Cease & Desist: We're not allowed to quote Trump.
Click here to see ad: https://twitter.com/i/status/1242193904553865216
Priorities USA has an advertisement about Trump and the coronavirus. It’s a very simple advertisement. Visually, there’s a graph of the infection curve in the United States that progresses in time as the advertisement goes along. Juxtaposed with that chart is audio and transcript of comments Trump has made during the same time period.
"The coronavirus"
“this is their new hoax"
"we have it totally under control"
"it's one person coming in from China"
"one day, it's like a miracle, it will disappear"
"when you have 15 people and within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero"
"we really think we've done a great job in keeping it down to a minimum"
"I like this stuff, I really get it, people are surprised that I understand it."
The advertisement ends with video and audio of Trump saying, “No, I don’t take responsibility at all.”
Trump’s lawyer has responded to the advertisement by issuing a cease & desist letter (the letter is linked in the tweet below). Their specific objection is to the inclusion of Trump saying “this is their new hoax.” The lawyer’s argument is that though Trump said “hoax,” Trump meant “politicization,” and that since Trump meant a totally different word than the one he used, that we’re not allowed to quote him.
Click here to see ad: https://twitter.com/i/status/1242193904553865216
This article is from: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/25/1931288/-Cease-Desist-We-re-not-allowed-to-quote-Trump?utm_campaign=trending
