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According to reports from Fox News, President Trump spoke about the Democrats who have created a new House committee with subpoena authority to investigate the federal response to the COVID-19 crisis.
During the White House press briefing, Trump said, “We have seen Americans unite with incredible selflessness and compassion,”
“I want to remind everyone here in our nation’s capital, especially in Congress, that this is not the time for politics, endless partisan investigations. Here we go again. They’ve already done extraordinary damage to our country in recent years.” He continued.
“It’s witch hunt after witch hunt after witch hunt,” He said, “And in the end it’s people doing the witch hunt who are losing — and they’ve been losing by a lot. And it’s not any time for witch hunts.”
On the virus, Trump said, “It’s time to get this enemy defeated. Conducting these partisan investigations during a pandemic is a really big waste of vital resources, time, attention. And we want to fight for American lives, not waste time and build up my poll numbers, because that’s all they’re doing, because everyone knows it’s ridiculous.”
TRUMP: “In recent weeks.. we've seen Americans unite with incredible selflessness and compassion. I want to remind everyone here in our nation's capital.. that this is not the time for politics, endless partisan investigations.. Here we go again.”pic.twitter.com/FbMV7vOt3E
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) April 2, 2020
Trump wrote a letter to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday, and it read: “Democrat public relations letter and incorrect sound bites, which are wrong in every way”
“If you spent less time on your ridiculous impeachment hoax, which went haplessly on forever and ended up going nowhere (except increasing my poll numbers), and instead focused on helping the people of New York, then New York would not have been so completely unprepared for the ‘invisible enemy,'” Trump wrote.
Trump continued in the letter, “I’ve known you for many years, but I never knew how bad a Senator you are for the state of New York, until I became president.”
This letter from @realDonaldTrump to @SenSchumer seems to have been dictated verbatim and sent: “No wonder @AOC and others are thinking about running against you in the primary. If they did, they would likely win.” pic.twitter.com/z5jBXzK1X4
— Elizabeth Landers (@ElizLanders) April 2, 2020
The evil Russians are not only Meddling In Our Elections.™️
Now the Russians are Meddling In Our Epidemic.
Is Robert Mueller available for another round? https://t.co/hArgHJiZqQ
— Aaron Maté (@aaronjmate) April 3, 2020
More from Fox News:
President Trump, speaking at the White House coronavirus briefing on Thursday, unloaded on Democrats who have created a new House committee with subpoena authority to investigate the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Also during the press conference, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin announced that the first round of stimulus checks will be directly deposited into Americans’ bank accounts in the next two weeks. And, Trump revealed he had again tested negative for coronavirus.
On Wednesday, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., compared the current pandemic to Pearl Harbor and the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and called for a comprehensive probe.
— Advertisement — “After Pearl Harbor and 9/11, we looked at what went wrong to learn from our mistakes. Once we’ve recovered, we need a nonpartisan commission to review our response and how we can better prepare for the next pandemic. I’m working on a bill to do that.”
