Left-wing figures fumed Monday afternoon after President Trump told Americans not to fear the Chinese coronavirus.
Trump announced on Monday that he will be returning to the White House after spending a weekend at Walter Reed Hospital.
“I will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 P.M. Feeling really good! Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life,” Trump said in a message to the American people.
“We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!” he added:
I will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 P.M. Feeling really good! Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2020
Trump’s optimistic message triggered several blue checks on Twitter, who blasted the president for maintaining an optimistic tone and urging Americans to no longer live in fear.
“‘Don’t be afraid of Covid’ he dares say to those of us who have lost loved ones to Covid,” A Wrinkle in Time director Ava DuVernay said, calling Trump “evil”:
“Don’t be afraid of Covid” he dares say to those of us who have lost loved ones to Covid. This man is evil. https://t.co/Ap2dlviXz4
— Ava DuVernay (@ava) October 5, 2020
“Or – don’t be afraid of Covid if you are President of the United States with access to the best care, drugs and experimental treatment,” CNN’s Dana Bash said:
Or – don’t be afraid of Covid if you are President of the United States with access to the best care, drugs and experimental treatment. https://t.co/Ze9kp53aBv
— Dana Bash (@DanaBashCNN) October 5, 2020
“More than 200,000 American lives have been lost to Covid-19. The president himself and countless staff have been infected,” former Democrat presidential candidate Julián Castro said.
“Yet, nine months into the pandemic, the president’s advice is ‘don’t be afraid of Covid,'” he added:
More than 200,000 American lives have been lost to Covid-19. The president himself and countless staff have been infected.
Yet, nine months into the pandemic, the president’s advice is “don’t be afraid of Covid.” https://t.co/TUrMWXvHX7
— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) October 5, 2020
“Don’t be afraid of COVID!” former Hillary Clinton senior adviser Zac Petkanas repeated.
“If you have trouble breathing like I did, you can just call a helicopter and have them take you to a hospital where you can get special experimental drugs no one else has access to,” he continued. “I mean how much can a banana cost? $10?”:
Don't be afraid of COVID!
If you have trouble breathing like I did, you can just call a helicopter and have them take you to a hospital where you can get special experimental drugs no one else has access to.
I mean how much can a banana cost?
— Zac Petkanas (@Zac_Petkanas) October 5, 2020
“Trump’s message as he prepares to leave Walter Reed: ‘Don’t be afraid of Covid.’ Not sure how that will sit with the families of more than 210K Americans who are dead,” NBC’s Peter Alexander remarked:
Trump’s message as he prepares to leave Walter Reed: “Don’t be afraid of Covid.”
Not sure how that will sit with the families of more than 210K Americans who are dead. https://t.co/XGmo0Wzc0z— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) October 5, 2020
More:
"Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life." Tell that to the people you recklessly infected, you monster. https://t.co/bvkHEUTXN3
— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) October 5, 2020
I know it’s not a unique thought & it’s unproductive at this point but the president really is SUCH a dumb fuck. just a complete fucking moron. tweeting “don’t be afraid of covid” when 200,000 people are dead & he’s literally hospitalized.
if you support him you are brain dead.
— (@calebsaysthings) October 5, 2020
"Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life," the president says after being rushed to the hospital and receiving extraordinary treatment for a deadly virus that would be largely unavailable to most average people….
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) October 5, 2020
🚨The President says he is leaving the hospital this evening, declaring, “Don’t be afraid of Covid.”
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but Trump had access to treatments that on one else in the country does. https://t.co/Mb5549Yu0A
— Weijia Jiang (@weijia) October 5, 2020
Don’t be afraid of Covid? Not every American has access to the top therapeutics and doctors with the most advanced equipment available to the President of the United States. You feel better than you did 20 years ago? That’s because of your dexamethasone high that resembles mania.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) October 5, 2020
Don’t be afraid of covid. If you get it just go to the helicopter on the lawn waiting to take you to your team of doctors and private suite. It’ll only cost you $750.
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) October 5, 2020
“Don’t be afraid of Covid” America! With a helicopter at your disposal and access to treatments only a President can get, you too will get though this just fine in time to get back to your state of the art in-house medical facility with 24 hour care and the best doctors around! https://t.co/PKkhl3qZHu
— Josh Gad (@joshgad) October 5, 2020
Treat COVID seriously. Wear a mask.
208,000 have died.
Many others will have long-term health problems because of it.
Be #NewYorkTough.
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) October 5, 2020
“Don’t be afraid of Covid,” says Donald Trump of a virus that’s killed 200,000+ Americans. The President’s enjoyed the best free medical care other people’s taxes could buy him and he’s still dangerously stupid.
— Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) October 5, 2020
"Don't be afraid of Covid" says guy who could check into the hospital & get round the clock care at no cost to him & at a moment's notice.
His administration is STILL trying to undo the Affordable Care Act's legal protections for people with preexisting conditions like covid. https://t.co/bNbuChjylr
— Leah Litman (@LeahLitman) October 5, 2020
Can't wait 'til Trump's "Don't be afraid of COVID" message is approvingly RTed by Herman's Cain's ghost
— Bill Corbett (@BillCorbett) October 5, 2020
“don’t be afraid of covid.” Tell that to the families of the 210,000 Americans who have died of Covid-19, you absolute monster.
— Molly Knight (@molly_knight) October 5, 2020
200,000 Americans killed by this virus but @realDonaldTrump , who was lucky enough to receive the very best medical treatment in the world, says “Don’t be afraid of Covid.” How far back does a statement like that set the fight against this disease? https://t.co/amyxCXAzlt
— Cecilia Vega (@CeciliaVega) October 5, 2020
210,000 dead and counting and the president's message is "Don't be afraid of Covid" https://t.co/GCDKPdUZkM
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 5, 2020
“Don’t be afraid of Covid,” Trump says, while in quarantine, in a hospital he was airlifted to, and been in for the last four days, where he needed to be hooked up to oxygen, and is taking experimental medicine, because there is no vaccine, cure or therapeutic. Nothing to fear…
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) October 5, 2020
In a video posted to social media on Sunday, Trump said he has learned “a lot” about the virus throughout his experience.
“I learned it by really going to school, this is the real school, this isn’t the ‘Let’s read the book school’ and I get it, and I understand it,” Trump said.
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