Rachel Maddow tore into ex-president Donald Trump on Monday for retaining his vaccination a secret from the American folks, suggesting that his cover-up value American lives.
“Now we discover out that he additionally took the vaccine however stored it secret,” the MSNBC host mentioned. “At a time when merely being straight with folks about that may have saved hundreds of American lives, or extra.”
Maddow mentioned Trump’s fixed COVID cover-ups – from downplaying his personal expertise with the virus to hiding his vaccination – induced hundreds of pointless deaths.
“Doing that value hundreds of individuals their lives,” she mentioned. “What for?”
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‘It’s simply unbelievable’: Rachel Maddow says Trump’s determination to cowl up his personal COVID vaccination might have value hundreds of lives. #maddow pic.twitter.com/qfYqmS8qj6
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Maddow mentioned:
When he went to Walter Reed, some officers anticipated that he would must be placed on a ventilator when he obtained there. That’s how sick he was. None of that info 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 sturdy 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 folks about that may have saved hundreds of American lives, or extra. I imply, it’s simply unbelievable. Who did that profit? Doing that value hundreds of individuals their lives. What for? Your pleasure? … It’s unimaginable.
Trump’s legacy of mass loss of life
After the lethal occasions of Jan. 6, it’s typically simple to overlook that Donald Trump presided over essentially the most lethal 12 months 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 value lives.
Donald Trump tried to make a comeback this previous weekend in a lie-filled speech at CPAC, however his legacy will endlessly be tarnished by mass loss of life.
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Sean Colarossi presently 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 Inexpensive Care Act Outreach Organizer in 2014, serving to northeast Ohio residents acquire medical insurance protection.