Why post links to Fox News?

For a month or so, RWers were saying that coronavirus was a hoax, actually a Democratic hoax.

And this is just for starters.

Link to tweet

I don't know if other right-wingnuts claimed the virus is a hoax, but Tapper is just pointing out that DT's comments weren't "virus is a hoax" but rather "all this alarm about the virus is a hoax," which in my book is just as bad.

a hoax.

Above is a paraphrase. I don't have direct quotes that fall into the category "the degree of alarm and intensity of warnings are a hoax... everything will be fine.... nothing to see here..."

Trump did call the virus a "hoax", and compared it to the "Russia hoax" and the "impeachment hoax".

The next day, the WH clean-up crew came out to explain "what the pResident meant" was that the way the Dems were characterizing his inaction was the "hoax", not the virus itself.

This is based on a hair-thin distinction that Republicans never, EVER make when the shoe is on their foot.

From a post of mine related to this in another thread:

I was just about to start searching for the quote.

I remember when he went off on it and his focus seemed to be on democrats making a big deal about it, not on whether there was an out of control virus in China.

At the time, Trump was downplaying the whole thing like it'll blow over when April showers bring May flowers so it had the same effect as if he ignored it. What he really said doesn't make him look good.

tapper needs to apologize for falling for hair-splitting fabulists

Often he means conspiracy as in the "Deep State" Mueller investigation or a vendetta like "Pelosi's impeachment".

I believe in this case the 'hoax" meant the Democrats where making a big deal about something that wasn't even going to affect us just so we could ruin the economy in an election year. I guess that may mean he also thought Covid-19 itself was a hoax, but I don't think that angered him as much as Dems calling him incompetent.

I don't think either interpretation makes Trump look stalwart and presidential.

That he was calling it a hoax in the sense that the later 'clarifications' described ... is bogus.

It could've rightly been interpreted either way when he originally said it.

Hence the clarifications.

Because I'm sure Trump will throw it in to the presser.

its pretty hard to accuse someone of lying if you can't repeat the lie!

Tapped out to tRump.

"I thought about it, because the president did not call the virus a hoax," Tapper tweeted. "But I didn’t because he *did* call a hoax the concerns of those saying that the response from the president was insufficient and that he was downplaying the gravity of the crisis.



And so did Snopes:

Mixture

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What's True

During a Feb. 28, 2020, campaign rally in South Carolina, President Donald Trump likened the Democrats' criticism of his administration's response to the new coronavirus outbreak to their efforts to impeach him, saying "this is their new hoax." During the speech he also seemed to downplay the severity of the outbreak, comparing it to the common flu.

What's False

Despite creating some confusion with his remarks, Trump did not call the coronavirus itself a hoax.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-coronavirus-rally-remark/

Really? Need to share a fucking Fox News link?The fuck is the matter with people here

Fucking disgusting.

What do Trump's supporters say about Covid 19? If someone is still saying it's all a big hoax, take a wild guess what his political views are. They got the message loud and clear, the very message Trump was transmitting, that it's all a hoax. They didn't all come to that conclusion by coincidence or accident.

You can say technically that he didn't say "The coronavirus is a hoax."

swap "semantics" with "bullshit." The asshole motherfucker said what he said and the message was as clear as an unmuddied stream.

But this is how they spin EVERYTHING.

They're all con artists.

... admin a hoax. He never called the virus a hoax. He downplayed it. He failed to raise an alarm about it. He failed to pull the levers of government in response. And his cult followers called the virus a hoax. But he didn’t. Tapper’s an ass most of the time. But he’s right on this.

But what specifically was Trump referring to? Everything I was aware of were warnings on how bad it might get and relevant question on the response. Any example they give will be shown to be something we are seeing now, or problems that have not been addressed. Or if they were, too little too late.

and the rally at which he made the hoax comment was several days earlier than that.

Let's no make up shit.The reality is bad enough.

it is a Democratic hoax and fake news for probably 2 months or more. I also heard Republicans saying that the Democrats couldn't
remove him from office and now they created this hoax because they know they can't beat him. They have even went as far as saying
the impeachment hearings prevented Trump from acting. If it is like you say even earlier than March 2 that is even worse. Why didn't he
use the extra time to get us prepared? He is still going on TV with his dog and pony show every day and telling lies.

They are ALWAYS looking for a way to report stuff Retrumplicans say without being accused of bias.

Call it the "Bias Curve" if you like, but if I could have been graded on this curve, I'd be Chief of Thoracic Surgery at John's Hopkins today.

The media's first thought on ANY story is not the truth or the facts...the FIRST thought is "how can I possibly report this without being accused of bias"!

The Retrumplican War on the press has been highly effective.

This Tapper incident is their payoff.