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Donald Trump Claims He “Up-Played” COVID-19 Threat In Train Wreck Town Hall; Tells ABC News “I Hope There Isn’t A Race Problem” In America, Claims Problem Is Police “Chokers” - Deadline

Donald Trump Claims He “Up-Played” COVID-19 Threat In Train Wreck Town Hall; Tells ABC News “I Hope There Isn’t A Race Problem” In America, Claims Problem Is Police “Chokers” - Deadline

Donald Trump Claims He “Up-Played” COVID-19 Threat In Train Wreck Town Hall; Tells ABC News “I Hope There Isn’t A Race Problem” In America, Claims Problem Is Police “Chokers” - Deadline
Sep 16, 2020 2 mins, 39 secs

“Yeah, well, I didn’t downplay it,” Donald Trump told an ABC News’ town hall tonight of his response to the deadly coronavirus.

— ABC News (@ABC) September 16, 2020.

“I wanted to play to always play it down,” Trump said to the All The President’s Men co-author on March 19, just as America was going into a lockdown that POTUS called unnecessary.

“I think we did a great job,” Trump said later in the town hall, claiming it could have been much worse if not for his actions.

“It would go away without the vaccine, George, but it’s going to go away a lot faster with it,” Trump said.

“Well, I hope there’s not a race problem,” Trump replied to voter Pastor Carl Day, who pointed out his Make America Great Again mantra “pushes us back to a time in which we cannot identify with such ‘greatness.” Trump continued: “I can tell you there’s none with me because I have great respect for all races — for everybody.

Trump on how his slogan "Make America Great Again" relates to Black Americans, "because that pushes us back to a time in which we cannot identify with such greatness.".

“I can only say this, that the police in this country have done generally a great job,” Trump said in an extended stream of consciousness after being asked about brutality and racism that saw the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor by law enforcement and the recent shooting of Jacob Blake.

“There are crimes, there are problems, and there are chokers,” Trump said, while almost as aside admitting that the deaths of Floyd and Taylor were “tragic events.”.

At one point, as he faulted “Democrat states” for mounting crises, Stephanopulos had to remind him that they are “American states.” At another instance, Trump criticized Joe Biden for not implementing a national mask mandate even though he said he would.

military personnel and veterans, a visibly agitated Trump again denied it and called The Atlantic article and others “fake news” with “made up quotes.” Heavily criticized as unfit for office by his ex-Defense Secretary, his ex-Chief of Staff and his ex-National Security Advisor, among others, Trump, as he has before, called the men he once highly praised as “disgruntled ex-employees.”.

Trump in a special @abc2020 event: "I never made those statements!

— ABC News (@ABC) September 16, 2020

— ABC News (@ABC) September 16, 2020

Both Trump and Biden were in the state last week to visit the Shanksville Memorial for the 19th anniversary of 9/11

With over 35 years under his belt as a Senator from neighboring Delaware, Biden currently holds a nearly 10-point lead over Trump in Pennsylvania, though that is expected to tighten in coming weeks as the duo meet for a trio of live debates

ABC News said that it did offer Biden a town hall as well, but said that they “were not able to find a mutually agreeable date” with the Biden campaign

On the other hand, Biden will be appearing on CNN on Thursday for a town hall of his own with anchor Anderson Cooper

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