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Trump finds his MAGA movement fracturing over coronavirus - POLITICO - "The president’s red-capped followers were united against a socialist candidate. And they had economic winds at their backs to propel Trump toward reelection. Now everything is suddenly scrambled."
Anti-Trump conservative group's ad targets coronavirus messaging
"We pretty much shut it down...It'll be down to close to zero...It's really working out...No, I don't take responsibility at all."
America needs a president who tells the truth. Our lives depend on it. https://t.co/l8pzdbItrk" / Twitter
From dismissing it as a non-issue to claiming that he was aware of it before anyone else.
Some of the more complacent ones blame the Democrats and the news media for "hysteria" about the virus.On one side are those like Bill Mitchell, who dismiss it as nothing worse than the flu, and the drive to eradicate it as “climate change 2.0” — as in, a media-lefty mass hysteria. On the other side are pro-Trump fixtures like Trump campaign adviser Jason Miller, who have been sounding alarms on the coronavirus since January, and are calling for harsher lockdowns and social distancing.
While the MAGA movement is divided over how seriously to take the coronavirus threat or how to tackle it, the message among his supporters is increasingly unanimous: If Trump fails to control the virus, prevent its spread and prove his leadership, much less save the economy, he will lose the election and cripple his movement.
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The divide was in stark contrast on Fox News last week, as the crisis snowballed into the public eye. One host, Tucker Carlson, delivered grave warnings about the coronavirus. He accused officials — who his conservative audience “probably voted for” — of minimizing “what is clearly a very serious problem.” Another host, Sean Hannity, called it “fear-mongering by the deep state.”
Anti-Trump conservative group's ad targets coronavirus messaging
Bill Kristol on Twitter: "This new ad from @ForTheRuleOfLaw will run Friday morning on Fox and Friends.The ad from the Republicans for the Rule of Law, who backed the president’s impeachment, shows Trump speaking about the issue in January, when there was just one confirmed case. Trump said then he was not at all concerned about a pandemic striking the U.S.
The video moves through a timeline of the morphing messaging from Trump and members of his administration on the coronavirus as cases in the U.S. dramatically increased.
"We pretty much shut it down...It'll be down to close to zero...It's really working out...No, I don't take responsibility at all."
America needs a president who tells the truth. Our lives depend on it. https://t.co/l8pzdbItrk" / Twitter
From dismissing it as a non-issue to claiming that he was aware of it before anyone else.