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The Trump campaign is demanding TV stations nix a brutal new ad using his own words against him.

But @prioritiesUSA confirms to me that it's still running on dozens of stations.

What Trump really hates is that this ad tells the truth.

New piece:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
@prioritiesUSA Here's a funny thing.

The quote from Trump that his own campaign cites to dispute the Democratic ad showing him downplaying coronavirus itself actually shows him...downplaying coronavirus!

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@prioritiesUSA Here's a prediction for you:

The Trump campaign will soon accuse the media of "bias" for taking down Trump ads that are rank propaganda and disinformation, while refusing to take down Democratic ads about Trump that are true:

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Greg Sargent
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Newsflash:

When one side shapes its coronavirus response around facts and science, and the other prioritizes cultlike devotion to Trump over protecting American lives, this isn't "tribalism" or "partisanship."

We need a deep language reset.

New piece:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
Yes, this is real:

"One adviser said the president recognized that the data about the potential impact of the virus in the US was bad, and could not be bent to his will."

Of course, Trump did try to bend the data to his will for months:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
A deep perversity:

Trump is attacking the media and Dem governors for criticizing him on coronavirus. But he actually owes them a huge debt of gratitude.

They're reorienting him onto a far more constructive course, for the country and for *him* as well:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
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Greg Sargent
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As coronavirus took hold in the US, "large-scale testing of people who might have been infected did not happen...the result was a lost month, when the world’s richest country...squandered its best chance of containing the virus’s spread."

Utterly damning:
nytimes.com/2020/03/28/us/…
Amazing detail from NYT's deep dive on Trump's epic testing fiasco:

HHS chief Azar *actively downgraded* his warning to the country about the severity of what was coming, contradicting another top official who *got it right* but had infuriated Trump:

nytimes.com/2020/03/28/us/…
Here, in a nutshell, is the brutal and damning conclusion of this remarkable NYT report:

"Faced with the coronavirus, Trump chose not to have the White House lead the planning until nearly two months after it began."

nytimes.com/2020/03/28/us/…
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Greg Sargent
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NO, Trump is not going to magically transform himself into FDR. Stop sweating over his approval ratings.

Also, the Biden campaign tells us it will absolutely continue making a robust case against Trump's rolling coronavirus fiasco.

@paulwaldman1 and me:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
@paulwaldman1 We looked at the soaring approval ratings enjoyed by LBJ, Jimmy Carter, and George W. Bush amid their crises, as a point of comparison to Trump now (cc @redistrict):

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
@paulwaldman1 @Redistrict This entire website went nuts because an unnamed outside Biden adviser told @RyanLizza that people don't want to hear Trump criticized right now.

We did something crazy and asked the Biden campaign for their view of this. They shot it down hard:

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