Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) is slamming President Donald Trump for his recent claims about the coronavirus pandemic.
On Tuesday evening, Waters took to Twitter with scathing remarks about Trump’s false claim that 99% of coronavirus cases are “harmless.”
“Everyone knows Trump is a liar. Ignore his advice! We’ll get him out in Nov!” she also wrote.
Trump said 99% of #COVID19 cases are harmless. Trump is a 99% LIAR! First he called it a hoax, then told people to drink disinfectant; then he said it would disappear. Where are the masks, gloves, & PPE? Everyone knows Trump is a liar. Ignore his advice! We’ll get him out in Nov!
— Maxine Waters (@RepMaxineWaters) July 8, 2020
Like many other Americans, the Democratic state representative has seen the impact of coronavirus, firsthand. Back in April, Waters dedicated the House Oversight Committee’s hearing to her sister.
“I am going to take a moment to dedicate this legislation to my dear sister who is dying in a hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, right now infected by the Coronavirus,” Waters said.
Three weeks after that hearing, Waters’ sister, Velma Moody, 86, died of coronavirus in St. Louis, Mo.
Rep. Maxine Waters: "I am going to take a moment to dedicate this legislation to my dear sister who is dying in a hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, right now infected by the Coronavirus." pic.twitter.com/sX58UK1A3L
— The Hill (@thehill) April 23, 2020
Waters’ latest tweet comes after multiple tweets with inaccurate claims from the president. In addition to claiming the virus is “99% harmless,” Trump has also tweeted about the United States’ morbidity rate, testing capacity while also claiming that the virus would “disappear.”
On Tuesday evening, Trump tweeted, “Death Rate from Coronavirus is down tenfold!”
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1280691101029056512
After Trump comments that 99% of the coronavirus cases are “totally harmless,” news outlets released fact-check reports refuting the president’s claims.
FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn was also asked if Trump’s claims were true or false. Hahn, who is also part of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, refused to offer a direct answer to the question but admitted he only relies on information released by the CDC.
“I’m not going to get into who is right and who is wrong,” Hahn said to CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday, later adding, “I totally support the CDC and the information that they’re putting out with respect to this pandemic.”
According to The New York Times, approximately 15 to 20% of positive coronavirus cases might may require hospitalization.
As of Wednesday morning, there are more than 3 million known coronavirus cases in the United States. The death toll is now over 133,900.
