Trump says by Easter he wants packed churches all over our country…I think it’ll be a beautiful time," while the US passes 50,000 cases and counties and states announce closings, and a growing number of infections and deaths. https://t.co/XLv25zyUZO

— Amy Siskind 🏳️‍🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) March 24, 2020

President Trump starts press briefing by saying easing the coronavirus guidelines by April 21 would be a "great thing for our country" and that officials are "working hard to make that a reality."

"Easter is our timeline," he said. "What a timeline that would be."

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) March 24, 2020

President Trump: "I said earlier today that I hope we can do this by Easter, I think that would be a great thing for our country and we're all working very hard to make that a reality." pic.twitter.com/0ME91RAwM3

— The Hill (@thehill) March 24, 2020

Trump just said he wants to reopen the country by Easter, to which a Fox News host says it would be "a wonderful American resurrection."

You need to understand something. The Cult of Trump is a merging of white supremacy, religion, nationalism, and the worship of capitalism.

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— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) March 24, 2020

I'm don't know where this widespread conservative Christian "Ignore public health officials" impetus comes from. Hatred of government? Arrogance in thinking we're too holy to get infected? Selfishness? Stupidity? Whatever it is, it is endangering lives, and therefore anti-life. https://t.co/di6l0qJuHG

— James Martin, SJ (@JamesMartinSJ) March 24, 2020

With an election on the horizon, the president and his allies are attempting to craft a new narrative https://t.co/dpJ3nZeOZ1

— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) March 24, 2020

For the first time, it is now possible to quantify the cost of the slow response to the coronavirus, as President Trump was claiming as recently as February that in a “couple of days” the number of cases in the U.S. “is going to be down to close to zero.” https://t.co/ZwMjPfuezh

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) March 25, 2020

He thinks he cured the virus and it will be all over in a week or so. https://t.co/bLWIsL8dxd

— digby (@digby56) March 24, 2020

Can’t wait for Easter pic.twitter.com/Lwt75nyXD4

— Randy Rainbow (@RandyRainbow) March 24, 2020

I never thought living in a dystopia would be so stupid https://t.co/kmuO7TKI2y

— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) March 24, 2020

.@chrislhayes on why we aren't playing sound from Trump today:

“In the midst of a global pandemic, the President went out and said things that are flat out wrong, that are lies, and that are dangerous…Frankly, the President has become a genuine threat to public health.” pic.twitter.com/AAgPxlv4ey

— All In with Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) March 25, 2020

When he says “I” he means of course “you” https://t.co/3hoSO9BMZF

— David Frum (@davidfrum) March 24, 2020

JUST IN: Fauci says Trump's Easter goal for lifting coronavirus restrictions should be "very flexible" https://t.co/bRzT6xP3OX pic.twitter.com/s9ilzH7QSY

— The Hill (@thehill) March 24, 2020

In Oval meeting last week, health officials Fauci, Hahn and Redfield all warned Trump about malaria drugs for coronavirus, urging him to wait for clinical trials. HHS Secretary Azar said he would unilaterally approve them immediately, stunning others. https://t.co/ZUkBO3QXwc

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) March 25, 2020

If you need a wake-up call, here it is: My husband was on a large conference call of American med school deans last night. One asked about legal coverage for pulling people off ventilators to give to others more likely to survive. I.e., not being charged with murder. Here we are.

— Alice Dreger (@AliceDreger) March 24, 2020

Latest case trajectories for major countries and outbreaks:

• US case count continues to set the pace
• Record new number of UK cases. No sign of slowing here
• Turkey joins this chart, cases rising alarmingly fast

• Read about flattening the curve: https://t.co/7A0ICnzEVm pic.twitter.com/0NBOdgkK5h

— John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) March 24, 2020

probably not even a page lead right now tbh https://t.co/Wc7lpeH2rn

— Jim Pickard (@PickardJE) March 24, 2020

Obama spent years dealing with bad-faith attacks from the arsonists in the Tea Party/Freedom Caucus and now Mark Meadows steps in as WH Chief of Staff to manage a $6 trillion stimulus. What a journey for these totally sincere deficit hawks. https://t.co/BExGxPHG2m

— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) March 24, 2020

Trump doesnt actually DO anything https://t.co/CBAxgkDOg9

— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) March 24, 2020

JUST IN: Sanders plans to participate in April DNC debate https://t.co/CCRikzeo1R pic.twitter.com/RJJKkl58YU

— The Hill (@thehill) March 24, 2020