At the Republican National Convention on Monday, Trump was hailed as a bold and lifesaving leader who “was right” on the novel coronavirus
while Democrats, doctors and pundits were wrong from the beginning. One
campaign-style video that aired during the convention hailed Trump as
the “one leader” who stood up to the virus while quoting Democratic
figures who played down the severity of the virus in its early stages.
It’s
a revisionist version of recent history belied by hours of videotape in
which the president minimized the threat of the virus for months,
falsely predicted that it would “disappear” with warmer weather,
promoted several unproven miracle cures, pushed states to reopen before
meeting federal government benchmarks, equivocated on mask-wearing,
defied social distancing guidelines and repeatedly told Americans that
everything was under control. -- Toluse Olorunnipa, on the front page of the Washington Post today (for the most part, the Post, unlike other media, is doing a decent job of accurately reporting the lies and depredations of the Trump regime).
