Trump to biased reporter: “We’re gonna win in a landslide”

During the White House Press Briefing on the Wuhan Coronavirus, Yamiche Alcindor, a White House correspondent for PBS, asked the President – in so many words – to admit to the country that it’s his fault people have died from the COVID-19 because he didn’t wear a mask on TV, and that he, as Commander in Chief, did not act early enough to fight the Wuhan Virus.

Alcindor’s first attempt to attack the President was met with Trump saying, “A lot of people love Trump.”

Journalists’ heads proceeded to explode on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/kathrynw5/status/1252373318855876611?s=20

.@Yamiche: Are you concerned downplaying the virus maybe got some people sick?

TRUMP: "And a lot of people love Trump, right? … I think we're gonna win in a landslide." pic.twitter.com/y6rMjcJqGn

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 20, 2020

Media: @Acosta to @ErinBurnett on @realDonaldTrump's briefing: "He said at one point it's not about him, but made it clear he thinks it is about him, all about Nov. 3 … He wants these press conferences to be a love fest, while people just want to be sure lives are being saved." pic.twitter.com/xymOSaSaza

— Porter Anderson (@Porter_Anderson) April 20, 2020

The President continued by talking about the upcoming presidential election, saying he’s there for a reason, meaning the podium, as he won the presidency in 2016, proving many people like him. Alcindor is not one of those people, and this is not the duo’s first rodeo.

The President told PBS reporter Alcindor that he thinks he’s going to win the next election. “I think we’re gonna win again,” Trump said, “I think we’re gonna win in a landslide.”

.@Yamiche: A man said his entire family got sick because they listened to you and didn't stay home. Are you concerned that downplaying the virus got people sick?

Trump: "A lot of people love Trump, right?" pic.twitter.com/FACeyXTine

— Pod Save America (@PodSaveAmerica) April 20, 2020

When you blame the President for people dying from the Wuhan coronavirus, how do you expect him to respond? Give me a break. The leftist media hates this President and they aren’t even hiding during a world pandemic.

Alcindor, who told Seth Myers earlier this month that she considers herself a civil rights reporter, was praised by the likes of higher-ups at Twitter (shocking), including Lara Cohen, Global Partnerships Solutions lead at the tech giant, Twitter.

Cohen also retweeted this gem, mocking people who protested government overreach in various states:

https://twitter.com/BillforPA14/status/1252066928333553665?s=20

Of course liberal never-Trumpers praised Alcindor for putting the President in his place because he said he hadn’t left the house even though he held a rally in March.

Also Trump getting caught in a lie is pretty amazing to watch.

Trump: "I haven't left the White House in months." @Yamiche: "You held a rally in March." pic.twitter.com/sEu1v5KTYK

— Pod Save America (@PodSaveAmerica) April 20, 2020

He blows right by the question because he knows exactly what he’s doing. He’s trolling, they think they “got him good!” and the rest of us, who aren’t obsessed with hating the President, are laughing on the sidelines. The point is, who cares if he held a rally, these briefings are supposed to be about the virus and some of these reporters are playing school yard gotcha games.

This piece was written by Robyn Kenney on April 20, 2020. It originally appeared in LifeZette and is used by permission.