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[ [link removed] ]45's Falsehoods and Failures: Weekly Coverage of Republicans at the RNC
During COVID-19

PFAW Member,

The Republican National Convention (RNC), which is being held this week
from August 24 through August 27, has so far been a smorgasbord of
[ [link removed] ]outright lies, propaganda, and [ [link removed] ]dangerous behavior from Trump and his
fellow Republicans. Due to the scope of appalling developments coming out
of the RNC, PFAW is bringing you two editions of “Falsehoods and Failures”
this week – one that’s all about Trump’s cronies and one that focuses on
Trump himself.

In any given week, Trump can often rely on his Republican allies to lift
up his lies and dangerous actions, but at the 2020 RNC, such cronyism is
at a reality-bending high. Attempting to provoke more pro-Trump fervor
among their base, most speakers [ [link removed] ]leaned into a theme of fear – not of
COVID-19, but of the Democratic Party and its presidential nominee.

From [ [link removed] ]race-baiting to [ [link removed] ]misstating the Democrats’ policies, Republicans
at the Convention showed little interest in acknowledging Trump’s
responsibility for the continued devastation sparked by the ongoing
pandemic.

* Although the RNC has been livestreamed all week, it has also included
a handful of live, in-person events. [ [link removed] ]During those events,
Republican officials and attendees alike were [ [link removed] ]spotted flouting the
social distancing guidelines put in place to reduce coronavirus
transmission – including where such measures were mandatory. Even Vice
President Mike Pence, leader of the White House’s coronavirus task
force, [ [link removed] ]addressed a largely maskless crowd while he, too, neglected
to wear a mask.
* [ [link removed] ]Misrepresentations about the state of the country during the
pandemic were [ [link removed] ]rampant at the convention. [ [link removed] ]Speakers consistently
gave Trump [ [link removed] ]rave reviews for his coronavirus responses, many of
which never happened, and [ [link removed] ]ignored the current state of the
country. They portrayed Trump as a [ [link removed] ]“savior of ‘Western
Civilization,’” irrespective of the fact that almost 180,000 people in
the United States have died due to COVID-19 under his watch. Donald
Trump Jr. [ [link removed] ]praised his father’s record on the economy, flatly
ignoring the serious and sustained economic [ [link removed] ]problems the pandemic
has sparked, which Trump has failed to adequately address.
* When they weren’t lying about Trump’s responses to the pandemic,
Republicans simply [ [link removed] ]pretended that coronavirus no longer existed,
often by referring to it in the past tense. White House economic
advisor Larry Kudlow was particularly guilty of this in his speech, in
which he [ [link removed] ]said, “Hardship and heartbreak were everywhere. But
presidential leadership came swiftly and effectively with an
extraordinary rescue for health and safety to successfully fight the
COVID virus.” Kudlow made this speech at the RNC on the same day that
more than 1,100 Americans died from the novel coronavirus (a fact he
chose not to mention).

It’s clear that the entire convention was geared to one audience member:
Trump himself.

As the final night of the RNC gets underway, Republicans are uniting with
the goal of doing and saying whatever will make Trump happiest. And
pretending – irrespective of fact or evidence – that thousands of
Americans are not dying every day due to a public health crisis that his
failures compounded is certainly what Trump wants the most.

But we’re not going to let the Republicans’ lies rest unchallenged,
whether they come from the White House, Congress, or anywhere else.

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The [ [link removed] ]Falsehoods and Failures series will appear every week on our blog.
[ [link removed] ]You can find the previous post here. For ongoing coverage of the Right
Wing's response to the coronavirus pandemic at the Republican National
Convention, 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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