• Latest
  • Trending
  • All
  • News
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
US Democrats Push to Extend $600 Weekly Coronavirus Unemployment Benefit

Schumer Torches Trump for Claiming COVID-19 Death Toll Would Be Lower ‘If You Take the Blue States Out’

September 17, 2020
STEVE MILLOY: Trump Closes Notorious EPA Lab That Conducted Illegal Human Experiments

STEVE MILLOY: Trump Closes Notorious EPA Lab That Conducted Illegal Human Experiments

June 22, 2025
Report: Pete Hegseth Previously Investigated, ‘Cleared’ for ‘Alleged Sexual Assault’

Hegseth Calls Strikes on Iran ‘Incredible and Overwhelming Success’

June 22, 2025
How Iran Could Shake Up Global Economy In Response To US Strikes

How Iran Could Shake Up Global Economy In Response To US Strikes

June 22, 2025
Netanyahu Presents Fetterman With ‘Silver-Plated Beeper’

Israeli President Says Its ‘Not Dragging America’ into War With Iran

June 22, 2025
VP Candidates Waltz, Vance to Debate Oct. 1

JD Vance: US Is ‘Not at War’ With Iran, ‘We’re at War With Iran’s Nuclear Program’

June 22, 2025
Mexican Mayor Exposes Cartel Training Camp with Colombian Terrorists

Mexican Mayor Exposes Cartel Training Camp with Colombian Terrorists

June 22, 2025
Alcalde Mexicano Denuncia Narco-Campamento de Entrenamiento con Terroristas Colombianos

Alcalde Mexicano Denuncia Narco-Campamento de Entrenamiento con Terroristas Colombianos

June 22, 2025
Trump Calls On Waffling Congress To Crush Biden’s Green ‘SCAM’

Trump Calls On Waffling Congress To Crush Biden’s Green ‘SCAM’

June 21, 2025
No, Yellowstone Is Not Up For Sale, Senator Leading Charged Public Lands Bill Says

No, Yellowstone Is Not Up For Sale, Senator Leading Charged Public Lands Bill Says

June 21, 2025
SETH ORANBURG: CLARITY Now: Congress Must Bring Truth to Crypto Markets

SETH ORANBURG: CLARITY Now: Congress Must Bring Truth to Crypto Markets

June 21, 2025
JD FOSTER: The Senate Should Pass The Recissions Package Quickly

JD FOSTER: The Senate Should Pass The Recissions Package Quickly

June 21, 2025
DAVID BLACKMON: Trump And Wright Move To Speed Nuclear Expansion

DAVID BLACKMON: Trump And Wright Move To Speed Nuclear Expansion

June 21, 2025
  • Donald Trump
  • State of the Union
  • Elon Musk
  • Tariffs
  • Congress
  • Faith
  • Immigration
Sunday, June 22, 2025
  • Login
IJR
  • Politics
  • US News
  • Commentary
  • World News
  • Faith
  • Latest Polls
No Result
View All Result
IJR
No Result
View All Result
Home IJR

Schumer Torches Trump for Claiming COVID-19 Death Toll Would Be Lower ‘If You Take the Blue States Out’

by Bradley Cortright
September 17, 2020
in IJR
247 5
0
US Democrats Push to Extend $600 Weekly Coronavirus Unemployment Benefit

(Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

491
SHARES
1.4k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is expressing his disapproval of President Donald Trump’s statement that the COVID-19 death toll would be lower if you “take out the blue states.”

Schumer took to the Senate floor on Sept. 17, to blast the president for his comments, “I was planning to address a number of topics, but the president held a president yesterday afternoon that was so callous, so uninformed, so egomaniacal, so divisive, that I am compelled to respond.”

He continued, “We are in the middle of a global pandemic that has killed nearly 200,000 Americans — far more than the number of Americans who died in World War I.”

Schumer continued to read Trump’s comments from his press conference and said, “Yes, Mr. President, if you don’t count the total number of Americans who have died, you might think it’s not so bad.”

“If you close your eyes and pretend that half the country doesn’t exist, maybe some might think you didn’t do such a spectacularly awful job,” he added.

Schumer then posed a question, “What kind of person looks at the number of dead citizens in the country he is supposed to lead, and in an attempt to glamorize himself dismisses every American who died in a state that didn’t support the president politically.”

“What a disgrace, it’s monstrous,” he added. “What kind of demented person would say that those Americans live don’t count?”

Watch the video below:

"What a disgrace! It's monstrous!"

Sen. Chuck Schumer excoriated Pres. Trump while on the Senate floor over his remarks suggesting the U.S. COVID-19 death toll would be more favorable "if you take the blue states out." https://t.co/2SxeLOkMRZ pic.twitter.com/44xwPQdamh

— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) September 17, 2020

Speaking to reporters at the White House on Wednesday, Trump defended the response to the COVID-19 outbreak and noted that some predictions initially claimed up to 1.5 million Americans could die without mitigation efforts.

“This was a prediction that if we do a really good job, we’ll be at about 100,000 and — 100,000 to 240,000 deaths, and we’re below that substantially, and we’ll see what comes out,” Trump said.

He continued, “But that would be if we did a good job. If the not-so-good job was done, you’d be between 1.5 million — I remember these numbers so well — and 2.2 million. That’s quite a difference.”

The U.S. coronavirus death toll is over 197,000.

He also suggested that the death toll would be lower if deaths from the virus in states with Democratic leaders were not counted.

“If you take the blue states out, we’re at a level that I don’t think anybody in the world would be at. We’re really at a very low level. But some of the states, they were blue states and blue state-managed,” Trump said.

However, even without the “blue states,” the country would still lead many countries in terms of the death toll. 

Tags: Chuck SchumerCoronavirus OutbreakDonald Trump
Share196Tweet123
Bradley Cortright

Bradley Cortright

IJR, Senior Writer He's written for Independent Journal Review since 2019.

Advertisements

Top Stories June 10th
Top Stories June 7th
Top Stories June 6th
Top Stories June 3rd
Top Stories May 30th
Top Stories May 29th
Top Stories May 24th
Top Stories May 23rd
Top Stories May 21st
Top Stories May 17th

Join Over 6M Subscribers

We’re organizing an online community to elevate trusted voices on all sides so that you can be fully informed.





IJR

    Copyright © 2024 IJR

Trusted Voices On All Sides

  • About Us
  • GDPR Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
  • Editorial Standards & Corrections Policy
  • Subscribe to IJR

Follow Us

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • Politics
  • US News
  • Commentary
  • World News
  • Faith
  • Latest Polls

    Copyright © 2024 IJR

Top Stories June 10th Top Stories June 7th Top Stories June 6th Top Stories June 3rd Top Stories May 30th Top Stories May 29th Top Stories May 24th Top Stories May 23rd Top Stories May 21st Top Stories May 17th