Trump’s ‘I Never Said Hoax’ Denial Only Reopened the Coronavirus Wound
Trump tried to clean up another part of his coronavirus record by insisting he never called the pandemic a hoax. The problem is that his earlier remarks about Democrats politicizing the outbreak were already on the record, and his denial only drew more attention to the broader pattern of minimizing or reframing his own words. Instead of moving the story forward, he kept dragging it back into the same credibility trap.
First recorded Apr 25, 2020·Meaningfully updated Apr 25, 2020
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Trump’s ‘I Never Said Hoax’ Denial Only Reopened the Coronavirus Wound
Trump tried to clean up another part of his coronavirus record by insisting he never called the pandemic a hoax. The problem is that his earlier remarks about Democrats politicizing the outbreak were already on the record, and his denial only drew more attention to the broader pattern of minimizing or reframing his own words. Instead of moving the story forward, he kept dragging it back into the same credibility trap.
Trump tried to clean up another part of his coronavirus record by insisting he never called the pandemic a hoax. The problem is that his earlier remarks about Democrats politicizing the outbreak were already on the record, and his denial only drew more attention to the broader pattern of minimizing or reframing his own words. Instead of moving the story forward, he kept dragging it back into the same credibility tra…
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