Daniel Dale

Daniel Dale @ddale8

In addition, the US did not completely shut down travel from China; exempted citizens/green card holders/some of their family members, and 40,000 flew to US post-restrictions, per NYT. So...there are three things wrong with these two sentences. https://t.co/pkOqe0lD9Z — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

RT @GlennKesslerWP: here's that fact check --> https://t.co/jxwHffUY1u — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

After falsely denying he’d called China transparent, Trump said, “If I'm so good to China, how come I was the only person, the only leader of a country, that closed our borders tightly against China?" WaPo: 38 countries imposed major China restrictions before him/at same time. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Ho hum: the president denies saying another thing he explicitly said, makes at least five other false claims at coronavirus press conference. https://t.co/xtgtmQW2xr — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @maggieNYT: The president, who rolled out a partnership for testing in parking lots at major retailers in mid-March, now says fed govt "… — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@tgagemurphy I repeated your joke and attributed it to a Twitter follower! Apologies for not getting your name down in time. (But good joke and thank you) — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @arappeport: Trump, again, criticizes Dems for insisting Kennedy Center funding be included in the rescue package. Three weeks ago, Tr… — PolitiTweet.org

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A reporter tries to ask an extra question on behalf of someone who couldn't be there. "Who cares" that they can't be there, Trump says. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jdawsey1: said that again tonight. https://t.co/r8BQWY4Ace — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump says he doesn't like the way this briefing "looks," with the distancing and fewer reporters, although it's okay with him in the other way that there are fewer reporters. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump says he's not going to put "any pressure on the governors" to open up. He says some are "ready to go," but the others he won't bother; it'll be opened in "beautiful little pieces." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

.@kaitlancollins presses Trump about his own praise of China's transparency. He sidesteps. When she presses again, he says, "I don't talk about China's transparency." He sure did. https://t.co/KsJzfqmjcy — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump lies that China "paid us nothing in your last administration" or in "any previous administration." In addition to the fact that the tariffs are paid by Americans, it was about $12 billion a year from China tariffs from 2007 to 2016. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump: "The governors are supposed to do testing. It's up to the governors." "It's now not up - and it hasn't been up - to the federal government." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump repeats his eternal false claim that the tariffs are being paid by China. — PolitiTweet.org

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Reminded he said the same things as the WHO about China, Trump says...he did a trade deal with China and would love to have a good relationship with China. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump asked about testing capacity and its sufficiency for a reopening: "The individual governors have testing." "If they're not satisfied with their testing, they shouldn't open." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump: You can talk about Constitution, you can talk about federalism, you can talk about whatever you want, but I'm talking about how from a managerial perspective, it's best to let governors manage their own states. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump says they're doing a "very thorough investigation" regarding the WHO; "we have to look at" all the mistakes that were made; he says he's talking about a 60-90-day period. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump repeats his claim that other countries, countries you thought were doing well on testing, are actually calling his administration for help. (The usual caveats about Trump phone call stories apply.) — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump is talkin'. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jdawsey1: Trump has been reading companies and their CEOS who are working with the administration for several minutes, riffing on some… — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump added that he will be holding governors accountable, and watching them closely, but also working with them. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

This is Trump's way out of his "total authority" nonsense from yesterday -- pretending he is benevolently gifting the governors power they already have. https://t.co/rIlD7oKIX7 — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Ha. Trump says he will be "authorizing" each governor to reopen their state at the time of their choosing. This isn't his call; he doesn't get to authorize. The power is already theirs. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump: "The plans to reopen the country are close to being finalized and we will soon be sharing details and new guidelines with everybody." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump is reciting his usual rally boasts about the economy, this time in the past tense. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump touts the stock market. "If we weren't doing well," the markets would be lower, he claims. He adds that the country will soon be "booming." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump is boasting about how many ventilators he says are being produced, "anywhere from 150,000 to 200,000 ventilators." He claims he used the Defense Production Act "so powerfully," as a "hammer" in negotiations with companies, that he didn't really have to actually invoke it. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kaitlancollins: POTUS announces he’s halting WHO funding while a review happens. — PolitiTweet.org