As New U.S. Cases of Coronavirus Surface, Trump Says Democrats Are Politicizing It Into 'New Hoax'

The Trump administration has come under fire for its response to the coronavirus

has accused Democrats of politicizing the outbreak in an attempt to hurt him politically.

On Saturday, the first coronavirus-related death in the U.S. was reported after the CDC confirmed on Friday that public health authorities in California, Oregon and Washington foundfrom an unknown origin. However, the president, who said 22 people in the U.S. have coronavirus during a Saturday press conference, called the coronavirus the Democrats’ “new hoax” on Friday.

“The Democrats are politicizing the coronavirus. They’re politicizing it,” Trump said during a campaign rally in South Carolina, according to. “One of my people came up to me and said, ‘Mr. President, they tried to beat you on Russia, Russia, Russia.’ That did not work out too well. They could not do it. They tried the impeachment hoax.”

Trump’s eldest son also made a series of bizarre and unfounded comments directed towards democrats earlier on Friday, during a television appearance onAsked whether he was surprised by the way the Democrats’ criticism of how the Trump administration has responded to the spread of the virus so far,

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