Former President Donald Trump released a fiery video blasting institutions for reintroducing mask mandates in response to the surge in new coronavirus variants. He has linked this move to what he perceives as “fearmongering,” connecting it to his personal assertions that the 2024 election might be subject to fraudulent practices.
In a video address posted on Wednesday via the platform X (formerly Twitter), Trump, who is leading the pack in the Republican primary race, made a firm commitment. He stated that if he were to be re-elected, he would leverage every available authority to curtail federal funding to schools, colleges, airlines, or public transportation systems enforcing mask mandates or vaccine mandates.
Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals that by August 19, more than 15,000 hospitalizations were reported in the United States due to COVID-19 infections. This marked a nearly 19 percent increase from the preceding week. While hospital admissions have been steadily on the rise since July, they remain significantly lower than the peak levels observed during the height of the pandemic. Additionally, the current surge appears to be concentrated in specific hotspots.
In his video message, Trump addressed what he referred to as “left-wing lunatics” attempting to revive COVID-19 lockdowns and mandates through sudden concerns about new variants. He sarcastically remarked, “Gee whiz, you know what else is coming? An election.”
He alleged that these actions were aimed at reigniting “COVID hysteria” to serve as a justification for increased lockdowns, censorship, unverified drop boxes, mail-in ballots, and substantial monetary payouts to political allies as the 2024 election approaches.
Trump firmly addressed those he labeled as “COVID tyrants,” stating his refusal to comply with their measures. He asserted that he and his supporters would not permit school closures, accept lockdowns, adhere to mask mandates, or tolerate vaccine mandates. He also claimed that the 2020 election had been rigged and contended that similar efforts were underway to influence what he deemed as the most crucial election in the history of the United States.
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This from the man who SHUT DOWN AMERICA during COVID and was too weak to open it up.
Great way to get the democrats to mask up
To aymdock
You are pathetic trying to compare the Covid era to 2023. Perhaps you have Covid amenia, so let me remind you. From March through May 2020 people were dying by the hundreds. Today you can look back and blame covid deaths on China, hospitals. You can say mask sare ineffective, but at that time the right thing to do was to lock down and mask up. Today Covid is no different than the flu or strep. It may be contagious but it’s not going to put most healthy people in the hospital.
What a jerk. There are NO mask or vaccine mandates. Some elder care facilities in localities with very high infection rates are recommending masks which they also have done previously during flu outbreaks. There are NO vaccine or booster mandates anywhere.
Gadol
Not defending his hyperbole but
NY is recommending citizens mask up again
No one is calling it a mandate yet but, despite the admitted lack of evidence that it helped, that’s the current recommendation
Gadolhadorah,
Wait it just started
He is right on. Again as usual. The lefty evil thieves will try to enforce these tactics to allow all types of voting in an attempt to steal the election. It id right up their playbook and they have used this game plan in the past about 2.5 yrs ago
To aymdock
You are pathetic trying to compare the Covid era to 2023. Perhaps you have Covid amenia, so let me remind you. From March through May 2020 people were dying by the 100 THOUSANDS!! Today you can look back and blame covid deaths on China, hospitals. You can say mask are ineffective, but at that time the right thing to do was to lock down and mask up. Today Covid is no different than the flu or strep. It may be contagious but it’s not going to put most healthy people in the hospital. STOP YOUR HATRED! ITS WORSE THAN COVID.
Trump is 100% right this time! I wish he kept his mouth closed more often but he is right about what is going on. VERY very very scary.
Trump is trying to be the toughest kid on the playground, and Biden is trying to do the same, but to win the election the best route would be to convince the electorate that you are the grownup who can be trusted to take charge of the playground and keep the bullies in line.
Trump is right
The people who comment here are from cnn
To gadolhadorah
You left out a word in your comment. There are NO vaccine or booster mandates YET. There was already just last week, a Jewish school in California that made it mandatory to isolate and wear masks. It’s coming if the democrats have their way.
Oh no more covid propaganda
> Gadolhadorah
There might not be (yet) official mandates, the signs are evident. As example, Fauci is still recommending that even (unvaccinated) children in playgrounds should wear masks. Seems obvious that the powers-that-be are testing the waters to see just when the public becomes too distracted by others things to fight an actual mandate.
Every word uttered by this צדיק גמור President Donald Trump שליט”א is so אמת ויציב and so exactly 💯 on target
Ahhh, “to mask or not to mask that is the question” . Can you say ” cognitive dissonance”?
Mind you i am not American, but is @aymdock right? or was it biden?
either way trump does have a good few points there and he touched quite a few raw nerves in the space of a few mins