Trump Accuses Biden Of Playing Politics With Pandemic

Erin Burnett OutFront

CNN

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4.4 • 706 Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Trump's hypocrisy on coronavirus: Trump, who frequently politicizes the current pandemic, has accused and tells Biden to stop "playing politics" with the pandemic and virus. Trump claims that Biden's approach to ending the pandemic is "regressive, it's anti-scientific, and it's very defeatist." Trump doesn't refute and fuels unfounded and false birther theory about Sen. Harris. Harris on parent's influence, "They came from opposite sides of the world to arrive in America. Trump admits that he opposes USPS funding to stop mail-in voting. Trump doubles down on opposing postal service funding to stop mail-in voting. Trump says that funding USPS will lead to "fraudulent" mail ballots. CDC director says that in public health terms, we could see the "worst Fall" in the United States' history. United States testing chief says that testing everyone on a frequent basis could instill a false sense of security. Fauci says that he is "not pleased with how things are going" with the coronavirus. A new study is saying that the New York City death toll is comparable to the 1918 flu pandemic. The study suggests that the coronavirus is at least just as deadly as the 1918 flu pandemic. Kansas City, MO has extended its state of emergency through mid-January. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:02.0	Out front next, the president with a straight face,
1:04.3	accusing Joe Biden of ignoring science and playing politics with coronavirus,
1:08.1	adding fuel to a new and unfounded birther theory about Kamala Harris.
1:12.6	Plus, Trump says it out loud. He's opposing funding the Postal Service because he does not want to expand mail and voting.
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1:35.4	Let's go out front.
1:38.3	And good evening. I'm Erin Burnett. Outfront tonight playing politics with coronavirus.
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