Under Trump, America’s New Political Divide Is Wearing A Face Mask | The 11th Hour | MSNBC

Susan Page joins to discuss the president's resistance to wearing a face mask and the fact that has become another issue division for Americans on opposite sides of the political divide. Aired on 05/15/2020.
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Under Trump, America's New Political Divide Is Wearing A Face Mask | The 11th Hour | MSNBC

71 comments

    1. @Deplorable (perfect name you have there!) Obama is a smart person, not deranged fools like trump and his supporters.

  1. The news becomes a lot more fun when you replace the word ‘tRump’ with ‘stupid’. Try it. Enjoy! 😘

    1. @OSKA That depends on the news site. Some people do not want to watch legitimate news sites. They only want to watch news that supports their prejudices!

  2. β€œA declaration of liberty” brings new meaning to β€˜give me liberty, or give me death.

    1. I’d love to see it. All the Maga hats with no masks! Breathing that rejuvenating circulated air! I can’t wait!

  3. If we put a bowl of Tide pods next to a group of people who trust the President, I wonder how long it would take for someone to eat some if he told them it was a great idea.

  4. Trump’s cult has bought into his commitment to willful ignorance.Β Trump feeds them lies and misinformation on a daily basis, and they accept it without questioning the validity of anything he says. And at the same time, they will say that they are protesting for their “freedom.” What they don’t realize is that no man or woman can ever truly be free withoutΒ factual information….without the truth. Without the facts and the truth, they are nothing more than slavish little tools for the person feeding them lies.

    McConnell acknowledged Thursday that he was “WRONG” when he falsely claimed that President Obama didn’t leave behind a plan for tackling a pandemic. The Obama administration had in FACT prepared a 69-page playbook for pandemic response β€” which Trump clearly did not read or follow. I understand that Trump is semi-literate, but that’s no excuse for him not tasking someone to read the playbook to him. I’m sure Baron would have been happy to read the playbook to his absent and wayward father.

    Moscow MitchΒ blamed the Obama administration for not taking steps to be ready for a potential pandemic.

    “We want to be early, ready for the next one, because clearly the Obama administration did not leave this administration any kind of game plan for something like this,” McConnell told Lara Trump, Trump’s daughter-in-law. ”

    “I was wrong,” Moscow Mitch said in an interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier. “They did leave behind a plan. So, I clearly made a mistake in that regard.” πŸ˜‚πŸ˜

    And ye shall know the TRUTH, and the TRUTH shall setΒ you free.

    1. And Susan Rice said she spent several hours with Michael Flynn going over that 69 page playbook. She said that in an interview about 2 weeks ago. McConnell didn’t make a mistake. He lied. And, in my opinion by saying he was mistaken, he admitted there was a playbook, and trump administration didn’t act on it. The Strategic National Stockpile is supposed to inventoried annually. So if as trump said, the cupboards were bare,they had 3 years to restock and didn’t. And despite what Trump and Jerald kushner said. The S.N.S. is not a Backup for the states; one of the primary purposes is to respond to state requests. Clearly stated. I googled the information.

  5. Well, the health β€œexperts” only have degrees in medical science… pfft. Trump has degrees in Trumpenomics, 3rd grade math, Advanced Ignorance and a Phd in Limited Vocabulary.

  6. Bqoy, as a nation, you insist on validating this statement, every time I say it. “May God have mercy on the Divided States of Embarrassment.”

  7. “Ignorance is Strength.” This is the creed of the cult known as Trumpism.Β  We know this because of Trump sycophants like Kellyanne, who promotes the idea of “alternative facts.” And Rudy Giuliani, who famously declared that ” truth isn’t truth.”

    β€œEvery record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party (Trump) is always right.”
    — George Orwell, 1984

    In George Orwell’s novel 1984, aΒ ThoughtcrimeΒ is the criminal act of holding beliefs that opposes or questions the Party. A Thoughtcrime is thinking of anything that the Thought Police and the Party deems is illegal, or doubting the party line, or thinking anything contrary to the Party’s message..

    Within Trump’s cult, he has a name for those who commit “Thoughtcrimes” against him, like questioning his actions, and exposing his lies by fact checking him. Trump refers to these people as “Never Trumpers.”

    1. What is the truth? The experts change their minds everyother day. Then you have complete wacos like the LA mayor who says no golf, walk on the beach but stay on the wet sand! With morons like that ,who do you listen to?

  8. It’s not even a political divide. It’s smart people vs stupid/selfish people. All healthcare workers are wearing masks, and if you look at places like Spain, Italy, and Korea, literally everyone wears a mask.

    1. @Kiss Kiss in the beginning, nobody knows anything about the disease – that’s why it was called novel coronavirus. NOVEL. And Trump blamed Obama for not having the tests for this disease.

    2. it entirely is the stupid vs the intelligent. And the stupid think they’re more intelligent than the intelligent and know more than those with 12 years of post-high-school education. And they don’t know how embarrassing they are to themselves when they open their mouths. Sad, really.

  9. “Other things never have a vaccine and they go away”. Yeah, Cohen, Flynn, Manafort, Stone, two ex-wives, Trump steak, Trump airlines, Trump Vodka, America’s standing and dignity on the world stage…….

    1. You forgot that lovely book of President Donald Trump poetry, expensive, now on sale at Dollarama.

  10. Trump Supporters: ” We don’t believe in vaccines…ever”
    *Trump bragging about a vaccine by the end of the year*
    Trump Supporters: “Now we believe in vaccines”

    1. You are being played yet again. It’s a psychological tactic that the libs fall for every time. Remember when agreed to a weapons ban? Asked left what they wanted banned they said everything and got 0. It’s a trick silly

    2. Liberals: *We believe in science bro!!!*

      Also Liberals: *There is no biological difference between a man and a woman and if you think there is then you’re an alt right racist bigoted homophobic nazi transphobe REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!*

    3. @M John don’t be upset Trump keeps tricking the lunatics try to learn from it and perhaps it will alleviate your TDSπŸ‘

  11. *LEGENDARY QUOTES BY SPANKY* :

    “It’s a hoax by democrats”

    “Its like a flu”

    “It will miraculously go away”

    “CoronaVirus cases will suddenly go down from 15 to 0”

    “We will open the economy by Easter and there will be celebrations in packed churches”

    “Nobody knows about viruses more than me”

    “Nobody knows about South korea more than me,do you know Seoul has a population of 38 Million?”

    “No I don’t take responsibility as its Obama administration’s fault, they gave us a broken system”

    “Its China’s fault, they told us about the virus too late”

    “I didn’t downplay the virus, W.H.O did”

    “I’m a cheerleader”

    “We should treat it like a flu”

    “Governors are lying about ventilators,they don’t actually need that many ventilators”

    ” Federal government is just a backup, states are responsible for lack of equipment”

    “States and local hospitals should do their own tests, we are just backup”

    “Media should be ashamed of themselves for creating panic”

    “I’m a smart guy”

    “We have the best tests, those tests are beautiful”

    “Everyone should congratulate us and be thankful.We did a fantastic job, no one could imagine what we did”

    “I didn’t know about the letter Peter Navarro sent me in January warning about an upcoming Pandemic I just read it yesterday(5th April 2020)”

    “I always knew it was a pandemic”

    “This virus is a genius, it’s too brilliant”

    “We will have “tremendous” suicides in our country”

    “Anyone who wants a test will get a test”

    “We can’t test everyone”

    “When someone is president of United States he has TOTAL authority”

    “United States is the greatest nation in the world”

    “People should try injecting disinfectants/bleach in their bodies to get rid of coronavirus”

    *Next day*
    “I was just being sarcastic”

    ” I dont think we need vaccine the virus will disappear itself”

    “Testing is overrated, we don’t need to test as many people as we are right now”

    *Next day*

    “Testing is the major part of fighting coronavirus”

    Asian American reporter: “Sir how can you say we have achieved victory over coronavirus when thousands of Americans are still dying?

    *Trump’s Response*: Dont ask me, ASK *CHYNAAA* , this is a ” Nasty question”Β 

    Edit: *I’m a conservative and I hate hypocritical lying democrats but it doesn’t change the fact that Donald Trump reaction to Coronavirus has crossed all limits of clownery, idiocracy and selfishness!
    He lacks empathy he doesn’t care about the people,he’s EXTREMLY delusional. All he does is spread hatred among people.

    *HE’S AN EVIL MONSTER!*

    1. trump is a coward, while he says that testes aren’t needed, he actually tests everyone who comes in contact with him. coward bone spurs cadet is craping in his diapers from fear of corona but he struts without a mask because he knows all those around him are negative, it’s a show for his low IQ supporters.

  12. So the president hopes to win his reelection by promising a vaccine for the virus that his followers don’t believe exists. Will they call this the hoax vaccine?

  13. If they don’t want to wear masks then let them.. covid will do us a favor and get rid of the 45 cult…

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