The president and his team continue to talk about the fight to contain the spread of the virus as well as support Americans suffering the economic effects of the global pandemic.
Health experts from the National Academy of Sciences reportedly told the White House on Wednesday that limited research shows aerosolized droplets produced by talking or simply breathing may spread the novel coronavirus.
Thursday, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) demanded President Donald Trump reopen the enrollment period for people to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act in light of the coronavirus outbreak.
Thursday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and President Donald Trump’s attempt to blame impeachment for any delays in the response to the coronavirus pandemic is meant to distract from the president not wanting face “reality.”
During their respective interviews, neither Tapper nor Todd (both of whom identify as journalists) asked Biden a single tough question, much less a question about what would have been a catastrophic error of judgment had Joe Biden been president.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said during a live Q&A on Wednesday that President Trump is displaying an “epic level of negligence and incompetence that is costing human lives” during the coronavirus pandemic and suggested that people are dying because the president ignored scientists.
President Trump sounded the alarm about the coronavirus threat in the very same speech House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped to shreds after the State of the Union speech.
Thursday on ABC’s “The View,” New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell criticized President Donald Trump for not canceling events across America in February, including Mardi Gras in response to the eventual coronavirus pandemic.
Jemele Hill went on the attack against New England Patriots Owner Robert Kraft Thursday, saying that his effort to fight the coronavirus – specifically by donating his team plane to transport 1.7 million N95 to the U.S. from China – is tainted or compromised because of his friendship with President Trump.
Left-wing Hollywood director Rob Reiner on Thursday continued his attacks against President Donald Trump, describing him as a “failed president,” who must resign for the “survival” of the United States.
While speaking to MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) reacted to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) blaming the impeachment trial for diverting everyone’s attention from the coronavirus as it spread from China.
President Donald Trump took to social media and criticized Sen. Chuck Schumer on Thursday for complaining about the shortage of medical supplies during the coronavirus crisis.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Thursday unveiled a new select House committee to review the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Appearing Thursday on the “Fox News Rundown” podcast, former Obama adviser David Plouffe predicted President Donald Trump will see near “historic” turnout in the 2020 presidential election, putting former Vice President Joe Biden, the likely Democrat nominee, in a “very dangerous” situation.
Democrat presidential front runner Joe Biden conducted an interview via Facebook on Wednesday and after 17 minutes, he finally realized he wasn’t looking in the right spot.
MSNBC “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough on Thursday called on the federal government to take the reins in battling the coronavirus pandemic and make it “nationalized” rather than local governments following states like Georgia, Mississippi and Florida issuing stay at home orders later than most states in the country.
Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-IL), a top lieutenant of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, unloaded upwards of $50,000 in stock after being briefed about the coronavirus pandemic.
Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Axios CEO Jim VandeHei reacted to Southern states like Florida, Mississippi and Georgia, all led by GOP governors, issuing stay at home orders to fight the spread of the coronavirus later than the majority of other states around the country.
“States are different,” Trump replied, adding, “There are some states that don’t have much of a problem.
Nearly two-thirds (66%) of Americans would not “feel comfortable going to a polling place to vote” during the Coronavirus crisis, according to a Pew Research poll released this week.
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), one of the House impeachment managers of the impeachment of President Donald Trump, said those blaming impeachment for Trump’s delayed reaction to the coronavirus pandemic were acknowledging “the administration screwed up this response.”
Trump sparred with Fox News reporter John Roberts on Wednesday. “That turned out to be a false story … what are you working for, CNN?” Trump asked Roberts.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called for President Trump to grant hazard pay for federal workers who are in harm’s way and argued that Congress should legislate this in phase four of coronavirus
“My biggest disappointment is that churches can’t meet in this time of need,” Trump said. “This is really a great time for churches to be together, for people to be together, on a Sunday or any day that they meet.”
“If he’d like to call, I’d absolutely take his call,” Trump said. “You can tell him.”
President Donald Trump was asked by a reporter on Wednesday about “undocumented” immigrants not getting a stimulus check from the government. “Well you know you are saying undocumented, meaning they came in illegally,” Trump said.
“We did not receive that, but their numbers seemed to be a little bit on the light side, and I’m being nice when I say that relative to what we witnessed and what was reported,” Trump said.
Wednesday on CNN’s “The Lead,” Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) said President Donald Trump and his administration have been responsive to California’s needs during the coronavirus outbreak. Anchor Jake Tapper said, “I’ve talked to officials throughout the country who have said that
China’s state-run Global Times on Tuesday denounced calls for the United States and Europe to decouple from Communist China after the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic as “delusional” and insisted refusing to do business with Beijing could “cost lives.”
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline,” Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) said the Trump administration had a “vacuum of leadership” on the coronavirus outbreak, which has resulted in lives being lost that could have been prevented.
