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COVERAGE ROUNDUP: RNC Disregards Reality & Surrenders to the Virus at Super Spreader Convention

By August 28, 2020No Comments

This week’s Republican National Convention was characterized by a complete disregard for American lives and for reality. Throughout four days — as nearly 4,000 people lost their lives — Trump and Republicans surrendered to the virus, flouting expert guidance on distancing while pretending the pandemic was a thing of the past. 

But on earth, it’s not. Despite Republicans’ desperate attempts to wish the virus away, with 180,000 lives lost and nearly 6 million people infected, it continues to spread uncontrolled as a result of President Trump’s disastrous response. 

Here’s a roundup of the coverage:

  • New York Times: The Unmasked Ball: Trump Creates His Own Pandemic-Free Reality
  • CNN: Few Masks, Lack Of Social Distancing At Final Night Of RNC
  • Los Angeles Times: At The RNC, The Claims About Covid-19 Pandemic Do Not Match Reality
  • BuzzFeed: A Large Crowd At President Trump’s RNC Rally Basically Ignored COVID-19 Social Distancing Precautions
  • Vox: Trump Used The RNC To Gaslight America On COVID-19
  • TIME: At the Republican National Convention, You Might Think COVID-19 Was Over
  • POLITICO: RNC Tries To Rewrite Trump’s Coronavirus Record
  • Washington Post: Few Masks, Little Distancing: Trump Celebrates At Crowded White House Party Largely Devoid Of Coronavirus Precautions
  • Associated Press: What Virus? At GOP’s Convention, Pandemic Is Largely Ignored
  • The Hill: Hundreds Gather At White House For Trump Speech Despite Covid-19 Guidelines
  • AZCentral: How Trump’s Lie-Filled RNC Speech — Incendiary For Most, Ho-Hum For Him — Fell Flat As TV
  • The Week: More Than 3,600 Americans Died Of Covid-19 During The Republican National Convention
  • Huffington Post: RNC Celebrates A Coronavirus Response That Didn’t Happen
  • The Charlotte Observer: Masks Are Required At RNC 2020 In Charlotte. But Many Are Not Wearing One.
  • BuzzFeed: The Republican National Convention Is Creating A False Coronavirus Fantasy
  • Daily Beast: Ivanka Wants to Brag About Results? How About 180,000 Dead People
  • Los Angeles Times Commentary: Trump Closes RNC With A Potential Super-Spreader Event: Of Covid-19, Racism And Fear
  • Daily Beast: CNN’s Jake Tapper Denounces Trump’s RNC ‘Super-Spreader Event’

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