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Trump Responds to Woodward Report that He Downplayed Covid-19 Risks
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September 9, 2020
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1:50Now PlayingPresident Donald Trump responded to Bob Woodward's report that he misled the American public during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.
He said, "I don't want people to be frightened. I don't want to create panic, as you say" on Wednesday, September 9, 2020, during a speech in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, D.C.
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said President Donald Trump is responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans for failing to adequately warn about the danger from the coronavirus after CNN aired recordings of the president saying he intentionally played down the threat.
“He knew how deadly it was. He knowingly and willingly lied about the threat it posed for months,” Biden said in Michigan ahead of a speech on the economy. “He failed to do his job, on purpose!” he said, adding that the decision cost “tens of thousands of lives and millions more of American livelihoods.”
CNN Wednesday aired excerpts from several interviews Trump gave author Bob Woodward for his upcoming book, “Rage.”
Trump told Woodward in February that the virus would be “deadly” and difficult to manage because it is airborne.
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