Wednesday, March 04, 2020

The White House Issues A Press Release Consisting Solely Of Pro-Trump Tweets

Benjamin Fearnow, Newsweek, March 3, 2020:
White House Releases List of 'Top Tweets' Praising Trump's Coronavirus Response

The White House drew baffled responses from health officials, doctors and critics of President Donald Trump alike on Monday after releasing a list of tweets offering gushing praise of the administration's response to the coronavirus. ...

Despite the positive posts from White House and Republican Party social media accounts, U.S. health officials say more than 100 cases have been confirmed across the country as of Monday night. ... [S]ix deaths have been attributed to the coronavirus illness in the past week. ...

Nevertheless, the White House account has repeatedly retweeted statements from Pence, the president and other Republicans with the highest of praise.


Interestingly, that press release is not on the White House website.

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