ABC News reports:
At Trump’s rally in Lumberton, North Carolina, he ranted about the media’s focus on the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. After Trump said that Democrats would deliberately delay a vaccine, he said that Democrats have “prolonged the pandemic.”
“They prolonged the pandemic,” he said, and turned to the saturation of Covid news. “That’s all I hear about now, it’s all I hear. Turn on television, right. Covid, Covid. Covid, Covid, Covid. Covid,” he said. “A plane goes down, 500 people dead, they don’t talk about it. Covid Covid Covid Covid.”
“By the way on November fourth you won’t hear about it anymore,” he said as the crowd cheered. “Covid!” he then said in a mock shout. “Covid! Please don’t go and vote Covid. Please do not under any circular, you cannot go out and vote.”
Circular!
“That’s all I hear about now. Turn on TV, ‘Covid, Covid, Covid Covid Covid.’ A plane goes down, 500 people dead, they don’t talk about it. ‘Covid Covid Covid Covid.’ By the way, on November 4th, you won’t hear about it anymore … ‘please don’t go and vote, Covid!'” — Trump pic.twitter.com/1bh7x2RSTy
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 24, 2020
Trump is totally oblivious to the reality that even if a plane did go down in the US with 500 people on it, the death toll would be about 1/2 the number of people dying each day in the country from coronavirus https://t.co/Zi97WrzNSP
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 24, 2020