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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'God-tier genetics': A stunned MAGA world offers blame, adulation after Trump's diagnosis
PoliticoDonald Trumps coronavirus diagnosis has stunned MAGA world, but it hasnt changed how it reacts to bad news: blame others, accuse the left of craven behavior and cling tighter to the president.
As updates around Trumps health fluctuated throughout the day before the medical staff decided to move Trump to Walter Reed hospital Friday night Trumps hardcore base seemed unable to deviate from its traditional impulses.
The presidents backers furiously descended upon commentators who pointed out Trumps comorbidities, such as his borderline obesity and age, which raise the risk of serious infection. Conservatives accused journalists and liberals of celebrating or even questioning Trumps diagnosis, compiling lists of who they claimed were the most prominent offenders. On Capitol Hill, Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) tweeted that China gave this virus to the president and first lady, and demanded: WE MUST HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
Out on the MAGA world fringes, people were divided. Some swiftly predicted rosy outcomes the president was already healthy, he could take hydroxychloroquine, a much-hyped drug Trump has touted as a Covid-19 treatment with no conclusive evidence. Others concocted theories that the Democrats were, somehow, trying to steal the election once again.
As updates around Trumps health fluctuated throughout the day before the medical staff decided to move Trump to Walter Reed hospital Friday night Trumps hardcore base seemed unable to deviate from its traditional impulses.
The presidents backers furiously descended upon commentators who pointed out Trumps comorbidities, such as his borderline obesity and age, which raise the risk of serious infection. Conservatives accused journalists and liberals of celebrating or even questioning Trumps diagnosis, compiling lists of who they claimed were the most prominent offenders. On Capitol Hill, Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) tweeted that China gave this virus to the president and first lady, and demanded: WE MUST HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
Out on the MAGA world fringes, people were divided. Some swiftly predicted rosy outcomes the president was already healthy, he could take hydroxychloroquine, a much-hyped drug Trump has touted as a Covid-19 treatment with no conclusive evidence. Others concocted theories that the Democrats were, somehow, trying to steal the election once again.
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'God-tier genetics': A stunned MAGA world offers blame, adulation after Trump's diagnosis (Original Post)
brooklynite
Oct 2020
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Rorey
(8,445 posts)1. "Borderline obesity"???
Borderline? He crossed that border a LONG time ago.
Yavin4
(35,446 posts)7. Maybe he should have built a wall on that obesity border. n/t
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)2. I ventured out to my crazy cousins twitter account.
He says that the Democrats intentionally infected everyone who went to the rose garden ceremony to get back at them for their SC pick. Really? Really? They have lost their damn minds.
The Magistrate
(95,256 posts)3. i Wish We Were That Good, Ma'am
If we were, our economic and social life, and our politics, would be much different....
tanyev
(42,632 posts)6. So the fiendish super-villains capable of doing that just sat back and let Trump win in 2016???
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)4. The weather report for Trump:
A strong chance of cytokine storms with extremely high temperatures and occasional mud clots due to possible flooding in the lower regions.
Nexus2
(1,261 posts)5. God Tier Genetics?
WTF?
intheflow
(28,505 posts)8. "Democrats were... trying to steal the election once again."
Wait, wut? When did Democrats ever steal an election?
robbob
(3,538 posts)9. In their fevered minds getting people out to vote
= trying to steal the election. Especially, you know, those people...