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Anderson Cooper 360

Trump as U.S. nears 150,000 deaths: “Nobody likes me”

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

News

3.73.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

During a coronavirus press briefing President Trump questioned why his approval rating wasn’t as high as White House Task Force Member Dr. Anthony Fauci. He also promoted unproven hydroxycholoroquine as a treatment for Covid-19 despite the FDA, Dr. Fauci and other doctors saying it’s not an effective treatment. Republican Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has been leading his state through the pandemic and has clashed with the President about testing. He joins AC360 to react to Trump’s recent messaging and gives an update on Maryland’s testing situation. Plus, 21 NFL players have tested positive for coronavirus since reporting to training camps and many players have already opted out of the season because of health concerns. Dr. Myron Rolle is currently a neurosurgery resident and also played in the NFL. He tells Anderson Cooper he doesn’t think it’s safe to return to sports right now and says if the NFL wants to be part of the community, they need to look what’s happening and put the safety of players and their families first. Airdate: July 28, 2020     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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0:00.0

I'm just going to say this up front.

0:02.4

The president of the United States is promoting disproven and potentially harmful medical treatments

0:06.9

for COVID-19.

0:07.9

And I know, look, it's not new.

0:10.1

But in recent days, there's been talk among some of the president's supporters that he

0:13.2

was now finally getting it, encouraging mask wearing.

0:16.4

But of course, once again, he's being incredibly dangerously irresponsible.

0:20.7

He takes no responsibility for it and clearly doesn't care if it harms anyone.

0:24.6

Yes, the president can occasionally read remarks written by someone else on a teleprompter

0:28.4

that makes it sound like he's being responsible, which he did again this evening.

0:32.1

But 149,000 Americans are dead, which this self-proclaimed wartime president again did not

0:37.8

mention in his prepared remarks that he was reading off that paper.

0:42.0

And like a snake oil salesman, he's still promoting disproven medical treatments.

0:45.9

It is unconscionable.

0:48.2

And whose medical advice is the president of the United States now promoting?

0:52.3

It's not Dr. Fauci, not Dr. Burke, not even Dr. Redfield from the CDC or the certain general

0:57.5

who's been actually begging people to wear masks.

1:00.0

No, the president is now promoting a doctor whose viral video has been very popular suddenly

1:05.1

among QAnon conspiracy theorists and COVID deniers.

1:08.7

She's a doctor from Houston who also believes that women can be physically impregnated by

1:12.6

witches in their dreams.

1:15.4

It's what we call astrosex.

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