7/20/20: Daily deaths from the
coronavirus are trending upward across the U.S., even though on Sunday, the
president told reporter Chris Wallace, that we had the lowest mortality rate in
the world. The current toll, using Johns Hopkins University’s tally, stands at 140,536.
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“Many people say that it is Patriotic to wear a face mask.”
President Trump
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Meanwhile, pandemic-related damage continues to rattle the economy. From February to May, the number of Americans signed up for food stamps rose 17%, to roughly 43 million. Hardest hit states include Florida, Georgia, and Michigan (all with increases of 30% or more). If the spread of the virus cannot be contained, it’s a cinch that on Election Day more Americans will be receiving food assistance than the 42.7 million on the rolls when President Obama left office. Congress may be forced to offer a second massive aid package to keep the economy afloat.
On Sunday, for example, Mr. Trump told Wallace he absolutely
expected a payroll tax cut to be included in any new stimulus bill. And why
not! With just a little more oomph, Don can get us to a federal deficit of
$4 trillion in Fiscal Year 2020!
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THE BIG NEWS for the day? The Slow-Learner-in-Chief finally figured it out. Wearing a mask helps blunt the spread of disease. Today, Trump tweeted, “We are United in our effort to defeat the Invisible China Virus, and many people say that it is Patriotic to wear a face mask when you can’t socially distance. There is nobody more Patriotic than me, your favorite President!”
And there he was:
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Suddenly, the man is a patriot! |
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CONFIRMED new cases of coronavirus for the United States, on July 20 – and this is relatively good news:
57,777.
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