Trump went on to praise his administration for taking “the most aggressive action in modern history to prevent the spread of this illness in the United States,” referring to travel restrictions on foreign nationals who recently visited China. Then the president, who often dismissed special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation as a hoax, continued, “They tried the impeachment hoax. They can’t even count their votes in Iowa.” You say, ‘How’s President Trump doing?’ They go, ‘Oh, not good, not good.’ They have no clue. “Now the Democrats are politicizing the coronavirus, you know that, right?” he said. The kerfuffle began at the rally in North Charleston, South Carolina when Trump accused the Democrats of “politicizing” the coronavirus outbreak. 28 in South Carolina.īut the following day, after the death of the first American from coronavirus in Washington state, Trump said that when he used the word “hoax,” he was referring to Democrats finding fault with his administration’s response to coronavirus, not the virus itself.Įven after Trump explained his remarks, some Democrats - including former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg - continued to wrongly accuse Trump of describing the coronavirus as a “hoax.” There’s no question that the president described the disease as the Democrats’ “new hoax” at a political rally on Feb. Democratic presidential candidates harshly criticized President Donald Trump for using the term “hoax” in connection with the coronavirus outbreak.
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