Ivanka Trump’s Spin On Her Dad’s COVID-19 Failings Backfires
Ivanka Trump faced backlash after she tried to spin the narrative on her father’s devastating mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Donald Trump’s daughter and adviser claimed during a 2020 election campaign event in Las Vegas on Monday that the president had taken “unprecedented” and early action at the start of the public health crisis “when most people, except through the lens of revisionist history” were “not taking it seriously, on the Hill or elsewhere.”
Ivanka Trump defends her father’s handling of the virus: “Except through the lens of revisionist history, most people were not taking [COVID] very seriously, on the Hill or elsewhere.” pic.twitter.com/oxnFEazJzS
— The Recount (@therecount) October 12, 2020
Twitter users begged to differ.
Some critics reminded Ivanka Trump of how her father had privately acknowledged the “deadly” threat posed by COVID-19 during taped interviews with famed journalist Bob Woodward in early February.
In public, however, the president repeatedly downplayed the virus that has now killed more than 210,000 people nationwide.
Other detractors highlighted how serious the coronavirus was being taken in its early stages internationally and by Trump’s rival in the 2020 election, the Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
The president was hospitalised on October 3 for three days after contracting COVID-19. White House physician Sean Conley on Monday said Trump was no longer infectious to others, allowing him to host a rally in Florida.
Hi @ivanka, have you listened to Bob Woodward’s tapes or were you too busy posing for vapid photoshoots?
— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) October 12, 2020
Also here is Biden taking it seriously on Jan 27. https://t.co/R3y9iDQOKN
— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) October 12, 2020
How is she able to speak with a straight face knowing her father lied and continued to lie since he was briefed on how deadly this virus is?
— Femmetasia (@Verdanne) October 12, 2020