The "Shut Up And Drink Your Bleach" Edition
I love America. I love freedom. And that is why I'm going to reject the oppression and tyranny of my governor, leave my home, go to a crowded Buffalo Wild Wings, and inject Clorox into my eyeballs while my friend Doug shines a flashlight into my butthole to kill the virus. https://t.co/ECSWa0aHUo— Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) April 24, 2020
Death toll tops 50,000.— Philip Gourevitch (@PGourevitch) April 24, 2020
Unemployment tops 20%.
President suggests mainlining lysol.
But First, The Day Started With This
Donald Trump asks government to bail out his Scottish golf courses https://t.co/uKDdjF1eTG— Derek Cressman (@DerekCressman) April 23, 2020
Trump: State sponsored healthcare is bad. Socialism is bad for Americans.— sidney hunsecker (@SidneyHunsecker) April 23, 2020
Trump: The government should bail out my luxury golf resort. I love socialism for me.
Then It Was Show Time!
Trump begins the April 23 #TrumpPressBriefing by claiming that he's spoken with unnamed "numerous" world leaders over the past two days and "they are saying we are leading the way" in the coronavirus response. (The US has the most cases and the most deaths.) pic.twitter.com/Emnyk8XelX— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 23, 2020
Trump claims "we're very close to a vaccine," but quickly walks it back. (We're likely still at least a year away.) pic.twitter.com/CC2qlTtcyo— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 23, 2020
"The disinfectant, where it knocks it out in a minute, and is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside, or almost a cleaning. It gets in the lungs" -- Trump seems to suggests that injecting disinfectant inside people could be a treatment for the coronavirus pic.twitter.com/amis9Rphsm— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 23, 2020
Are people now going to be drinking Lysol?— Matthew Leverich (@Leverich1991) April 23, 2020
Florida and California would like to have a word.— PJ Irwin (@theMidlifeMaven) April 23, 2020
If a relative talked like this you would coax them out to your car, distract them with a hamberder and diet coke and drive them to a memory care/assissted care facility. It is unfathomable this demented imbecile is @POTUS. https://t.co/QWWMx2PVzy— Spiro Agnew’s Ghost (@SpiroAgnewGhost) April 23, 2020
But how fast does the virus die if you stare into an eclipse?...— Matt Tierney (@MattTierney53) April 23, 2020
Trump, on camera, turning to his expert: Could we inject disinfectant into people to cure Coronavirus? Let's look into that. #TrumpPressBriefing https://t.co/wxTNNByi85— Mike P Williams (@Mike_P_Williams) April 23, 2020
Reaction: Trump suggests 'injection' of disinfectant to beat coronavirus and 'clean' the lungs— The Daily Angle (@thedailyangle) April 24, 2020
Theme Music: Curb Your Enthusiasm @EricRobinson00 #clorox #lysol #birx pic.twitter.com/GV7RzB0EJG
Asked why he's stopped promoting hydroxychloroquine, Trump claims absurdly that he "hasn't at all." (He has in fact stopped promoting it in the last week.) pic.twitter.com/6AhhXRs7Oq— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 23, 2020
Asked why he's stopped promoting hydroxychloroquine, he says we'll see what happens; he's read some good things but also just read one not-good thing, "I don't know." He adds, after mentioning the negative study: "I also read many times good."— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 23, 2020
Trump says "I haven't at all" stopped promoting hydroxychloroqunie as a #COVID cure. That's a lie. This chart shows all the times he mentioned it at his daily briefings and on Twitter as well. More context here --> https://t.co/d74WOMk1VO pic.twitter.com/00R7ehHZSy— Marshall Cohen (@MarshallCohen) April 23, 2020
TRUMP: "I know a lot about economists and the answer is they have no idea. I think I have as good of an idea as anybody." pic.twitter.com/tntck0ZMcI— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 23, 2020
TRUMP: "Statistically we are doing phenomenally, in terms of mortality ... when you look, Germany and ourselves are doing very well." (Germany has 5,503 coronavirus deaths; the US has 49,605) pic.twitter.com/x0epoE5W6x— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 23, 2020
Trump says he doesn't agree with Dr. Fauci's claim that the US needs to do more to address its coronavirus testing shortfall pic.twitter.com/iBH8ObCmaC— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 23, 2020
"We started with nothing ... we started with a broken test" -- Trump tries to pass the buck for the CDC botching the development of a coronavirus test in January and February of this year pic.twitter.com/dNyEUaIAol— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 23, 2020
"It is interesting that the states are in trouble do happen to be blue. It is interesting" -- Trump suggests Democrats are responsible for the financial troubles of blue states pic.twitter.com/Gfge2w1xKg— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 23, 2020
Get a load of Dr. Birx's demeanor after Trump tells her, "I would like you to speak to the medical doctors to see if there's any way that you can apply light and heat to cure [coronavirus]." pic.twitter.com/TP0QoSzkYl— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 23, 2020
"I'm the president and you're fake news" -- Trump to @PhilipRucker after he asks him if it's responsible to make all sorts of wacky and unproven suggestions about possible coronavirus treatments pic.twitter.com/8ag4izDrGj— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 23, 2020
Asked if it's dangerous for him to make people think they'll be safe in the heat considering people dying in Florida and Singapore, Trump says, "You ready? I hope people enjoy the sun. And if it has an impact, that's great."— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 23, 2020
"You ready" is a clue that he's about to tell a whopper. Emphasized by the accordian hands.— D Villella ❄️ (@dvillella) April 23, 2020
Asked about the chances the election result will be disputed because of pandemic-related voting impediments, Trump says he can't say what's going to happen, then pivots to bashing Biden at length.— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) April 23, 2020
The President starts talking about New York and New Jersey the same way he talked about Puerto Rico when he didn’t want to provide funding. He says New York and New Jersey were already in trouble long before the pandemic. pic.twitter.com/qy0i0kMpuZ— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) April 23, 2020
"I hear the report was an incorrect report ... I think it was a fake report done by CNN ... don't talk to me" -- Trump denies reports that Kim Jong Un is in grave health and slams @kaitlancollins in the process pic.twitter.com/aJFlT2XgDr— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 23, 2020
"I wasn't happy with Brian Kemp ... and I coulda done something about it if I wanted to" -- an angry Trump on Georgia governor's move to reopen businesses pic.twitter.com/ACTyGqekCG— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 23, 2020
Trump concludes the briefing by lamenting that "the media has not done the great job we've done" responding to the coronavirus. (The US has the most cases and deaths in the world.)— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 23, 2020
He also mixes in some whining about the Russia investigation and his impeachment. pic.twitter.com/WhYvuR3moN
Trump left the podium just after he had begun to lose his sh*t. He’s not a well man.— Diogenes Wept (@juliacmicheltx1) April 23, 2020
Final tally at the abrupt conclusion of #TrumpPressBriefing— Parker (@parkertron) April 23, 2020
incredible x 13
tremendous x 5
incredibly x 4
fantastic x 2
amazing x 2
very exciting x 2
very excitingly x 1
This Needs To Be Repeated:
Donald Trump Wondered (Out Loud!) If Injecting Humans With Household Disinfectants Might Be A Possible Treatment For COVID-19
"Okay, no curveballs today, Donny! Just stay on script."— Marquis de Lafayette(Reese) (@JackJackington) April 23, 2020
"It's beautiful, I'll read the script the best anyone has ever read a script."
5 minutes later
"INJECTING DISINFECTANTS"
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO DONNY FUCK"
Hurry up MAGA, new opportunity to own the libs— Denise Wu (@denisewu) April 24, 2020
What brand of desinfectant is the best for a lung injection?— Santiago Mayer (@santiagomayer_) April 24, 2020
I can’t decide between Clorox, Lysol, or Windex.
Jonestown had Kool-Aid. We get stuck with Lysol. I feel robbed by our cult leader.— Joshua Gale (@joshuafett75) April 24, 2020
This Lysol is not a delicious as Trump made it out to be.— Hoodlum (Lockup) 🇺🇸 (@HoodlumRIP) April 24, 2020
I wondered why #Lysol was trending. I get it now. This cure might be worse than the problem. pic.twitter.com/B7ZDDIBMAf— RaeAnn Christensen (@RaeOnTheNews) April 24, 2020
I bet Chlorox and Lysol thought things were going pretty good until today.— Patrick S. Tomlinson (@stealthygeek) April 23, 2020
I know people are talking about injecting Lysol and Clorox, but nothing beats the power of Pine Sol.— Darienne Lake (@dariennelake) April 24, 2020
Only people who hate America are anti-bleach and glow-in-the-dark suppositories to fight coronavirus.. Lots of people are saying this.— Charlie Sykes (@SykesCharlie) April 24, 2020
Sir, they say, what’s wrong with these people who mock the idea of injecting Lysol into your lungs? What have you got to lose? Losers. #clorox
He wants to tan the virus to death.— Emma Marris (@Emma_Marris) April 23, 2020
Tonight on Hannity, Clorox enemas!— DL (@koreandad) April 24, 2020
No joke - we had a patient swallow Lysol as a #disinfectant a couple of weeks ago to prevent COVID19 infection. He made it out of the hospital after his gastrectomy...— Jonathan Spicer MD PhD (@DoctorJSpicer) April 23, 2020
This kind of nonsense is absolutely mind blowing. pic.twitter.com/gaVMYh0IY4
Yesterday
Well, even more importantly, his goal is to avoid blame or accountability. It's the one thing he's been good at his entire life. https://t.co/U1g5aELJR5— emptywheel (@emptywheel) April 23, 2020
I don’t think they fully thought through the optics of Trump and Melania holding shovels and digging dirt after over 45,000 Americans have died from Trump‘s galactic incompetence#TrumpBurialPits #TrumpOwnsEveryDeath pic.twitter.com/GkEVdIPFWL— Andrew Wortman (@AmoneyResists) April 22, 2020
Testing
Who needs testing when you have flyovers? pic.twitter.com/1zGc7vj8GU— Brian Tashman (@briantashman) April 23, 2020
BREAKING: Trump to “honor” medical workers by having military planes fly over different cities. What a waste of time, money and resources. Another unhinged PR stunt. The only way he can truly honor medical workers, is by getting them the equipment they need. Which he hasn’t done.— Scott Dworkin (@funder) April 23, 2020
It seems off to me to label these “hidden outbreaks.” The fact is that there was no effective testing in Feb because of the Trump admin’s policies. They changed those on 2/29 to let NY do its own testing and the next day we saw the first confirmed case. https://t.co/EyaI8FK47j— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) April 23, 2020
People knew in February that they had symptoms and testing was nowhere to be found. All this overwritten stuff about disease “silently spreading through the city” kinda obscures the fact that people were posting about their untested cases on reddit. https://t.co/K25WJ84SPW— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) April 23, 2020
Billionaire Bailouts & Other Tales Of Class Warfare
Friend of yours, #MoscowMitch? https://t.co/fg9h8WuugV— Alison (@leapsRL) April 23, 2020
For decades, both political parties have pushed the narrative that illness, homelessness, poverty, and inequality are minor aberrations in an otherwise healthy society. Even now, assurances that the mechanics of our economy are strong remain commonplace. https://t.co/afHZo3rbd1— CounterPunch (@NatCounterPunch) April 23, 2020
Elsewhere & Whatnot
Does Jared's brain trust know about this? Will Trump be summoning tobacco executives to the Rose Garden? https://t.co/uXBwRXvgFJ— Jeffrey St. Clair (@JSCCounterPunch) April 23, 2020
China donates additional $30 million to World Health Organization after Trump halts US funding https://t.co/AUjWlzXQ2k pic.twitter.com/4TED6eAgwo— The Hill (@thehill) April 23, 2020
So you're telling me a national leader can get by without being a pathological liar? https://t.co/dizDaDcEUc— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) April 23, 2020
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