While the nation is gripped by coronavirus, the 2020 election is still happening and has taken on, if anything, heightened importance. While there’s going to be a lot of pearl-clutching about it, for example this Wall Street Journal story, impeached president Donald Trump’s handling of the crisis is and will continue to be a major issue in the campaign.
To that end, on Tuesday Super PAC Priorities USA started an ad campaign in key 2020 states Florida, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. It shows a timeline and rapidly growing chart of confirmed U.S. cases, through March 22, behind a backdrop of Trump quotes. Like “the coronavirus [...] this is their new hoax,” and “We have it totally under control” and “It’s one person coming in from China,” and “One day, it’s like a miracle, it will disappear,” and “People are surprised that I understand it.” The ad ends with the most damning quote of all: “No, I don’t take responsibility at all.” Watch below the fold.