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[ [link removed] ]45's Falsehoods and Failures: Weekly Coverage of Trump During COVID-19

PFAW Member,

In a month filled with skyrocketing coronavirus case numbers and death
rates and persistent economic [ [link removed] ]uncertainty, Donald Trump continues to
[ [link removed] ]focus on himself and the [ [link removed] ]impact the deadly pandemic could have on
his reelection campaign. Meanwhile, his lies and misdeeds continue to
wreak havoc on the American people.

* On July 14, the administration [ [link removed] ]ordered hospitals to bypass the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and instead send
daily reports on the number of COVID-19 patients at each hospital and
the hospital’s capacity to a privately contracted database [ [link removed] ]housed
at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). HHS will
not be required to share the data with the public, raising [ [link removed] ]concerns
about transparency and access under an administration riddled with
dishonesty. Nicole Lurie, who served as assistant secretary for
preparedness and response during the Obama administration, said,
“Centralizing control of all data under the umbrella of an inherently
political apparatus is dangerous and breeds distrust … It appears to
cut off the ability of agencies like CDC to do its basic job.”
* This week the White House continued to attack and undermine Dr.
Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, likely
because of his recent comments [ [link removed] ]criticizing the U.S. response to the
pandemic.

* Trump [ [link removed] ]claimed that Dr. Fauci had “made a lot of mistakes.”
* On July 12, White House aides anonymously [ [link removed] ]leaked a list of
Dr. Fauci’s statements they deemed “questionable.” That same day,
the White House deputy chief of staff for communications posted a
cartoon that [ [link removed] ]mocked Fauci.
* Stephen Moore, an informal Trump economic adviser, [ [link removed] ]promised
on July 13 to write a policy memo designed to “go after Dr.
Fauci.”
* Peter Navarro, the White House’s trade adviser, [ [link removed] ]published a
baseless op-ed against Dr. Fauci on July 14 that reiterated the
White House’s criticism.

Dr. Fauci [ [link removed] ]responded to the ongoing attacks with frustration over
the partisan “games people are playing” that distract from the vital
work of combating the coronavirus. Realizing that this tactic was
backfiring, the Trump administration then [ [link removed] ]reversed course and
began to distance itself from its own attacks.
* Meanwhile, rather than heeding the advice of [ [link removed] ]health care experts,
Trump [ [link removed] ]retweeted posts from politically conservative game show host
Chuck Woolery that claimed the coronavirus was all a “lie.” Shortly
after, Woolery deleted his Twitter account in the wake of discovering
and [ [link removed] ]announcing that his own son had contracted COVID-19.
* In a sharp [ [link removed] ]reversal of his refusal to adhere to the CDC’s
[ [link removed] ]recommendation to wear a face mask, Trump urged Americans to wear
them during a White House news conference on July 14. He also finally
[ [link removed] ]wore one in public during a July 11 visit with wounded troops at
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The negative effects of
his previous refusal to wear one continue, however, as is demonstrated
by Georgia Governor Brian Kemp’s [ [link removed] ]announcement that cities are
prohibited from requiring people to wear masks in public.
* Despite evidence of its [ [link removed] ]harmful effects on some COVID-19 patients,
Trump and the White House continue to advocate for the use of
hydroxychloroquine, most recently by [ [link removed] ]pressing the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) to authorize its use to treat the disease.
* Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos [ [link removed] ]spent a busy Sunday making the
rounds on the talk show circuit, supporting Trump’s push to reopen
public schools this fall but otherwise offering no clear instruction
on whether schools should follow the CDC’s [ [link removed] ]guidance or not.
* After several states filed lawsuits against the Trump administration’s
recently announced policy to strip some international students of
their visas, it reversed course and quietly [ [link removed] ]rescinded the policy
on July 14.
* Senate Republicans continued to block the HEROES Act by refusing to
vote on the bill before the Senate’s July recess. And when they
return, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has made it clear that
his highest priority is [ [link removed] ]shielding corporations from
COVID-19-related lawsuits.
* A new study released on July 14 [ [link removed] ]estimates that more than five
million Americans have lost their health care insurance this spring
during the coronavirus crisis. Still, Trump [ [link removed] ]continues to push to
invalidate the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Despite Trump’s attacks on
the ACA, some Republicans have started to [ [link removed] ]admit that fighting the
ACA in the middle of a health care crisis is “out of step with public
demands.”

Trump’s abdication of leadership is becoming clearer by the day.

Congress returns from its two-week recess on July 20, and it is incumbent
on Senate Republicans to set aside their loyalty to Trump and summon the
moral courage to [ [link removed] ]pass the HEROES Act. Trump has made it clear he is
unwilling or incapable of otherwise providing the assistance that people
need in this crisis.

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The [ [link removed] ]Falsehoods and Failures series will appear every Friday on our
blog. [ [link removed] ]You can find the previous post here. For ongoing coverage of
Trump and the Right Wing's response to the coronavirus, check out PFAW's
[ [link removed] ]Right Wing Watch.

Thanks as always for your ongoing support – stay safe and healthy!

– Sarah, PFAW

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