Rachel Maddow tore into ex-president Donald Trump on Monday for keeping his vaccination a secret from the American individuals, suggesting that his cover-up price American lives.
“Now we discover out that he additionally took the vaccine however stored it secret,” the MSNBC host stated. “At a time when merely being straight with individuals about which may have saved 1000’s of American lives, or extra.”
Maddow stated Trump’s fixed COVID cover-ups – from downplaying his personal expertise with the virus to hiding his vaccination – induced 1000’s of unnecessary deaths.
“Doing that price 1000’s of individuals their lives,” she stated. “What for?”
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‘It’s simply unbelievable’: Rachel Maddow says Trump’s determination to cowl up his personal COVID vaccination could have price 1000’s of lives. #maddow pic.twitter.com/qfYqmS8qj6
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Maddow stated:
When he went to Walter Reed, some officers anticipated that he would should be placed on a ventilator when he bought there. That’s how sick he was. None of that data was given to the general public on the time. We solely discovered months later, after he was out of workplace. Once more, had the White Home, had the president simply been trustworthy about his private expertise of Covid, what number of Republicans and individuals who love that president for no matter purpose would have lastly believed that Covid is a severe factor that may kill even huge robust individuals who you want? However they stored that from the American public till he was out of workplace. And now we discover out that he additionally took the vaccine however stored it secret. At a time when merely being straight with individuals about which may have saved 1000’s of American lives, or extra. I imply, it’s simply unbelievable. Who did that profit? Doing that price 1000’s of individuals their lives. What for? Your delight? … It’s unbelievable.
Trump’s legacy of mass loss of life
After the lethal occasions of Jan. 6, it’s generally simple to overlook that Donald Trump presided over the most deadly year in American historical past.
The staggering loss of life toll was, after all, the results of a virus that Trump spent a lot of 2020 both ignoring, downplaying, or spreading. His lies and incompetence actually price lives.
Donald Trump tried to make a comeback this past weekend in a lie-filled speech at CPAC, however his legacy will ceaselessly be tarnished by mass loss of life.
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Sean Colarossi at the moment resides in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his Bachelor of Arts diploma in Journalism from the College of Massachusetts Amherst and was an organizing fellow for each of President Obama’s presidential campaigns. He additionally labored with Deliberate Parenthood as an Reasonably priced Care Act Outreach Organizer in 2014, serving to northeast Ohio residents get hold of medical health insurance protection.
