From “Russia! Russia! Russia!” to impeachment, the left has been desperately trying to oust Donald Trump from the presidency. After repeated failures, they saw a new opportunity in the coronavirus outbreak, and immediately began politicizing it, accusing him of overreacting, then under-reacting, spreading lies about what he and his administration has done.
Over the past week or so, we’ve seen a new strategy arise: calling for an end to Trump’s daily coronavirus press briefings.
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow called for her network to stop broadcasting the briefings last week, accusing the president of lying and spreading disinformation. CNN’s Jake Tapper suggested that Trump shouldn’t be giving briefings, and that he should let Mike Pence “take the helm” instead. Rolling Stone called on the media to stop airing Trump’s coronavirus briefings live because they’re “a danger to the public health.”