Trump News Live: Latest 2020 election updates as the President blames blue states for the coronavirus deaths

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday

Donald Trump He blamed Democratic-led states as the United States approaches 200,000 deaths from the Coronavirus, indicating that the nation’s death toll would be much lower “if the blue states got out.”

Virginia Congressman Don Baer was one of many who was offended by the president’s comment, tweeting: “This is quite simply one of the most horrific and inhuman statements a US president has ever made.”

In a traveling press conference at the White House Wednesday night, Mr. Trump also criticized his director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dr. Robert Redfield, Who described him as “confused” by his suggestion that the Covid-19 vaccine will not be delivered until late 2021, in contradiction to his promises.

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The president says the CDC director is “ confused ” about the 2021 vaccine schedule

Trump also criticized his director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Dr. Robert Redfield, who described him as “confused” for his suggestion that the Covid-19 vaccine would not be delivered until late 2021, in contradiction to his promises.

“He probably misunderstood the question,” the President told reporters at the White House of Dr. Redfield’s testimony to the Senate earlier in the day:

Dr. Redfield also told senators that wearing a mask is, at this point, more effective than a vaccine that has not yet been published.

Trump responded to that when asked Wednesday evening, saying, “I think there are a lot of problems with masks,” claiming that the vaccine would be more effective in beating the disease. But then he added, “Maybe the mask will help.”

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Joe SomeraldSeptember 17, 2020 09:06

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Trump: Coronavirus deaths in the United States will be low ‘without the blue states’

Donald Trump has blamed Democratic-led states as the United States approaches 200,000 deaths from the Coronavirus, indicating that the nation’s death toll would be much lower “if the blue states got out.”

The president made the statement during an ongoing press conference at the White House on Wednesday evening, in which he criticized his healthcare experts and threatened to launch a violent campaign in the event of election night riots.

Virginia Congressman Don Baer was one of many who was offended by the president’s comment, tweeting: “This is quite simply one of the most horrific and inhuman statements a US president has ever made.”

Joe SomeraldSeptember 17, 2020 08:49

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