Consider it a trial run for the debates.
, telling a town hall on Tuesday that he"up played it" despite his assertion in a recorded interview this year that he"wanted to always play it down."hosted by ABC News in the must win battleground of Pennsylvania, an event that served as something of a preview for the presidential debates that are set to begin later this month.
Herd immunity is the notion that the virus is eradicated after a high percentage of the population is infected, limiting its ability to spread. at campaign rallies and at the White House in recent months. Asked why he had not produced a health care plan he has long promised will protect Americans with preexisting conditions, Trump said he has a plan"already" but declined to provide details about when it would be released. When he asserted"a lot of people" think masks are"not good" for managing the spread of the virus, Stephanopoulos pressed for an example of who was saying that.
"I wanted to always play it down. I still like playing it down, because I don’t want to create a panic," Trump told Woodward on March 19 in excerpts of audio interviews obtained by CNN.Trump frequently compared the coronavirus to the flu, arguing that"nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on" during even the most deadly flu seasons.
In one particularly poignant moment, a Dominican woman who had recently become a U.S. citizen told the story of how her mother had recently died of cancer. She told Trump that he"made people closer" during the pandemic because they"learned how to love" their families."We’ll have it taken care of. It’s going to get taken care of," he said."The vaccines are going to make a big difference.
Trump carried Pennsylvania by less than 1 percentage point in 2016. The suburbs of Philadelphia are among the most competitive in the country, though Trump is also seeking to run up turnout in more reliably conservative parts of the state.
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