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Here is my breakdown of Donald Trump's 654 false claims between the day his pandemic task force started meeting, January 27, and May 3. https://t.co/pkGi695nM0
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 29, 2020
Trump rages at criticism while governors craft their own plans to reopen the economy
"In his daily coronavirus briefings, Trump lumbers to the podium and pulls us into his world: detached from reality, unable to feel any emotions but anger and paranoia," @RadioFreeTom writes. https://t.co/0FALw30LNN
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) April 11, 2020
Today at the end of @CNNSotu we took a look at a few of the questions that have caused the president to personally attack journalists asking them — questions that were on point and relevant to saving lives and livelihoods, from @KristinFisher @weijia and @fran_chambers. https://t.co/yqKinXNWre
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) April 12, 2020
President Trump is a master storyteller. He casts himself as the hero and chooses different villains every day. All of us should see his briefings for what they are — sales pitches. They're more like infomercials than accurate sources of info. pic.twitter.com/mAh7hx9322
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 12, 2020
In firing one inspector general, sidelining another and assailing a third, President Donald Trump in recent days has put his aversion to agents of federal accountability on stark display in a country consumed by the coronavirus.https://t.co/FVkTllY6Yz
— PBS NewsHour (@NewsHour) April 12, 2020
The 2020 Campaign for POTUS is going to be UGLY!
Trump’s new anti-Biden, anti-China attack ad is wildly wrong
Trump does not need adversaries to dispute his statements — he does that all by himself. In the course of his daily briefings on the coronavirus pandemic, the president has routinely contradicted himself without ever acknowledging that he does so. https://t.co/xREYqfkwtu
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) April 9, 2020
Covid vs. US Daily Average Cause of Death:
Intelligence report warned of coronavirus crisis as early as November: Sources – @ABC News. The National Center for Medical intelligence findings on Coronavirus in China briefed to White House and military officials in 2019. What was done in response? https://t.co/PBgxOLAlrK
— George Stephanopoulos (@GStephanopoulos) April 8, 2020
Trump: “We really inherited bad tests. These are horrible tests. And it was broken.”
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 7, 2020
Epidemiologists:
“Doesn’t make sense.”
“Absurd.”
“He is lying because he is trying to shift blame to others, even if the attempt is totally nonsensical.”https://t.co/JUMlQB0cah
No, people getting on planes aren’t being tested.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 7, 2020
No, Trump didn’t inherit old tests.
No, there’s no evidence of bias by the HHS deputy IG.
No, it’s not true Obama barely even noticed H1N1.
No, China didn’t just start spending money in the US. https://t.co/t6e0VDM7EB
Front page of Thursday's WaPo:
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 9, 2020
Trump "has lambasted governors whom he views as insufficiently appreciative. He has denigrated — and even dismissed — inspectors general who dared to criticize him or his administration. And he has excoriated reporters…" https://t.co/a5AJ1phVHG
On April 6th I Simul-tweeted Trump’s Press Briefing Lies with the Truth
My simultweet of @realDonaldTrump #TrumpPressBriefing
— David Limbaugh – DavidInMidTn on Threads (@david4potus2020) April 6, 2020
Testing? LIE!https://t.co/jTiRRkIOy4https://t.co/JNx5cDm2Wd
40 countries have tested more people per million
Next Lie?
Deaths per million doesn't require testing!
US 33 p/m South Korea 4
Canada 9 UK 79! pic.twitter.com/9rQ5pNR7HX
Daniel Dale and Aaron Ruper are doing an awesome job documenting these lies each night!
April 8, 2020
Trump is asked about voting my mail. He goes on to state that a million people in California should not have been voting (Judicial Watch case).
— KevinlyFather 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇲🇼🇸🇿 (@KevinlyFather) April 8, 2020
This is nonsense. Dead people hadn't been removed from the rolls in order to save taxpayer $.
Why? Dead people don't vote. pic.twitter.com/x4UFp1qoE4
California “admitted” there were “a million” illegal votes in the 2016 presidential election.
No one cancels their library card or voter registration when the move or DIE!
He lied about voter fraud. He tried to rewrite history about his "flu" comments. He denied saying something he said 16 minutes prior. He exaggerated about the WHO. He wrongly declared Biden admitted being wrong about China travel. Fact check on last night: https://t.co/QezKL1Gch8
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 8, 2020
More than 1,800 Americans died from the coronavirus on Tuesday alone, and the president is bragging about the TV ratings of pandemic press briefings as though it's all about him. Sociopathic. https://t.co/QPRV3V7RN9
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 8, 2020
Trump's whopper about his daughter Ivanka personally creating 10 percent of all the jobs in the United States is some North Korea-style BS https://t.co/ZXYBNgjbMw
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 8, 2020
April 7, 2020
Trump has said four times since last week that his administration inherited obsolete or flawed tests.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 7, 2020
This makes no sense whatsoever. This coronavirus was identified this year. The faulty tests were developed this year. https://t.co/JUMlQB0cah
Trump on his previous claim that the number of cases would go down from 15, etc. etc.: "I'm a cheerleader for this country. I don't want to create havoc and shock." He says he was taking action, with his China restrictions, even amid this (extremely inaccurate) cheerleading.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 7, 2020
Trump falsely describes his travel restrictions as "closing it down to Europe." He has never shut down travel from Europe. He's exempted a number of countries, and a number of groups of people even from the covered countries.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 7, 2020
TRUMP: "Were going to put a hold on money spent to the WHO."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 8, 2020
*16 minutes later*
REPORTER: Is the time to freeze funding to the WHO during a pandemic?
TRUMP: "No, maybe not. I mean, I'm not saying I'm going to do it."
REPORTER: Yes you did
TRUMP: "No, I didn't." pic.twitter.com/kTtJDktAAQ
April 6, 2020
Trump said at this briefing that, before him, "China never spent money in our country."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 6, 2020
That is beyond a lie — it's just bonkers. Even ignoring FDI, China has spent more than $100B on US goods every year since 2011. https://t.co/WARcFVzxiX
April 5, 2020
This is the information the AP reporter was scolded as a “wiseguy” for trying to ask the president about: https://t.co/PHz17EQRua
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 6, 2020
Here's the transcript of Trump's response to being challenged on the claim about how there is "enormous" testing for people getting on and off planes. (He muttered a response suggesting that he is actually right.) pic.twitter.com/vpggmEeFm1
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 5, 2020
April 4, 2020
Trump sometimes says they inherited an obsolete or broken system. That’s vague and subjective. But saying they inherited obsolete tests is complete nonsense. This is a new virus. The broken initial tests were developed this year. https://t.co/1iHedhsqJw
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 4, 2020
Again: there is no US testing for people getting off planes. A fraction of landing travelers are being *screened* – asked questions/given forms/sometimes temperature checks. South Korea has done actual testing, of people landing from Europe. The US hasn't. https://t.co/p8CUsRC8QC
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 4, 2020
Trump was told the airlines have no idea what he is talking about when he says people are being tested getting on and off planes. He muttered, "Okay, well, then you'll check up again…governments are doing it too, our government."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 4, 2020
False. My fact check: https://t.co/p8CUsRC8QC
