Right wing media is beginning to prepare for the 24/7 coverage of the virus to subside. When that happens, attention will begin to swing towards the election.
What matters now to outlets like Faux is setting the groundwork for a false, revisionist narrative about the admin's response. Part of the messaging appears as though it will be to talk about "how much worse" things would have been if not for Trump's quick action.
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One aspect of the dishonest narrative will be pointing out how "Trump prevented" a higher death count. This will be accomplished by two things. 1. Highlighting the purposely high range of deaths estimated by the admin a week or so ago (after months of down playing the virus' threat to human life) so the actual count will look good by comparison. 2. Lying their asses off about the nature and timing of the response.
After all, Team Trump fully understands how many video tapes there are out there showing Trump telling the public things were going to be fine. And there are memos and records of multiple briefings Trump ignored that warned about how bad things would get.
So...........right wing media will proceed on the proven strategy that if you tell a Trumpleton a lie often enough he/she will believe it no matter how much visual, audio, and documentary evidence there is proving what has become an entrenched belief is a total fabrication.
Once trump tried to spin it that it was hoax, he dug a grave for himself. Now the right wing has to defend that to the death using whatever means available. Death is just a heartbeat away and to take advantage of it is pretty low. I was surprise that he did not use his favorite word "Fake News" but I guess now he is trying to sound more presidential. He is learning to stick to the script but it is hard for an old dog to learn new tricks. So he will revert back to what got him there. Somebody ought to give him a shovel then it should be easier to dig that hole.
Where is the quote where Trump said the Coronavirus itself is a hoax? So far no one can come up with it. What we do hear are MSM pundits claiming that Trump said it was a hoax with absolutely no proof.
carefully worded
Where is the quote where Trump said the Coronavirus
itself is a hoax?
campaign rally on Feb. 28 in North Charleston, S.C.,
"The Democrats are politicizing the coronavirus," Trump said. "One of my people came up to me and said, 'Mr. President, they tried to beat you on Russia, Russia, Russia.' That did not work out too well. They could not do it. They tried the impeachment hoax. ... They tried anything. ... And this is their new hoax."
first line then ignore the middle rant and the last line as the criticism has been mostly at his false statement he has made on this issue. of the coronavirus.
So what does politicizing the cornavirus mean to Trump
At a campaign rally he clearly politicizing it by calling out the demos
well lets look at trump statements
jan 22 - We totally have it under control only one case
is it under control months later?
Feb 2 - we have it shut down from coming in from china, its going to be fine
well now we have more than 395,011 cases and the travel restriction only affects non citizens and not citizens of the US or legal aliens. Flights going to and from China are still going on.
Feb. 24: “The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA… Stock Market starting to look very good to me!”
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Feb. 27: “One day it’s like a miracle, it will disappear.”
March 2: “You take a solid flu vaccine, you don’t think that could have an impact, or much of an impact, on corona?
pharmaceutical executives and public health officials were asked this question by Trump. One guy said No and it was dead silence
March 6: “Anybody right now, and yesterday, anybody that needs a test gets a test. And the tests are beautiful. They are perfect just like the letter was perfect. The transcription was perfect. Right? This was not as perfect as that but pretty good.”
only 2000 test done and political leaders and public officials in places like New York, Boston, Seattle and the San Francisco Bay Area — all in the throes of serious outbreaks ― couldn’t get enough tests to screen ill patients or, thereby, the information they needed to protect the general public and stem the outbreak of the virus, whose symptoms mimic those of common respiratory illnesses.
Trump has made false statements and even sets the tone for those who say that its not that bad.
March 13: National Emergency Declaration.
Trump declared a
National Emergency to help the government respond to the COVID-19 pandemic on March 13, 2020.