The United States is continuing to struggle through the ramifications of the out-of-control COVID-19 pandemic, with tens of thousands of Americans hospitalized with the virus as of this weekend. In other words — the rise in COVID-19 across the country definitely isn’t confined to mostly asymptomatic cases that don’t require serious concern. As this crisis continues to develop, President Donald Trump is occupying himself this weekend with… whining about Fox News. To be clear: Fox leans conservative, and the network is not some kind of bastion of anti-Trump zingers. However, even the cursory, basic fact-checking that Fox sometimes offers is more than Trump seems willing to handle.
He tweeted the following message:
‘@FoxNews daytime is virtually unwatchable, especially during the weekends. Watch @OANN , @newsmax , or almost anything else. You won’t have to suffer through endless interviews with Democrats, and even worse!’
.@FoxNews daytime is virtually unwatchable, especially during the weekends. Watch @OANN, @newsmax, or almost anything else. You won’t have to suffer through endless interviews with Democrats, and even worse!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 28, 2020
This message is so pathetic. Tens of thousands of Americans are presently languishing in real hospitals, and considering the rate of new COVID-19 infections across the country, many more could soon be on their way — but the president seems more concerned with whining about having to “suffer through” interviews with Democrats or “even worse,” although it’s unclear what the “even worse” options are in the president’s understanding. Either way — the fact that the “suffering” that President Victim Complex seems most concerned with is having to sit through television that he doesn’t particularly like is a disgrace to the United States.
On Saturday, Trump also claimed that conclusive evidence of election fraud was on the way, although there’s no meaningful indication that it actually is. Specifically, Trump claimed that the campaign had discovered illegal votes in Wisconsin — but again, there’s no actual meaningfully conclusive evidence for this claim. Trump campaign hunches and perceived irregularities do not equal fraud or illegal votes. Trump also claimed that opponents of a court case that his campaign brought against the Pennsylvania results “want nothing to do with saving our Country” — which is just nonsense. The case’s opponents include one of Trump’s own appointees to the judiciary, Judge Stephanos Bibas, who wrote the recent ruling in which a three-judge panel on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the campaign’s appeal in the case.
The Wisconsin recount is not about finding mistakes in the count, it is about finding people who have voted illegally, and that case will be brought after the recount is over, on Monday or Tuesday. We have found many illegal votes. Stay tuned!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 28, 2020
Specific allegations were made, and we have massive proof, in the Pennsylvania case. Some people just don’t want to see it. They want nothing to do with saving our Country. Sad!!!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 28, 2020
The number of ballots that our Campaign is challenging in the Pennsylvania case is FAR LARGER than the 81,000 vote margin. It’s not even close. Fraud and illegality ARE a big part of the case. Documents being completed. We will appeal!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 28, 2020
Check out Twitter’s response below: