure I've missed some.
OK, they're off COVID. Whew.
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