The Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump Republican super PAC, slammed President Trump in a new ad on Tuesday after he quipped that he encouraged administration officials to slow down coronavirus testing and blamed it for increased cases in the U.S.
“The most deceptive, lying president in history finally told the truth. Somehow, it was more shocking than all his deceptions,” the narrator in the ad, titled “Truth,” said, referring to Trump’s Saturday comments.
“Slow the testing down? Slow down our chance to save tens of thousands of lives. Slow down our understanding of where COVID is and how it’s spreading. Slow down the steps to reopen the economy. Every single expert told him to test more and test faster, and now we know his response,” the narrator continued.
Trump told the crowd of supporters in Tulsa, Okla., that 25 million people have been tested in the U.S.
“It’s probably 20 million people more than anybody else, he said. “Germany’s done a lot. South Korea’s done a lot.”
“When you do testing to that extent, you’re going to find more people. You’re going to find more cases,” Trump continued. “So I said to my people, ‘Slow the testing down, please!'”
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WATCH: Lincoln Project hits Trump on testing "confession" https://t.co/mzckYh2ZEV pic.twitter.com/Mho1NnQE9T
— The Hill (@thehill) June 23, 2020
Question: "When you said you asked your people to slow down testing, were you just kidding or do you have a plan to slow down testing?"
President Trump: "I don’t kid." pic.twitter.com/0R7iYflBcZ
— The Hill (@thehill) June 23, 2020
Why the entire Republican Party needs to lose in November: https://t.co/HKLneUYMKz
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) June 23, 2020
CNN Anchor Corners Trump Campaign Spox: Are Dead Americans ‘Funny to You?’ https://t.co/QWizXpbcxh via @thedailybeast
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) June 23, 2020
So it wasn’t a joke? https://t.co/oYxcCuz3o9
— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) June 23, 2020
More rallies. More briefings. More tweets. https://t.co/ubyN8MjLMd
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) June 23, 2020
"Every single expert told him to test more and test faster. And what was his response?
Slow the testing down." https://t.co/tXemLG29Rb— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) June 23, 2020
Just now I asked the President if he was kidding when he said he told his people to slow down testing, which is how White House officials explained the comment.
He said, “I don’t kid.”
He also said again testing is a double-edged sword, and praised the job the U.S. has done.
— Weijia Jiang (@weijia) June 23, 2020
NEW — in a private call, Dr. Birx contradicted Trump, telling governors she wants testing ramped up.
“Hopefully I have left you with the impression that increased testing is good”https://t.co/ifVFxCf9mp
W/ @ErinBanco
— Sam Stein (@samstein) June 23, 2020
And if you stop weighing yourself, you stop gaining weight. https://t.co/S5o0Lot6bC
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) June 23, 2020
Joe Walsh is right. If Trump loses and takes the Republicans down with him, it will be all their fault. His own party could have stopped him, could have removed him from office. Instead they hitched their wagons to his star and stayed silent every time this madman said or did anything wrong. Well, they deserve whatever misfortune they get.
Sadly, though, those of us who did not support Trump will likely be stuck with a Democrat party eager to foist upon us legislation that will take away our rights, destroy our economy and cost us dearly. The Republican Party will be gone and the Democrats will rule for generations.
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