President Donald Trump and the pandemic he is supposed to be fighting are running out of control with the two weeks until Election Day shaping up as among the most ugly and divisive periods ever ahead of a presidential vote | Analysis by @StCollinson https://t.co/d18SRof6CN
— CNN (@CNN) October 19, 2020
President Trump mocked Joe Biden on Sunday for trusting scientists about Covid-19 shortly after Biden lambasted the president for continuing to "lie" about the state of the pandemic. https://t.co/bTcxusFrUM
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 19, 2020
Twitter on Sunday removed a tweet from one of President Trump's top Covid-19 advisers falsely claiming masks don't work to prevent the spread of coronavirus. https://t.co/fJpKBpzX1R
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) October 19, 2020
Infectious disease expert blasts top Trump adviser for pushing herd immunity: "Most amazing combination of pixie dust and pseudoscience I've ever seen" https://t.co/WGbldOw2RR pic.twitter.com/uhyOCJJXLn
— The Hill (@thehill) October 19, 2020
Health officials aren’t convinced they have the full picture. https://t.co/xJl8GkPtdq
— Slate (@Slate) October 19, 2020
“There is a pressure campaign,” Inslee said. “We need to follow science and not this distortion campaign . . . The people are on to [Trump]. They know he is trying to turn this into an electoral issue.” https://t.co/LBBKGoQQLF
— Robert Costa (@costareports) October 19, 2020
Fauci admits administration has restricted his media appearances, says he's not surprised Trump got COVID https://t.co/TYs7tNDB0e
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) October 19, 2020
.@OliviaTroye describes how Trump sidelined key scientists on the COVID Task Force for telling the truth:
— Republican Voters Against Trump (@RVAT2020) October 19, 2020
"I saw senior White House officials look away and roll their eyes while Fauci was briefing. They'd try and push back and say 'can you spin the data this way?'" pic.twitter.com/vjmAjx2lWX
Brian Kilmeade says there's things happening in 2020 that weren't happening in 2016, which is very similar to what we saw in 2016 pic.twitter.com/lcOIMGqYkQ
— Bobby Lewis (@revrrlewis) October 19, 2020
NEW: Trump’s recycled 2016 attacks he used on Hillary have failed to effectively damage Biden
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) October 19, 2020
And the president has found himself dwelling more and more in the conservative media echo chamber – talking to an increasingly smaller portion of the electorate https://t.co/no2DsCfBaB
"Bruce Golding, a reporter at the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid since 2007, did not allow his byline to be used because he had concerns over the article’s credibility…As deadline approached, editors pressed staff members to add their bylines to the story" https://t.co/D49fh11Z6V https://t.co/xBkgBi2Eys
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) October 18, 2020
"I dare not make election predictions because to do so is folly. There are still two weeks remaining in this campaign. Anything could happen," @CharlesMBlow says. "But, the situation for Trump continues to be dire and time is running out." https://t.co/0A1CUR0jXH
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) October 19, 2020
If Trump is defeated and extracted from the Oval Office, much of his presidential shield will disintegrate. He could try to pardon himself on the way out, but no one knows whether presidents can do this, since none have ever tried, writes @schwarz. https://t.co/AD2QOUDqQR
— The Intercept (@theintercept) October 19, 2020
Federal judge strikes down Trump plan to slash food stamps for 700,000 unemployed Americans https://t.co/J5yK2rzUXy
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 19, 2020
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BORISHAMBLES BRITAIN
The Brexit blame game is back as the UK and EU hurtle towards a no deal https://t.co/6FE9jf3y82
— CNBC (@CNBC) October 19, 2020
Why I thought the prospects for an EU trade deal were close to 100%. What I got wrong. Why @BorisJohnson is Arafat. Why it is now all about state aid. And why today’s phone call is crucial https://t.co/cxa5cAATfw
— Robert Peston (@Peston) October 19, 2020
In two minds about Brexit. In two minds about No Deal. In two minds about a customs border for Northern Ireland. In two minds about breaking international agreements. In two minds about lockdowns. This is not leadership. It’s intellectual and moral collapse. https://t.co/6DwTMiW3x9
— Gavin Esler (@gavinesler) October 19, 2020
One can only assume @Telegraph doesn’t understand what good faith means. EU has consistently approached the #Brexit negotiations with clear objectives set by the agreed Political Declaration. Not like they proposed to break International Law. https://t.co/iNutVBprbD
— Neale Richmond (@nealerichmond) October 19, 2020
Blocking a national circuit breaker could cost the economy £110billion.
— Anneliese Dodds (@AnnelieseDodds) October 18, 2020
This Government has already been too slow into lockdown. The British people can’t afford it to be slow on a circuit breaker too. https://t.co/F73uKkeEi5
The Government believes we should avoid a 'circuit breaker' because of concerns about the economy even though it would save lives. But they are happy to go for a No Deal Brexit despite its economic costs. Something is badly wrong with their priorities
— Edward Bickham (@BickhamEdward) October 18, 2020
"People with suspected Covid sent to nonexistent Sevenoaks test centre"
— Edwin Hayward 🦄 🗡 (@uk_domain_names) October 19, 2020
Twelve. Billion. Pounds.
Hire monkeys, get a lot of poop thrown about.
But at least Boris Johnson's mates are lining their pockets. Primary mission accomplished. https://t.co/3I5pojzBdM
Looks like @BorisJohnson has capitulated.
— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) October 19, 2020
Archbishop John Sentamu (unlike his predecessors) had been told like so many black people before him that “there was no room in the inn.”
Now after public pressure they are going to make room. Thank you peeps. pic.twitter.com/C8Jzj0Kgs5
Gosh, really weird that Boris Johnson put his brother in the Lords but forgot about the first black Anglican bishop https://t.co/wEWyYF0QcO
— Dawn Foster (@DawnHFoster) October 19, 2020
Hard to believe there are any ‘Enemies of the People left in Brexitland. But the intrepid Mail has found them: the 5 Anglican Archbishops whose declaration of support for the rule of law has left them on the wrong side of the Brexit purity test. pic.twitter.com/bpi7uYniVI
— John O’Brennan (@JohnOBrennan2) October 18, 2020
Worth reading…letter to @ft from the Archbishops of Canterbury, York, York, Wales:, Armagh & the Scottish Episcopal Church
— Peter Foster (@pmdfoster) October 19, 2020
"If carefully negotiated terms are not honoured and laws can be ‘legally’ broken, on what foundations does our democracy stand?" #Brexit pic.twitter.com/jHoDc8NsiN
'Australia-style deal means nothing.'
— LBC (@LBC) October 19, 2020
James O’Brien passionately reacts to Alok Sharma saying on LBC that the difference between a No Deal Brexit and an Australia style deal is just 'semantics.'@mrJamesOB pic.twitter.com/BzhAbs8yES
"The Land of Milk & Honey" .."opportunities" ….
— Michael M. 🇨🇭🇳🇴🇮🇸🇱🇮🇬🇧 (@vivamjm) October 18, 2020
Empty shelves & medicine shortages all "project fear"
And still UK blunders on….https://t.co/jlrMCMD6LJ
Still waiting to hear what the benefits of Brexit are:
— Slough for Europe 🇪🇺🎪 (@SloughForEU) October 19, 2020
Tesco chairman John Allan warns of short-term food shortages after Brexit saying ‘there may be some things we have to learn to do without for a few weeks, possibly a few months’ https://t.co/jrjM4d8Ke9
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