{"id":44424,"date":"2020-03-15T11:43:06","date_gmt":"2020-03-15T18:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=44424"},"modified":"2020-03-15T12:16:49","modified_gmt":"2020-03-15T19:16:49","slug":"wtf-trump-fluffer-devin-nunes-tells-fox-news-that-its-a-great-time-to-go-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=44424","title":{"rendered":"WTF? Trump-Fluffer Devin Nunes Tells Fox News that &#8216;It&#8217;s a Great Time to Go Out&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For several months now, Donald Trump has been <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsCorpse\/status\/1238613719241723904\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">downplaying the seriousness<\/a><\/strong> of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. He has said that it would miraculously disappear; that it was just one guy from China; that there was nothing to worry about; and that it was totally under control. The facts, medical experts, and common sense all tell us that none of that is (or was) true.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-nunes-virus.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump, Devin Nunes\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-44425\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/posts\/3385311401483631\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Advs\/fb-share-tn.jpg\" width=\"274\" height=\"20\" class=\"aligncenter\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Throughout the same period of time, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=44416\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Fox News has supported Trump&#8217;s reckless and self-serving negligence<\/a><\/strong>. While most American are taking precautions to avoid infecting themselves and others, Fox News is continuing to promote activities that will not only put people&#8217;s lives at risk, it will exacerbate the severity of the health crisis that is sweeping the nation and the world.<\/p>\n<p>Another example of Fox&#8217;s irresponsibility was on display during a segment of Maria Bartiromo&#8217;s program. She interviewed the utterly corrupt Trump bootlicker, Rep. Devin Nunes, wherein he gave this ill-considered advice to Fox News viewers and the American people:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;I will just say, one of the things you can do &#8212; if you&#8217;re healthy, you and your family, it&#8217;s a great time to just go out, go to a local restaurant &#8212; Likely you can get in easily.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIf you\u2019re healthy, you and your family, it\u2019s a great time to go out and go to a local restaurant, likely you can get in easy. Let\u2019s not hurt the working people in this country&#8230;go to your local pub\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jXdhOfwe9R\">pic.twitter.com\/jXdhOfwe9R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Acyn (@Acyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Acyn\/status\/1239204553460838400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>That could not possibly be more ignorant and dangerous at this perilous time for our country. And it is completely contrary to what the healthcare professionals are saying. Even those who are leading Trump&#8217;s Coronavirus Task Force like renowned immunologist Dr. Anthony Fauci:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;I think Americans should be prepared that they are going to have to hunker down significantly more than we as a country are doing.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TODD: Should we expect more closures? Should more Americans be prepared to be hunkering down at their house?<\/p>\n<p>FAUCI: I think Americans should be prepared that they are going to have to hunker down significantly more than we as a country are doing. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q9BogxpjqZ\">pic.twitter.com\/q9BogxpjqZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RiegerReport\/status\/1239218003880935424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It appears that Nunes and Fox News are deliberately trying to get Americans killed. And they are doing it to advance the political interests of Trump. It has already been observed that his trivialization of this crisis was intended <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/trump-reportedly-rejected-aggressive-coronavirus-121835790.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">to help his reelection prospects<\/a><\/strong>. And these harmful remarks by Nunes come just one day after Fox and Friends co-host Ainsley Earhardt <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/revrrlewis\/status\/1238411195968892931\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">told Fox News viewers<\/a><\/strong> that <em>\u201cIt\u2019s actually the safest time to fly.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As if that weren&#8217;t enough, Trump himself tweeted this on Sunday morning:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This took place in the Rose Garden, just coming out of a cold Winter! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bjHEC9zZkC\">https:\/\/t.co\/bjHEC9zZkC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1239202025029734400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So now the President is happily recounting his gathering of sycophants at the White House. Never mind that he is also contradicting the advice by doctors to engage in <em>&#8220;social distancing,&#8221;<\/em> something that Trump bizarrely tweeted on Saturday <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realdonaldtrump\/status\/1238824050924883968\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">in all-caps<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, there is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=44340\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">significant risk of contracting the coronavirus<\/a><\/strong> by being in close proximity to Trump and his entourage. While he just announced that he tested negative for the virus, his record of rampant, pathological lying causes many people to have reasonable doubts that anything he says is true.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s more, it has just been reported that a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/second-mar-a-lago-visitor-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-wapo-2020-3\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">third person has tested positive<\/a><\/strong> for COVID-19 who was a guest at Trump&#8217;s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. That means that there are more confirmed cases of coronavirus at Mar-a-Lago than in seven states. Perhaps they should consider shutting it down. And then maybe the White House as well. You can&#8217;t be too safe.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00QSSMOES\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=B00QSSMOES&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=newscorpsecom-20&#038;linkId=TLI6JC2OYE22MUTS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><br \/>\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For several months now, Donald Trump has been downplaying the seriousness of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. He has said that it would miraculously disappear; that it was just one guy from China; that there was nothing to worry about; and that it was totally under control. The facts, medical experts, and common sense all tell [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,361,1200,8,16],"tags":[1397,1235,554,33,1112],"class_list":["post-44424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-healthcare","category-politics","category-propaganda","category-wankery","tag-coronavirus","tag-devin-nunes","tag-donald-trump","tag-fox-news","tag-maria-bartiromo"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-nunes-virus.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-byw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40835,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=40835","url_meta":{"origin":44424,"position":0},"title":"Peak Stupidity: Ranking GOP Member of House Intel Committee Thinks Asking for Straws is Socialism","author":"Mark NC","date":"3\/10\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The most recent polls show that the American people, particularly the young, are not generally fearful of what used to be portrayed as the scourge of socialism. 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