Members of President Trump’s golf club in New Jersey fired a press conference on Friday with him to cheer on a reporter who confronted the president about COVID-19 deaths and noted that the guests themselves did not wear masks.
The moment arose after Trump repeated the lie that the new coronavirus pandemic, which he continually referred to as “the China virus”, would “disappear” and that it was already on track to do so. COVID-19 cases are actually growing across the country.
A reporter stressed to Trump about his well-documented habit of reducing the virus: ‘You said the pandemic was going away, but we lost 6,000 Americans this week, and just in this room you have dozens of people not following the guidelines in New Jersey. . ”
Supporters of Trump at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster began to shrug before the reporter could finish his sentence, and the president shot back at the journalist: ‘No, they do not. It is a political activity. You are wrong because they have exceptions for political activity. It is also a peaceful protest. ”
To listen respectfully to his country club guests, Trump claimed that “it looks like they all wore masks” and pointed to “an exclusion in the law.”
‘It says:’ Peaceful protests as a political activity. ‘You can call that political activity, but I would call it peaceful protest, because they heard you came up, and they know the news is false. They understand it better than anyone, ‘he said, when his supporters encouraged him again.
New Jersey’s coronavirus regulations state: ‘Interiors together should be limited to 25 people or 25 percent of a room’s capacity – whichever is lower. All attendees at indoor meetings should wear face cover and stay six feet apart. “Although Trump claimed that his guests wore masks, numerous photos of the presser showed many guests without masks on.
CNN report the conflict between Trump’s guests and the press has perhaps been less than spontaneous. A live mic told Trump his guests before the press conference: ‘You will meet the fake news tonight. You’ll see what I have to go through. Who’s there? Oh, all my killers are there, wow. You’ll see some of the people we deal with every day. “
Trump has refrained from wearing a face mask at public appearances, and donated only one in public in mid-July after 130,000 Americans died from COVID-19. He promoted pseudoscience over its ineffectiveness, and Republican politicians across the country have followed his lead. Public health experts around the world agree that face covering helps spread coronavirus. In recent weeks, he has reiterated his reaction, saying that those who wear face masks are patriotic for protecting fellow citizens.
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