Is Trump killing his supporters?

Jesuit Fr. Thomas Reese is a columnist for Religion News Service. His April 2 article in the National Catholic Reporter looks at the consequences of blind faith devoid or reason:

Has... Trump put the lives of his supporters at risk because of his early downplaying of the coronavirus epidemic?...

For months [Trump] ignored warnings from professionals and told the country not to worry.

In January, he said that the situation was "under control!" and "It's going to be just fine!" "We have very little problem in this country!" he said later in January.

As late as March 5, he tweeted that we had "only 129 cases." On March 12, he said we have "very few cases" compared with other countries. Numerous times he compared the virus to the flu.

Republicans are inclined to believe and defend anything [Trump] says, while Democrats are skeptical of anything he says...

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According to a poll taken by the Pew Research Center in mid-March, "59% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents say the outbreak is a major threat to the health of the U.S. population as a whole; only 33% of Republicans and Republican leaners say the same."

The same survey found that 76% of Republicans thought the media exaggerated the risks of the virus, while only 49% of Democrats felt the same way.

Democrats were more likely to take precautions early in the epidemic than Republicans. Democrats' skepticism toward [Trump] may have saved their lives, while Republicans' trust in the president may have endangered theirs.

Likewise evangelical Christians. The same Pew survey found that in mid-March, 77% of white evangelicals were confident that Trump was doing a good job responding to the coronavirus outbreak. Other religious groups were more skeptical. Only 52% of Catholics, for example, felt the same. For the unaffiliated, the number was 28%....

When the coronavirus epidemic is over, social scientists are going to have a field day examining the impact of Trump's leadership, or lack of it, on the contagion...

Did evangelicals do worse than other religious groups?

Did viewers of Fox News get infected at a higher rate than those who watched CNN?
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Public health professionals fear Florida will be a disaster because the Republican governor waited until April 1 to put the state on "stay at home" restrictions, after saying he'd do so only when the White House told him to.

In Texas, it was the big-city mayors who joined together to support "stay at home" and social distancing after tiring of waiting for the state's Republican governor to take action. The uneven restrictions may mean we will see death rates vary by county in Texas.

Certainly, there will be more deaths in cities, which are traditionally Democratic, than in rural areas because more people live in cities. But will the number of deaths per thousand residents vary significantly? Rural areas and small towns (Trump country) have fewer doctors and hospital beds per thousand people than cities. They will probably be hit later but still hard as the contagion spreads.

As more and more Republicans and evangelicals get sick and die, will Trump be in trouble or will they continue to support him to the end? "Put not your trust in princes," warns the psalmist...

https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/signs-times/trump-killing-his-supporters[/quote]​

 

He will likely be responsible for tens of thousands of deaths.

I guess that's one way to drain the swamp.

 

"I don’t take responsibility at all!"​

 

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Here are a few pics from anti-Trump land. Los Angeles.

 

They're dropping like flies in NYC, and I wasn't aware he had meaningful support there.



So, the plan is working!

 

The guy needs two more lines on his shirt "You'll die for trump".​

 

As soon as Trump was administered a reality suppository that caused him to do an about-face, his Fox adulators changed their tune, ceased and desisted from spewing his most harmful crap, and hopefully saved a few lives of those under their care.

MARCH 27, 2020



Los Angeles County has closed all of its beaches in an effort to reduce crowds as officials try to enforce social-distancing guidelines to slow the spread of coronavirus.

Los Angeles followed suit Friday night, announcing the closure of park amenities, trails heads and trails.

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Trumpy DeSantis finally took action as well.

 

Oh boy, yet another hyperbolic, orange man bad thread...Wish I had a nickel for every one of them.

 

It's amusing to see how the true believers get in a tizzy whenever Trump's documented fake statements are accurately cited.

E.g.,

In January, he said that the situation was "under control!" and "It's going to be just fine!" "We have very little problem in this country!" he said later in January.

As late as March 5, he tweeted that we had "only 129 cases." On March 12, he said we have "very few cases" compared with other countries. Numerous times he compared the virus to the flu.

 

Please dont edit and cherry pick my posts. I dont chop your post up. Anyhow, carry on with the hyperbolic rant.

 

The pot and the kettle had a similar exchange! You would be proud. They arrested a man for paddle boarding in Malibu.

 

Trumpers are enraged because their Master's record of fake statements is well-documented and precisely cited.

 

Most virus deaths are in blue areas.

 

Yes, Trump is going around killing his supporters.
I do believe this is the most ridiculous thread title, in all of the interwebs.

 

people that believed Trump that warmer weather would kill the virus?

Trump was down playing the virus, shame on those people at the beach for believing our President

 

oh, so that is why Trump is doing this? and does the right support Trump doing this then?

didn't the people that supported Hitler once feel the same about jews?

these are Americans, regardless what party their state is

guess under Trump I should be glad I live in a red state

 

Population centers to be more exact, but don’t worry — recent data suggests that the new flash points are in bright red areas that refused to act — places where the uninsured are higher and the medical capacity is lower. Is he hurting the right people now, I wonder?

 

It is really interesting to note that the same States that refuse to issue Shelter in Place orders, also generally have the highest yearly death rates from influenza.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/flu_pneumonia_mortality/flu_pneumonia.htm

 

Interesting and also terrifying.
This is likely to rip through poorer areas of the country especially ones that have a consolation of the elderly.

 

If ONLY we had a Democrat Socialist who would declare total martial law and have UN mercenary army crack down on these pesky American people who will not follow orders to abandon their liberty for a promise of a little more security

 

your parties fake orange man does a lot of bad things.. sad

 

Here we go. It is starting to sink in. Just saw a woman who's husband died. He didn't take it seriously, was exposed, and died.

She was saying "but the Commander in Chief said it was okay"

 

I can imagine regular lawyer ads on TV before too long.

If your loved one was a victim of the false or misleading reporting of Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, or other media, and died from the Corona Virus, you have a right to compensation.

 

T has saved millions from death with his immediate actions

 

What actions? When he blocked Chinese from coming here it was already in Washington State. And he did NOTHING ELSE! It didn't stop American travelers, which is who brought it here. Governors are bidding against each other for life-critical equipment. We have FEMA bidding against the individual States and driving up prices. We still don't have sufficient testing after two months! Trump called it a hoax. He said it was like the flu. He said it would magically go away. He trivialize and ridiculed Dems and tried to make political fodder of this.

It only sank into his thick head four days ago that this is serious. And he still refuses to set an example. He publicly announces that he won't wear a mask or stop shaking hands.

Even today he is still luring people to their deaths. Trump will have killed more Americans than all previous presidents put together.

I saw a trumper on the news who was protesting outside of hospital. He claims all of the carnage going on inside is a hoax. You have trump to thank for this stupidity.