White House documents expose the truth: Trump lied — and people died; Released White House Reports Contradict President Trump On Testing, Masks
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Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis@COVIDOversight
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Releases White House Reports Contradicting President Trump On Testing, Masks; Reports Show 31 States Are in the “Red Zone,” All 50 States Need More Testing. #COVID19
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White House documents expose the truth: Trump lied — and people died
President Donald J. Trump listens as White House Coronavirus Task Force Response Coordinator Deborah Birx delivers remarks during a coronavirus update briefing Thursday, April 16, 2020, in the James S. Brady White House Press Briefing Room. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)
Brett Wilkins and Common Dreams October 21, 2020
President Donald Trump has known for over a month that new coronavirus infections have been soaring even as the White House has lied about the seriousness of the surge, documents released Tuesday by a leading Democratic lawmaker show.
HuffPost reports Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), chair of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, published six weekly White House Coronavirus Task Force reports (pdf)—dated August 16, August 23, August 30, September 6, September 13, and September 20—proving the administration has known since early September that Covid-19 infections were rising rapidly.
However, instead of being forthcoming with the American people and the world, Trump opted to hide the reports while spuriously claiming that the virus "affects virtually nobody"— even as it caused record infections and deaths in numerous states in September.