Cable news network hosts excoriated Donald Trump on Wednesday night over the bombshell revelations in journalist Bob Woodward’s new book, “Rage,” which details how the president understood the deadly threat of COVID-19 early on in the outbreak but downplayed its risks for months. In a taped February interview for the book, Trump admitted to famed Watergate reporter Woodward that he knew the coronavirus is “more deadly than even your strenuous flus.” Anchors on CNN and MSNBC hammered Trump on Wednesday for endangering Americans by ignoring the advice of public health experts to increasingly politicize the pandemic that has now killed more than 190,000 people nationwide. “This president has betrayed you,” said Don Lemon, the host of “CNN Tonight.” “It’s just plain out betrayal. Doesn’t matter if you support him or if you don’t support him, he’s betrayed you.”Check out Lemon’s comments here:

Source: Huffington Post September 10, 2020 08:26 UTC