President Trump said Friday that criticism from Democrats over his handling of the coronavirus epidemic sweeping the globe is “their new hoax.”
“This is their new hoax,” Trump told a rally in North Charleston, S.C., the evening before the Democrats’ presidential primary.
Earlier in the day, acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney called the coronavirus “the hoax of the day” in an appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference. While a deadly disease seemed like an unusual topic at a raucous rally that also featured Trump’s signature attacks on the news media and undocumented immigrants, Trump also acknowledged that the coronavirus was indeed a threat to the U.S.
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