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3:58Now PlayingOn Sunday, Donald Trump shared a video claiming that the pandemic was somehow overblown by the media and politicians in order to cost Donald Trump the election. This is an outright lie, and it is way past time for the social media outlets out there to put an end to this. Farron Cousins explains what's happening and what could be done.
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On Sunday, Donald Trump retweeted a video that claimed that the pandemic was somehow overblown and that not everything we've heard about it is true. But the reason that we believe that over 300,000 Americans have died, that millions have been infected. And that it's so bad here in the United States was because this was all planned. This is what the video that Donald Trump, the president of the United States it's retweeted. This is what it said. You said that the pandemic was imported into the United States. The media got in on it, hyped it up. Then we had to shut down small businesses, millions of people lost their jobs. And why did all of this happen to hurt Donald Trump's reelection chances? This might be even worse than all of the non-stop election fraud lies coming from the president of the United States. Um, the reports I've read it doesn't necessarily indicate who created this video, but let's get one thing clear.
This pandemic is not a hoax. What's happened here in the United States and across the planet is very real. If anything, here in the United States, we know that the numbers have actually been suppressed. Take the state of Florida. For example, we know that the governor of our state, Ron DeSantis has intentionally suppressed the data that they stopped reporting on the data several weeks before the election, in order to help Donald Trump win the state of Florida. So people would think it's not as bad as it actually is. And cases surged in Florida because people didn't think it was that big of a deal. We have States across the country, both red States and blue States witnessing massive surges right now because their leaders, mostly Republicans are telling people, Nope, it's fine. Don't worry. Don't be afraid. Wearing a mask is somehow oppression. And as I repeatedly have said, imagine going through life.
And the biggest oppression you've ever faced is being told, cover your mouth. So you don't make people sick. That's a pretty privileged life, right? Nevertheless, this video is filled with lies. Donald Trump, the president of the United States is still and forever will be bitter about losing the presidential election. And rather than looking at himself, having to be a little bit introspective, his narcissism prevents him from doing that. He is out there grasping at any straw. He can to tell us that Nope, either the election was stolen from me or that there was a massive conspiracy involving a virus. Those were all the reasons I lost. It's not because I'm a horrible leader. It's not because I haven't done anything to benefit the people of the United States. It's not because I'm a horribly grotesque human being. It's not because I have used my office to enrich myself,
My family. No, no, no, no.
It's because the entire world plotted against poor pitiful me. It's the victim complex. And for some reason, with the Republican base, it's actually working really well. They believe these ridiculous lies. They believe these ridiculous conspiracy theories that he is spreading on social media. Social media must take action, putting disclaimers on his tweets. That does nothing. It's time for this guy to be banned. Don't wait for January 20th. Do it now because this man, his words, his ideas, his actions, his retweets they're poisoning the brains of millions of gullible Americans. It has to stop now. And Twitter is the one that actually has the power to stop it.
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