>>> MR. PRESIDENT, HOW MANY
STAFF ARE SICK?
HOW MANY OF YOUR STAFF ARE SICK?
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU. >> DO YOU THINK YOUR MIGHT BE A
>> DO YOU THINK YOUR MIGHT BE A
SUPER SPREADER, MR. PRESIDENT?
>> THERE’S AN OLD SAYING THAT
DENYING THE TRUTH DOES NOT
CHANGE THE FACTS.
PERHAPS REPUBLICAN PARTY LEADERS
HAVE NOT HEARD IT.
TODAY A STILL INFECTED PRESIDENT
TRUMP COMPARED THE VIRUS TO THE
FLU AND SAID WE ARE LEARNING TO
LIVE WITH DESPITE HIS DOCTOR
SAYING HE IS NOT OUT OF THE
WOODS AND EVEN THOUSAND HE
SEEMED SHORT OF BREATH LAST
NIGHT ARRIVING BACK AT THE WHITE
HOUSE.
DO NOT FORGET FORMER GOVERNOR
AND TRUMP DEBATE ADVISER IS
STILL IN THE HOSPITAL CHRIS
CHRISTIE AND THREE REPUBLICAN
SENATORS ARE NOW INFECTED.
YET ONE OF THEM SENATOR RON
JOHNSON SUGGESTED IN A RADIO
INTERVIEW TO FOLLOW THE SWEDEN
MODEL MEANING NO LOCKDOWNS AND
LIKELY A LOT MORE PEOPLE WOULD
HAVE GOTTEN SICK AND DIED AND
REMEMBER COVID-19 IS TAKEN ONE
OF THE PARTY’S FORMER
CANDIDATES.
HERMAN CAIN DIED WEEKS AFTER HE
ATTENDED THE PRESIDENT’S RALLY
IN OKLAHOMA NOT WEARING A MASK,
NOT SOCIAL DISTANCING.
HERE WAS SENATOR RON KENNEDY’S
TAKE ON THE VIRUS YESTERDAY.
IN AN INTERVIEW ON FOX NEWS.
>> IT SHOWS WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED
ABOUT THIS VIRUS.
WE HAVE LEARNED TWO THINGS AMONG
OTHERS BUT TWO THINGS STAND IN
OUT IN MY MIND.
IT IS VERY CONTAGIOUS.
NUMBER TWO, IT IS NOT NEARLY AS
LETHAL AS THE EXPERTS TOLD US IT
WAS GOING TO BE.
>> JOINING ME NOW FORMER RNC
CHAIRMAN AND SENIOR ADVISE TORE
THE LISTEN CON FOUNDATION AND
FORMER AIDE OLIVIA TROYE.
LET’S INJECT THIS CONVERSATION
WITH A LITTLE BIT OF SCIENCE AND
A LITTLE BIT OF EXPERTISE BY
PLAYING A CONVERSATION, A
SNIPPET OF IT THAT MY COLLEAGUE
KATE SNOW HAD WITH DR. FAUCI
EARLIER TODAY.
LET’S PLAY IT.
>> COVID-19 IS A SERIOUS
SITUATION.
IT IS A VIRAL DISEASE THAT HAS A
BROAD RANGE OF MANIFESTATIONS
WITH THE POTENTIAL TO MAKE
PEOPLE VERY ILL AND KILL THEM.
THE NUMBERS SPEAK FOR
THEMSELVES.
WE HAVE 210,000 DEATHS AND OVER
7 MILLION INFECTIONS IN THE
UNITED STATES.
AND OVER A MILLION DEATHS
GLOBALLY.
SO THIS IS NOT A TRIVIAL
DISEASE.
PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES
SHOULD REALIZE THAT IT IS NOT A
TRIVIAL DISEASE.
THE POTENTIAL FOR WHAT COVID CAN
DO WITH SARS COVID DISEASE CAN
DO IS DIFFERENT THAN INFLUENZA.
YOU DON’T GET A PANDEMIC THAT
KILLS A MILLION PEOPLE AND IT
ISN’T EVEN OVER YET WITH
INFLUENZA.
>> THEY KEEP TALKING ABOUT
YEARLY NUMBERS, SOME
REPUBLICANS, THE PRESIDENT AS
WELL, THIS PANDEMIC IS INFECTING
US FOR, GOSH, BETWEEN MARCH,
FEBRUARY, MARCH AND NOW.
THAT’S A LOT LESS THAN A YEAR
AND IT’S ALREADY KILLED MORE
THAN 210,000, MILLIONS HAVE BEEN
INFECTED.
WHEN YOU HEAR REPUBLICANS TALK
ABOUT THIS, IS IT BECAUSE THEY
DON’T UNDERSTAND THE SCIENCE,
DON’T GET IT, DON’T WANT TO GET
IT OR COLD HARD POLITICS?
>> IT’S COLD, HARD POLITICS.
IT’S NOT WARRANTINGNTING TO BE O
WRONG SIDE OF DONALD TRUMP.
SOME IS THEIR OWN CONCLUSIONS
THAT THEY HAVE FORMED THAT’S ILL
INFORMED.
THERE’S A PATTERN OF
CONVERSATIONS THAT HAS DUMBED
DOWN THE CONVERSATION AND ANY
TIME A REPUBLICAN OPENS THEIR
MOUTH TO TALK ABOUT CORONAVIRUS
YOU CAN SEE THAT AND HEAR THE
COLLECTIVE EYE ROLL OF MILLIONS
OF AMERICANS WHO ARE SITTING
HERE WATCHING FAMILY MEMBERS GET
SICK.
WE WATCHED THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES STAND ON A BALCONY
BARELY ABLE TO BREATHE BUT THAT
BROTHER WAS TRYING TO FIND A
BREATH.
OKAY?
AND HE SHOULDN’T HAVE BEEN
THERE.
TAKES THE MASK OFF.
HE IS THE SUPER SPREADER.
HE IS THE PROBLEM IN THE WHITE
HOUSE.
AND EVERYONE WANTS TO TIPTOE
AROUND IT.
THERE ARE PEOPLE GETTING SICK.
WE DON’T KNOW HOW AND TO WHAT
DEGREE THEY WILL BE SICK AND YET
HE STANDS THERE THUMBS UP LIKE I
GOT A COLD AND THE SNIFFLES.
NO ONE IS LISTENING TO DR.
FAUCI.
IT’S AN EMBARRASSMENT.
TO THE COUNTRY THAT THIS IS HOW
OUR LEADERS BOTH IN THE SENATE
AND THE WHITE HOUSE TAKE THIS
VIRUS.
AND SO, THE ONLY ADVICE I CAN
HAVE FOR YOU IS STOP LISTENING
TO THEM.
TALK TO YOUR DOCTORS, THE HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS, GO TO REPUTTABLE
SITES AND ARM YOURSELF SO YOU’RE
NOT SICK OR DEAD.
TAKE THE POLITICS OUT OF THIS,
FOLKS.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT REPUBLICANS
ARE SO AFRAID OF BY JUST SAYING
WEAR A MASK.
YOU COULD GET SICK.
YOU COULD HURT OR KILL A FAMILY
MEMBER BY BEING RECKLESS AND
SELF INTERESTED.
>> OLIVIA, AS SOMEBODY THAT
WORKED ON THE TASK FORCE, WHEN
YOU SAW THE PRESIDENT YESTERDAY
TAKE OFF HIS MASK ON TOP OF THE
BALCONY, SURROUND HIMSELF WITH
PEOPLE TO TAPE A VIDEO AND WALK
INTO THE RESIDENCE WHERE PEOPLE
ARE INSIDE WEARING MASKS, HE IS
NOT.
HE IS THE CONTAGIOUS ONE.
WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION?
>> I THOUGHT HERE WE GO AGAIN.
HE HAS THE WORLD STAGE.
HE IS SITTING ON THE BALCONY AND
UNDERMINING EVERYTHING THAT
PEOPLE LIKE -- EXPERTS LIKE DR.
FAUCI AND OTHER DOCTORS ON THE
TASK FORCE HAVE TOLD HIM AND I
ALSO THOUGHT, THIS IS MORE
DANGEROUS THAN WHAT WE SAW
BEFORE BECAUSE NOW HE IS USING
HIMSELF AS AN EXAMPLE OF TELLING
PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, DON’T LET
COVID DISRUPT YOUR LIFE.
YOU WILL BE JUST FINE.
THAT IS NOT EXACT CORRECT.
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GO OUT THERE
AND DISREGARD, CONTINUE TO
FOLLOW HIS GUIDANCE BUT THEY
DON’T HAVE THE SAME ACCESS TO
MEDICAL AND THERAPIES THAT HE
HAS AND WE DON’T KNOW.
IT IS A PERSONAL THING ON HOW A
BODY WILL REACT AND I THOUGHT --
I WAS JUST -- I FOUND IT
COMPLETELY DESPICABLE THAT HE
COULD HAVE CHANGED THE
NARRATIVE.
HE HAD A CHANCE TO PRESS A RESET
BUT ON THE BUT DOUBLED DOWN ON
WHAT HE’S BEEN DOING FOR THE
PAST FEW MONTHS SINCE THIS
PANDEMIC STARTED AND I FIND IT
COMPLETELY DANGEROUS AND
UNACCEPTABLE.
>> MICHAEL, PETER ALEXANDER IS
REPORTING THAT TRUMP AIDES SAY
IF HE SHOWS UP TO THE NEXT
DEBATE AS A SURVIVOR AND
INVINCIBLE HERO.
>> YEAH.
THAT’S IF HE CAN CATCH A BREATH
THROUGH THE DEBATE.
YEAH.
HE IS NOT AN INVINCIBLE HERO.
HE IS NOT A HERO AT ALL.
IT IS A PATHETIC EXCUSE IN
LEADERSHIP WHEN YOU SUBJECT THE
COUNTRY TO THIS KIND OF
MINDLESS, SELF AGGRANDIZEMENT.
YOU DO WHAT YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO
DO.
YOU HAVE DOCTORS AND SCIENTISTS
TELLING YOU HOW TO BEHAVE, THE
EXAMPLE THAT YOU CAN SET TO
OLIVIA’S POINT.
SHE SERVED ON THE COMMISSION
LOOKING AT THIS THING.
HE CAME IN AND COMPLETELY TURNED
UPSIDE DOWN THE MESSAGING AND
THE NARRATIVE.
SO YOU’RE GOING TO GO INTO THIS
DEBATE NEXT WEEK WITH JOE BIDEN,
IF I WAS JOE BIDEN, I JUST DO IT
INSIDE OF A PLEXIGLASS WALL
BECAUSE WHO KNOWS WHAT THIS
GUY’S GOING TO BE DOING?
AND HOW THIS PLAYS OUT WITH
OTHER AUDIENCE MEMBERS.
THERE’S A LOT TO BE CONSIDERED
NEXT WEEK CARRYING THE CONTAGION
WITH HIM AND SO I JUST DON’T
KNOW WHAT’S TO BE GAINED BY THAT
AT THIS POINT.
>> IT IS EXHAUSTING HAVING THIS
CONVERSATION OVER AND OVER
AGAIN.
>> YES, YES!
>> FOR SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE
MONTHS.
WEAR A MASK.
>> TELL ME ABOUT IT.
>> YEAH!
IT IS HEAD SPINNING.
JUST TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.
IT IS KILLING PEOPLE.
>> KILLING PEOPLE.