The Future of American Democracy
Don’t Forget the Lies Trump Told His Last July 4th as President
Can America endure another Trump presidency?
Not only did Donald Trump lie about his handling of the coronavirus during his most recent Presidential debate with Joe Biden, but he also lied repeatedly about the severity of the virus while he was President.
Recalling Trump’s July 4, 2020, coronavirus lies
While many Americans spent Trump’s last July 4th as President confined to their homes amid an alarming rise in coronavirus cases, Trump spent July 4, 2020, lying to the American people from the White House’s South Lawn, claiming that 99% of coronavirus cases in America were “totally harmless.”
On July 3, 2020, the United States reported 57,497 newly confirmed coronavirus cases, the largest single-day total in the country since the pandemic began. It was the seventh time the U.S. reported a new record in nine days. At least 20 states set new highs for the average number of daily new infections during the previous seven days.
At the time of Trump’s July 4th speech, there had been at least 2.8 million coronavirus cases in the United States, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Nearly…
