For those who missed it, CNN started labeling it a pandemic a couple of days before the official declaration from WHO....
Another hunch from I-1?
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President Trump on Tuesday said that he realized that the coronavirus outbreak was a pandemic before the World Health Organization (WHO) labeled it as such last week.
"This is a pandemic. I felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic," Trump said at a press conference with his coronavirus task force. "All you had to do was look at other countries."
#Trump - "I felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic." #coronavirus #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/CIiVL5xKeU — Michael Holmes (@holmescnn) March 17, 2020
The president's comments were in response to being asked if he agreed that his rhetoric surrounding the coronavirus become more reserved on Monday. Trump disagreed, saying that he always knew the outbreak was "serious."
Trump's answer immediately drew ire, with some pointing to a March 9 tweet of the president's.
"The Fake News Media and their partner, the Democrat Party, is doing everything within its semi-considerable power (it used to be greater!) to inflame the CoronaVirus situation, far beyond what the facts would warrant," Trump tweeted at the time.
The Fake News Media and their partner, the Democrat Party, is doing everything within its semi-considerable power (it used to be greater!) to inflame the CoronaVirus situation, far beyond what the facts would warrant. Surgeon General, “The risk is low to the average American.” — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2020
Trump also previously characterized the virus as a Democratic "hoax."
He really does live in a reality of his own making, doesn't he...
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He keeps talking about how he closed off the borders from people coming in from China.
He never talks about how they handled people coming in from Italy when the numbers were rising there.
Oh, wait....
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Jodi
