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Anecdotally, I see attitudes among friends and family towards Coronavirus split along the same lines as whether they support or despise Trump.

drewg123 7y ago
Which way does the split go? Trump supporters are panicking about the virus, or not panicking?
- beamatronic 7y ago
  Trump supporters are downplaying the whole thing.
bjourne 7y ago
But didn't Trump say it was an hoax? If so, are the Trump supporters the ones that are least worried?
- luxuryballs 7y ago
  No, Trump did not say the virus was a hoax, that was fake news.
  - Smoosh 7y ago
    > “This is their new hoax,” he said, referring to the coronavirus. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/28/trump-says-the-coronavirus-is-the-democrats-new-hoax.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/28/trump-says-the-coronavirus-i... Straight from the horses mouth. But I'm sure he was misquoted and taken out of context...
    - DangitBobby 7y ago
      He actually was misquoted or taken out of context... https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-coronavirus-rally-remark/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-coronavirus-rally-re... His exact words: > Now the Democrats are politicizing the coronavirus. You know that, right? Coronavirus. They’re politicizing it. We did one of the great jobs. You say, ‘How’s President Trump doing?’ They go, ‘Oh, not good, not good.’ They have no clue. They don’t have any clue. They can’t even count their votes in Iowa, they can’t even count. No they can’t. They can’t count their votes. > One of my people came up to me and said, ‘Mr. President, they tried to beat you on Russia, Russia, Russia. That didn’t work out too well. They couldn’t do it. They tried the impeachment hoax. That was on a perfect conversation. They tried anything, they tried it over and over, they’ve been doing it since you got in. It’s all turning, they lost, it’s all turning. Think of it. Think of it. And this is their new hoax. But you know, we did something that’s been pretty amazing. We’re 15 people [cases of coronavirus infection] in this massive country. And because of the fact that we went early, we went early, we could have had a lot more than that.
      - DangitBobby 7y ago
        Interesting that my first ever downvoted comment on this site is on a comment where I dispel political misinformation.
    - s1artibartfast 7y ago
      Not a trump fan, but I would say it is roughly equivalent to GW Bush's "Mission Accomplished" speech, which is still shamelessly taken out of context.
    - refurb 7y ago
      I don't even like Trump, but it's clearly apparent he was talking about the Democrats saying he's handling Coronavirus poorly. That's the hoax.
    - luxuryballs 7y ago
      He’s obviously talking about excessively drumming up panic in the media... how would anyone think the virus itself is a hoax?

drewg123 7y ago

Which way does the split go? Trump supporters are panicking about the virus, or not panicking?

beamatronic 7y ago
Trump supporters are downplaying the whole thing.

bjourne 7y ago

But didn't Trump say it was an hoax? If so, are the Trump supporters the ones that are least worried?

luxuryballs 7y ago
No, Trump did not say the virus was a hoax, that was fake news.
- Smoosh 7y ago
  > “This is their new hoax,” he said, referring to the coronavirus. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/28/trump-says-the-coronavirus-is-the-democrats-new-hoax.html https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/28/trump-says-the-coronavirus-i... Straight from the horses mouth. But I'm sure he was misquoted and taken out of context...
  - DangitBobby 7y ago
    He actually was misquoted or taken out of context... https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-coronavirus-rally-remark/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-coronavirus-rally-re... His exact words: > Now the Democrats are politicizing the coronavirus. You know that, right? Coronavirus. They’re politicizing it. We did one of the great jobs. You say, ‘How’s President Trump doing?’ They go, ‘Oh, not good, not good.’ They have no clue. They don’t have any clue. They can’t even count their votes in Iowa, they can’t even count. No they can’t. They can’t count their votes. > One of my people came up to me and said, ‘Mr. President, they tried to beat you on Russia, Russia, Russia. That didn’t work out too well. They couldn’t do it. They tried the impeachment hoax. That was on a perfect conversation. They tried anything, they tried it over and over, they’ve been doing it since you got in. It’s all turning, they lost, it’s all turning. Think of it. Think of it. And this is their new hoax. But you know, we did something that’s been pretty amazing. We’re 15 people [cases of coronavirus infection] in this massive country. And because of the fact that we went early, we went early, we could have had a lot more than that.
    - DangitBobby 7y ago
      Interesting that my first ever downvoted comment on this site is on a comment where I dispel political misinformation.
  - s1artibartfast 7y ago
    Not a trump fan, but I would say it is roughly equivalent to GW Bush's "Mission Accomplished" speech, which is still shamelessly taken out of context.
  - refurb 7y ago
    I don't even like Trump, but it's clearly apparent he was talking about the Democrats saying he's handling Coronavirus poorly. That's the hoax.
  - luxuryballs 7y ago
    He’s obviously talking about excessively drumming up panic in the media... how would anyone think the virus itself is a hoax?