Don Jr. lies that U.S. coronavirus death numbers are down to "almost nothing." FACT: 228,636 deaths and counting

Xeni Jardin 7:51 pm Thu Oct 29, 2020

In this clip, the president's son Donald Trump Jr. claims coronavirus death numbers in the United States are down to "almost nothing." But 228,636 coronavirus deaths and counting in America isn't "almost nothing." More than one thousand people in the nation died TODAY of coronavirus. TODAY alone.

Jr. claims Coronavirus death numbers are down to "almost nothing" pic.twitter.com/NGMDLYkdsD
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) October 30, 2020

"The number (of deaths) is almost nothing, because we've gotten control of this," Don Jr says.

So far today, Johns Hopkins has reported 87,164 new cases and 951 reported deaths.

TODAY.

With a total of 228,636 deaths.

Lie after lie after lie after lie. https://t.co/UVz6TDBbKy
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 30, 2020

More than a thousand people died of COVID today. Perhaps "Don" can attend some of the funerals, look those families in their eyes, and tell them their loved ones' deaths were "almost nothing." https://t.co/t5J6WWnJh3
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) October 30, 2020

Today there were 83,757 new coronavirus cases in the U.S., according to data from Johns Hopkins University — making this the highest single day of reported cases since the pandemic began.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) October 29, 2020

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