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>>> GOOD EVENING FROM NEW YORK,
I’M CHRIS HAYES.
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE, THE DRUG
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS BUDDIES
HAVE BEEN TOUTING AS A MAGIC
PILL, I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS
JUST HIM LYING.
>> I HAPPEN TO BE TAKING IT.
I HAPPEN TO BE TAKING IN.
>> HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE?
>> I’M TAKING IT,
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE.
>> WHEN?
>> RIGHT NOW, YEAH.
A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I STARTED
TAKING IT.
I’VE HEARD A LOT OF GOOD
STORIES.
>> I MEAN, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF
THAT?
THE THING YOU NEVER KNOW IF
TRUMP IS TELLING THE TRUTH.
USUALLY SAFE TO ASSUME HE’S NOT.
MAYBE IT WAS JUST PART OF THE
SALES JOB.
I IMMEDIATELY HEARD OF THAT OLD
1980s COMMERCIAL WHERE THE GUY
IS NOT JUST THE PRESIDENT, BUT
HE’S ALSO A CLIENT.
>> THESE MEN ARE ACTUAL CLIENTS,
NOT MODELS.
MEN LIKE YOU WHO DISCOVERED YOU
DON’T NEED DRUGS OR CHEMICALS,
SURGERIES OR MIRACLES, TO HAVE A
FULL HEAD OF HAIR.
TO GET ALL THE FACTS FREE, AND
WITH THAT OBLIGATION, JUST CALL
OUR TOLL-FREE NUMBER NOW AND
I’LL TEND YOU THE NEW BOOKLET.
AND REMEMBER, I’M NOT ONLY THE
HAIR BUD PRESIDENT, BUT I’M ALSO
A CLIENT.
>> I’M NOT JUST THE PRESIDENT,
BUT I’M ALSO A CLIENT.
I THOUGHT MAYBE TRUMP WAS
VOUCHING FOR IT.
SO WAS HE REALLY TAKING IT?
THEN WE GOT REPORTING THAT MADE
ME THINK HE IS TAKING THE DRUG
TO WARD OFF THE VIRUS, EVEN
THOUGH IT’S NOT RECOMMENDED BY
HIS OWN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
IT WAS ALMOST TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN
THE PRESIDENT’S FIRST VALET
TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS.
THAT WAS THEN FOLLOWED BY
ANOTHER WHITE HOUSE STAFFER,
MIKE PRESENCE’S PRESS SECRETARY
WHO TESTED POSITIVE.
YESTERDAY, THE PRESIDENT’S
PERSONAL PHYSICIAN RELEASED THIS
WEIRD DOCTOR’S NOTE SAYING THAT
AFTER THOSE POSITIVE TESTS, "WE
CONCLUDED THE POTENTIAL BENEFIT
FROM TREATMENT OUTWEIGHED THE
RELATIVE RISKS."
TO BE CLEAR, THIS IS A EQUIVOCAL
DOCUMENT.
IT DOES NOT FLAT OUT SAY TRUMP
IS TAKING THE DRUG.
IT SUGGESTS HE IS.
AND TODAY, THE WHITE HOUSE
CONFIRMED THAT YES, TRUMP IS
TAKING IT.
AS WITH EVERYTHING IN THIS WHITE
HOUSE, WHO KNOWS FOR SURE?
BUT THE TIMELINE DOES MATCH UP.
ASSUMING IT’S TRUE, WHICH I COME
TO BELIEVE IT’S PROBABLY TRUE,
THE PRESIDENT IS TAKING THIS
DRUG OFF LABEL AGAINST THE
ADVICE OF HIS OWN GOVERNMENT
AGENCIES THAT ARE TASKED WITH,
YOU KNOW, FIGURING THIS STUFF
OUT.
IT WAS LESS THAN A MONTH AGO
THAT THE FDA WARNED OF HEART
PROBLEMS FROM TAKING THE DRUG,
SPECIFICALLY DANGEROUS
ABNORMALITIES IN HEART RHYTHM.
EVEN SOME OF THE FOLKS ON TRUMP
TV SAID WHAT THE PRESIDENT WAS
DOING WAS NUTS.
>> IF YOU ARE IN A RISKY
POPULATION HERE, AND YOU ARE
TAKING THIS AS A PREVENTATIVE
TREATMENT TO WARD OFF THE VIRUS,
OR IN A WORST CASE SCENARIO, YOU
WERE DEALING WITH THE VIRUS, AND
YOU ARE IN THIS VULNERABLE
POPULATION, IT WILL KILL YOU.
I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH, THIS
WILL KILL YOU.
>> THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN
OBSESSIVELY HAWKING
HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE LIKE HE’S A
SALESMAN FOR IT.
WE SHOULD BE CLEAR THAT THERE
WERE SOME EARLY STORIES THAT
SUGGESTED HE WAS PROMISING.
IT’S STILL SORT OF AN OPEN
QUESTION, BUT THE BULK OF
EVIDENCE IS LEANING TOWARDS NO.
BUT THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN ON
THIS FROM THE BEGINNING.
AT FIRST, THE QUESTION WAS LIKE,
WHAT IS THE ANGLE HERE IF WHY IS
HE OBSESSED WITH THIS?
SOME PEOPLE JUMPED ON THE FACT
THAT TRUMP HAS A VERY SMALL
PERSONAL FINANCIAL INTEREST IN
THE COMPANY THAT MAKES A BRAND
NAME VERSION OF THE DRUG.
BUT IT’S A PRETTY SMALL
INTEREST, AND THE NOTION THIS
WAS BEING DRIVEN BY THAT
FINANCIAL GAIN DIDN’T MAKE A LOT
OF SENSE TO ME.
MORE COMPELLING WAS OUSTED
VACCINE EXPERT DR. RICK BRIGHT’S
SUGGESTION THAT THE PRESIDENT
WAS PUSHING THE DRUG TO BENEFIT
POLITICALLY CONNECTED ALLIES.
THAT ALSO MIGHT BE TRUE, BUT IT
SEEMED POSSIBLE THAT
FUNDAMENTALLY, THE REASON WAS
THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST
BELIEVED HIS OWN BS.
I MEAN, HERE IS A GUY WHO HAS
BEEN PUMPING CONSERVATIVE MEDIA
INTO HIS BRAIN FOR A DECADE OR
TWO AT LEAST, AND THAT ENTIRE
UNIVERSE RUNS ON ADVERTISEMENTS
FOR MAGIC PILLS AND SUPPLEMENTS
THAT WILL CURE ALL YOUR ILLS.
>> LET ME SAY THAT I HAVE NEVER
BEFORE ENDORSED A PAIN RELIEVER.
BUT WHEN THE FATHER AND SON
OWNERS OF RELIEF FACTOR ASKED ME
TO ENDORSE THEIR PRODUCT, I
COULDN’T SAY NO.
>> MY SISTER STARTED TAKING IT.
SHE NOTICED HER HAIR GOT
THICKER, HER NAILS GOT STRONGER.
SOME OF THE FINE LINES AND SKIN,
SHE NOTICED CHANGES IN HER
APPEARANCE.
>> YOU KNOW, YOU’VE GOT THOSE
POWDERS.
HAVE YOU HAD ANYBODY HAVE BAD
REACTION TO THEM OR IS IT ALL
PRETTY BENIGN?
>> I’VE NEVER HAD ANYBODY HAVE A
BAD REACTION.
>> YOUR GENETIC FLAWS, ASSUMING
WE ALL HAVE THEM, CAN BE CURED
WITH A VITAMIN?
>> IT SEEMS THAT WAY.
>> I WANT YOU TO GET THE
ULTIMATE CRILL OIL.
I WANT YOU TO GET DNA FORCE
PLUS.
I WANT YOU TO EXPERIENCE X2.
GET REAL RED PILL AT REAL RED
PILL PLUS.
THEY’RE ALL IN STOCK RIGHT NOW,
AND 30% TO 60% OFF.
>> WE COULD HAVE MADE THAT
MONOLOGUE MONTAGE EIGHT HOURS
LONG.
AND TRUMP HIMSELF STARTED A
VITAMIN COMPANY THAT WENT BUST,
WHICH OFFERED A URINE TEST TO
RECOMMEND CUSTOMIZED NUTRITIONAL
SUPPLEMENTS.
ONE DOCTOR CALLED ITS CLAIMS
HERE QUITE INSANE.
THE NOTION THE PRESIDENT IS TAKE
THING DRUG SPEAKS NOT ONLY TO
HIS PAST, BUT ALSO TO THE WAY HE
HAS GONE ABOUT THIS ENTIRE
CATASTROPHE FROM THE BEGINNING.
ALWAYS, ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SOME
MAGIC BULLET, FOR SOME EASY
SOLUTION, THE MAGIC PILL.
"THE WASHINGTON POST" REPORTED
LAST MONTH THAT FOX HOST LAURA
INGRAM AND WHO DOCTORS WHO WERE
HER GUESTS, VISITED THE WHITE
HOUSE FOR A PRIVATE MEETING TO
TALK UP THE DRUG, AND HE LOVED
IT.
HE WAS SOLD.
HE TOOK THEED A VILS OF ADVICE O
INGRAM’S MEDICINE CABINET OVER
HIS OWN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
THIS IS NOT EVEN SOME CORRUPT
ANGLE HE’S WORKING.
THE PRESIDENT LITERALLY THINK
THERE IS IS SOME SECRET MAGIC
SOLUTION.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS HIS OWN MARK.
HE IS THE PRESIDENT AND
LITERALLY ALSO A CLIENT.
HE VIEWS THE CORONAVIRUS NOT AS
AN EXTREMELY COMPLICATED AND
DIFFICULT PROBLEM THAT REQUIRES
MERGING TOGETHER A HUGE SPECTRUM
OF EXPERTISE TO WEIGH AND
BALANCE RISKS AND CONTROLLED
STUDIES AND SAFETY AND EFFICACY.
NO, HE THINK IT CAN BE DENIED OR
GO AWAY LIKE A MIRACLE OR JUST
PILLED AWAY.
THERE’S GOT TO BE SOME EASY
SOLUTION OUT THERE SOMEWHERE.
AND WHEN AN ACTUAL REAL
SCIENTIST LIKE DR. RICK BRIGHT
TRIES TO STAND IN THE WAY OF THE
ADMINISTRATION FLOODING STATES
WITH THIS MAGIC PILL, TRUMP GETS
RID OF HIM.
SO AT THIS POINT, WHEN THE WHOLE
WORLD IS FIGURING OUT WHAT TO DO
NOW, HAVING ABSORBED MUCH OF THE
FIRST WAVE OF THE PANDEMIC, AND
DEATH AND ILLNESS AND MISERY AND
ECONOMIC RUIN AND THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND OTHERS
ARE EXCHANGING INFORMATION AND
RESEARCH, AND THERE ARE
INTERNATIONAL EXAMPLES TO DRAW