![]() “I still like playing it down, because I don’t want to create a panic.” “I wanted to always play it down,” the president said. Trump admitted to Woodward on March 19 that he deliberately minimized the danger. He insisted the administration had the virus totally under control. Publicly, Trump was saying the coronavirus was no worse than the seasonal flu and that it would soon disappear. “This is deadly stuff,” the president repeated for emphasis. It’s also more deadly than even your strenuous flus.” “You just breathe the air and that’s how it’s passed,” Trump said in a Feb. 7 call. “Ten days later, Trump called Woodward and revealed that he thought the situation was far more dire than what he had been saying publicly. Pottinger is reported to have told Trump that, with the outbreak of the coronavirus, the world faced a health emergency on par with the flu pandemic of 1918, which killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide. O’Brien and Matthew Pottinger, the deputy national security adviser. Reporters Robert Costa and Philip Rucker said Trump had been briefed on the deadly nature of COVID-19 in January by national security adviser Robert C. Trump’s conversations with Woodward were revealed in a Washington Post story posted Wednesday titled, “Woodward book: Trump says he knew coronavirus was ‘deadly’ and worse than the flu while intentionally misleading Americans.” ![]() If he had told the public COVID-19 was deadly, the price of such items would have gone up, he said. We don’t want to jump up and down and start shouting that we have a problem, that is a tremendous problem and scare everybody,” Trump said.īy not saying anything, the United States was able to buying masks and gowns at the best price, the president said. He denied that he had mislead the public. Vela added: “Donald Trump has failed the American people and the nearly 200,000 Americans that lost their lives to this deadly virus.”Īt a press briefing at the White House on Wednesday, Trump acknowledged he had kept the seriousness of COVID-19 away from Americans. The growing horrifying toll of Trump’s deadly disinformation and negligence deepens the pain for grieving families and those suffering most from our failing economy.” “All of this pain could have been avoided, but President Trump chose politics over lives. ![]() “Because of his betrayal to our nation, more than six million Americans have been infected, 190,000 have died and tens of millions are jobless and at risk of hunger and homelessness,” Vela said. The blood of thousands of Americans are on his hands.” In his own words, Donald Trump has unveiled the alarming truth that he was fully aware of the deadly nature of the coronavirus but chose to hide the facts and refused to take the threat seriously for purely political reasons.”īy ignoring the advice and warnings of countless medical doctors and scientists, Vela said, “Trump left our entire country exposed and unprepared. We all wish Congressman Vela and his wife Rose the best as they prepare to begin this next chapter of their lives.Vela, a Democrat from Brownsville, said: “The President of the United States of America has admitted to mass murder. “Members of Congress look forward to continuing to benefit from Congressman Vela’s leadership for the rest of his term. His patriotic leadership on the Armed Services Committee has helped keep the American people safe, while honoring our nation’s values. On the Agriculture Committee, he has been a force for good for Texas and America, helping ensure that producers and farmers can continue to feed America and hungry families can put food on the table. “Over a lifetime of public service, in both the Congress and the courtroom, Congressman Vela has fought For The People. His leadership in the Congress will be missed when he departs. “Congressman Filemon Vela is a proud son of Brownsville, who has dedicated decades to helping advance justice, opportunity and prosperity for the people of the Rio Grande Valley. San Francisco - Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement on the retirement of Congressman Filemon Vela of Texas at the end of the 117th Congress:
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