A White House spokesman let slip a damning admission of callous disregard for Trump’s own voters

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We’re less than a week away from election night and the Trump administration is set on spreading the novel coronavirus to anyone it can get its hands on. Nationwide the U.S. is seeing a surge in COVID-19 cases following visits from Donald Trump’s campaign. As rallies for Trump continue daily, some states are reporting more than 50% increases in COVID-19 cases.

Despite this, the White House claimed Tuesday that Trump has ended COVID-19 and does not plan to take any action on stopping the spread. Interesting how rising hospitalizations and the country facing its highest number of per average cases a day is equivalent to ending the coronavirus for the Trump administration. The reality is Trump isn’t ending the coronavirus pandemic, he’s spreading it.

The only break Trump has taken in visiting states to campaign is when he himself was diagnosed with COVID-19. Mike Pence, however, took a different approach: instead of quarantining responsibly as one of the nation’s leaders, he continued to campaign despite having been in close contact with individuals who tested positive for COVID-19. Continue reading.