It’s time once again for President Impeached to hold a press conference from the White House aka a mini-rally.
I will be holding a News Conference at 3:30 P.M. at the White House. Thank you!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 4, 2020
Prior to his announcement that he’ll be holding a campaign event from the White House press briefing room the Impeached President blasted CNN as “fake news,” surprising no one really.
.@CNN is Fake News. They will take a good story and make it as bad as is humanly possible. They are a JOKE!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 4, 2020
Attacking the free press before announcing he’ll be using that free press to campaign, is the height of irony.
It’s harder to predict on the weekend what questions the reporters might ask, but I can assume, he’ll be asked about his firing of Intelligence Inspector General Michael Atkinson.
Two Hill sources tell NBC News Atkinson was informed tonight that Trump had fired him, and he has been placed on administrative leave effective immediately–circumventing a requirement that both intelligence committees be notified by Trump 30 days before removal of the IG. https://t.co/W9QVv3m8IB
— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) April 4, 2020
He is also likely to face questions regarding Friday’s presser in which he stated that he can’t guarantee New York will get ventilators, because “we have other states to take care of.”
Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo has said New York is very close to running short of the estimated number of ventilators that state will need.
Saturday morning the Governor of Oregon Kate Brown announced that she would be sending New York 140 ventilators.
New York needs more ventilators, and we are answering their call for help.
— Governor Kate Brown (@OregonGovBrown) April 4, 2020
We'll be sending 140 ventilators to help NY because Oregon is in a better position right now. We must do all that we can to help those on the front lines of this response.
Oregon doesn't have everything we need to fight COVID-19 — we need more PPE and testing — but we can help today with ventilators. We are all in this together.
— Governor Kate Brown (@OregonGovBrown) April 4, 2020
Cuomo responded to Brown’s announcement.
The state of Oregon is sending 140 ventilators to NY.
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) April 4, 2020
We are so grateful to @OregonGovBrown and the people of Oregon.
On behalf of the people of NY, I thank you and rest assured that NY will repay the favor when Oregon needs it.
Cuomo also announced that 1,000 ventilators should arrive from China some time Saturday.
We finally got some good news today.
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) April 4, 2020
The Chinese government helped facilitate a donation of 1,000 ventilators that will arrive in JFK today.
I thank the Chinese government, Jack Ma, Joe Tsai, the Jack Ma Foundation, the Tsai Foundation and Consul General Huang.
Aside from Atkinson being fired, ventilators, and PPE’s, the Impeached President will likely be asked to clarify the recommendation for people in public to wear face covers. It is not mandated, just recommended for at least those considered at higher risk to contract the deadly disease. The new CDC recommendation was announced on Friday. They did ask that the public not attempt to order N95 respirators or surgical masks, in order to make sure those were available for health care professionals.
As of 11:18 a.m. CA time, John Hopkins has recorded 290,606 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 in the U.S.. 7,826 people have died as a result of the disease. Of those 7,826 people, 1,867 came from New York City, New York. While 1,249 people have died from undisclosed locations around New York state. There is said to be 10,032 people in total recovery from the coronavirus.
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