Most people aren’t buying what Donald Trump is selling amid the deadly coronavirus outbreak that’s gone worldwide, and even some conservatives are expressing growing frustration with the president. The stock market — although it’s up today — has been erratic, and Trump’s handling of the looming pandemic probably isn’t helping the Dow. After it was revealed that one individual who attended the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) tested positive for the novel coronavirus, Trump straight-up lied.
“But as of right now and yesterday, anybody that needs a test, that’s the important thing,” the president said on Friday. “And the tests are all perfect.” Of course, that’s just not true at all.
Politico reports that some pro-Trump attendees are a bit pissed off since VIPs who also showed up at the event “have been notified directly even to be told they did not interact with the infected man, while ordinary rank-and-file conference-goers have by and large been left to wonder, receiving only vaguer information in mass emails.”
Meanwhile, critics have noted the irony of prominent officials downplaying the outbreak even as the disease may silently have been spreading among the Trump administration’s own members and supporters.”
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Even conspiracy theorist and total douchekebab Mike Cernovich — who did not attend CPAC but hosted a “Night for Freedom” party during the event — expressed concerns.
“CPAC is handling it exactly the wrong way,” Cernovich said.
“There’s one tier of people with information and another tier without,” said Jack Posobiec, an absolute walnut who is now a correspondent for One America News Network. Posobiec told the outlet that he briefly attended CPAC.
Posobiec, who has been retweeted by the president in the past despite a penchant for promoting conspiracy theories, said questions and concerns about exposure at the conference were gripping pro-Trump grassroots circles. ‘Of course my phone’s been blowing up,’ he said. OANN has been a sponsor of CPAC in past years.”
Kimberly Klacik, a Republican activist running for the House in Maryland, also complained.
So, at @CPAC I had a table, met hundreds, shook hands with hundreds. My daughter has been sick for a week. I have to cancel today’s events because of it.
Gaetz & other VIPs get to know who the individual is, however little people like me can’t know? @mschlapp https://t.co/qyY6Hb4EBI
— Kimberly Klacik (@kimKBaltimore) March 10, 2020
After an email was sent out that noted that the individual who tested positive “had no interaction with the president or the vice president,” others weighed in with their “fucking” frustrations.
“What annoys me is CPAC spends the whole fucking email reassuring me that Trump is fine and not anything about the person in question or whether we, who attended are fine,” said a former Trump administration official who attended CPAC. “Have something in there about contacting CDC if you have symptoms or something. I don’t care about Trump’s health.”
I hate agreeing with shitlords like Posobiec and Cernovich, but if elected officials and fancy pants donors can get tested, then everyone should be able to get tested. Maybe next time they should consider not voting for a raging narcissist.
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