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

PFAW Member,

This week, Florida and Georgia [ [link removed] ]reported the highest single-day COVID-19
death tolls since the pandemic began spreading in the U.S. Outbreaks are
[ [link removed] ]on the rise in four Midwestern states that had largely been spared in
the pandemic’s early months. The case count in the U.S. has now
[ [link removed] ]surpassed 5 million.

Our country has led the world in the number of confirmed cases and deaths
for more than a month, but Donald Trump still [ [link removed] ]thinks that he and his
administration have done a “fantastic job” of handling the coronavirus.
This couldn’t be further from the truth.

* On August 13, Trump said that he’s actively [ [link removed] ]trying to defund the
U.S. Postal Service (USPS) because Democrats are seeking to expand
mail-in voting during this public health crisis to ensure that every
eligible voter is able to cast their vote safely. However, his
attempts to hamper the USPS are already having serious consequences
for Americans aside from election-related issues, from negatively
[ [link removed] ]impacting struggling businesses to [ [link removed] ]delaying the delivery of
vital medications.
* New data from John Hopkins University revealed that it took only two
weeks for the U.S. to [ [link removed] ]log the most recent million confirmed cases.
During that time period, the average number of COVID-19 [ [link removed] ]tests
being conducted [ [link removed] ]declined about 12 percent nationwide, largely due
to the [ [link removed] ]lack of a national testing strategy.
* COVID-19 infections among children in Florida [ [link removed] ]rose 137 percent
over the past month, and a [ [link removed] ]study by the American Academy of
Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association found that at least
97,000 children nationwide were infected during the last two weeks of
July. Yet Trump aides have [ [link removed] ]dismissed the potential for outbreaks
in schools as “inevitable,” and on August 12, Trump incorrectly
claimed that “99.9 percent” of those who died from COVID-19 were
adults.
* On July 8, Trump [ [link removed] ]released a set of four executive orders that
purported to provide aid. However, [ [link removed] ]according to experts, the
“patchwork” of orders is unlikely to provide any meaningful assistance
to Americans, either in terms of health care or the economy.

* None of the orders addresses the systemic problems with testing
and contract tracing that are [ [link removed] ]vital to reducing transmission.
* The orders [ [link removed] ]do not provide aid to the small businesses, state
and local governments, or low-income people and working families,
which could impose further budget cuts or layoffs on struggling
businesses and local governments.
* Trump’s orders do not guarantee an extended moratorium on
evictions – a dangerous omission that would [ [link removed] ]leave many
tenants at risk. After the previous moratorium expired on July
31, it’s estimated that one-third of all renters nationwide will
not be able to pay their rent in August.
* Continuing his [ [link removed] ]longstanding campaign to eradicate Social
Security and Medicare, one of Trump’s orders [ [link removed] ]proposes
deferring payroll tax payments for many workers and families.
Such a move would substantially weaken both of those vital social
safety net programs.
* Trump’s orders would [ [link removed] ]shrink the next phase of weekly previous
unemployment aid to $400 – and would saddle about one-fourth of
those payments on states that are already struggling financially.

* Trump’s insistence on reopening the economy during an active and
ongoing pandemic has not resulted in sustained economic improvements.
Multiple outlets reported this week that hiring [ [link removed] ]slowed in July,
with 3 million fewer jobs added compared to June due to virus-related
business closures.
* The New York Times reported on August 12 that as many as three dozen
current and former members of a federal health advisory committee have
[ [link removed] ]warned that the Trump administration’s new data collection system
will place an undue burden on hospitals and will compromise the
integrity of the data that is essential to tracking the pandemic. So
far, the system has [ [link removed] ]resulted in both collection delays and
quality-control problems.

“I think it’s been amazing what we’ve been able to do,” Trump [ [link removed] ]bragged
about the U.S. coronavirus response on August 10. But the truth is that he
and his administration have done nothing to address the severity and
urgency of this crisis.

The White House should work together with Congress to give Americans the
assistance they need instead of pretending to provide aide by releasing
[ [link removed] ]toothless executive orders. But as usual, Trump’s actions this week
are all hot air – and Americans are being forced to face the consequences
of his failures.

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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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