Donald Trump is trailing Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in just about every legitimate poll, and even with the president’s favorite pollster, Rasmussen. In Arizona, a Republican stronghold, Trump is losing support fast less than two months before the election in November. The reason is simple: Trump downplayed the coronavirus while knowing how dangerous it was, and now it’s costing him support. Apparently, killing people isn’t a good strategy in winning an election.
Nothing about the former reality show star is real. Trump’s promises aren’t kept, and he has failed as president to keep Americans safe. Trump surrendered to the coronavirus pandemic without putting up a fight. But, he is fighting to stay in office by being deceptive.
Pro Publica journalist Alec MacGillis penned an article in 2016, and he took the photo that accompanied it. The president tweeted out the photo of a slew of MAGA signs in front of a home to show support for his 2020 reelection, but MacGillis jumped in to fact-check Trump.
1) This picture is from four years ago.
2) I took the photo. Where’s my credit?? https://t.co/LZLkV4d5F9— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) September 13, 2020
Here it is: March 2016. Nice try, @realDonaldTrump.https://t.co/rTkMyv4L0K
— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) September 13, 2020
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Twitter users had a field day.
Trump is using 2016 pictures because his campaign is BROKE 😂
— Baligubadle (@Baligubadle1) September 13, 2020
Maybe he’s stealing 2016 pictures because he is broke. Just saying
— Adept Info Solutions (@KathaleenPortr1) September 13, 2020
Come on, Alec, we know he’s never asked for consent in his life.
— Dana Goldberg (@DGComedy) September 13, 2020
Here in my town. Thanks Sebastopol pic.twitter.com/9dMlgdCMFq
— Dr. snEvil (@voxin2) September 13, 2020
If it’s yours (I believe you), report it as unauthorized use and get it taken down.
🙂— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) September 13, 2020
They kind of look like a cemetery full of headstones.
Which is appropriate, I guess.
— CagedMitch (@CagedMitch) September 13, 2020
Are these makeshift grave markers of the people he’skilled with his panic free Covid response?
— Dark Shadows, Soup, Planes -Trump is Unraveling (@UNverwalkalone) September 13, 2020
yes! one sign equals 5,000 dead!
— Michael Sheffield (@mtsheffield) September 13, 2020
The president held a horrifying indoor rally last night in Nevada, defying the state’s guidelines, then told his super-spreader crowd amid the raging pandemic, “If the governor comes after you, which he shouldn’t be doing, I’ll be with you all the way.” Because Trump has failed abysmally to lead by example, the pandemic has not been contained. Trump made wearing a mask political and continues to mock social distancing practices. The president is the leading cause of death in the United States, so we can see why he posted a photo from 2016.
Featured image via Gage Skidmore/Flickr, under Creative Commons license 2.0
