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Did any Americans actually inject disinfectant after Trump suggested it?

29 May 2020

8:17 AM

29 May 2020

8:17 AM

There’s been no shortage of outrage from the press during the coronavirus pandemic.

One of the more notable meltdowns came in response to President Trump’s rather absurd suggestion in late April that disinfectants could potentially be injected to counter COVID-19 — a comment he later claimed was sarcastic. The press did not see the funny side.

‘Trump’s disinfectant remarks were tantamount to peddling death,’ one Washington Post column

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