Tag: Trump trying to weasel out of blame for actions leading to COVID-19 deaths

Trump seeks to shift scrutiny amid Woodward fallout

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President Trump is going on the offensive after revelations from Watergate journalist Bob Woodward that he deliberately misled the public on the severity of COVID-19.

Both the White House and Trump’s campaign are attempting to change the narrative after excerpts and audio recordings of Trump’s interviews with Woodward showed him admitting to publicly downplaying the threat from the virus despite knowing the danger it posed.

For a second consecutive day, Trump on Thursday called a previously unscheduled news conference, where his comments to Woodward took center stage as reporters pressed the president about whether he misled the American public during crucial stages of the pandemic. Continue reading.

The Memo: Trump tweets cross into new territory

The Hill logoPresident Trump’s critics are sounding the alarm as his public comments and tweets cross new lines with the 2020 election less than six months away.

Trump has suggested without evidence that MSNBC host Joe Scarboroughwas involved in the death of a staffer almost two decades ago when he was a Florida congressman. Trump’s insinuations have provoked an unsuccessful plea from the woman’s widower for Twitter to remove the tweets in question.

Trump has also raised the specter of widespread fraud if voting by mail is allowed on a broad basis in November’s election. In a Tuesday morning tweet, he suggested that mail-in voting would be “substantially fraudulent” and alleged “this will be a Rigged Election.” Continue reading.