This was a bad one – Digby's Hullabaloo

I guess he felt he needed to get out there because last night’s town hall was a train wreck. But he made everything worse. He said that the CDC Director didn’t know what he was talking about when he said that if everyone would wear a mask, it would be more effective than a vaccine. Trump basically said Redfield’s kind of slow and can’t understand questions.

You be the judge:

He doesn't seem confused. https://t.co/B24l7577by
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) September 16, 2020

No word on when Redfield will be coming forward to grovel and scrape, but I’m pretty sure we can expect it any minute now. Any person with integrity would resign after this, but we’re talking about a Trump toadie.

Anyway, here are the lowlights:

Trump wants you to believe that the Swine Flu was just as bad as the coronavirus. I am old enough to report that it was not, and I can't believe anybody older than 18 years old with a functioning memory would believe otherwise. pic.twitter.com/A4SWsPVap9
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 16, 2020

LOL. Trump is surprised and dismayed to learn that the government has rules against forcing private companies to give money to the Treasury as a condition of a sale pic.twitter.com/qYr5f1VLO8
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 16, 2020

"There's going to be fraud all over the place" — Trump goes on a lengthy, angry, unhinged rant against mail voting (this came in response to a question about using force to put down rioters on election night) pic.twitter.com/V5UyG7fVRo
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 16, 2020

"When I called up Robert [Redfield] today, I said to him, 'what's with the masks?' He said, 'I think I answered that question incorrectly.'" — Trump on the CDC director's congressional testimony pic.twitter.com/S1FpJRmsVO
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 16, 2020

"I am the one who got football back," says the guy whose coronavirus bungling caused it to be delayed in the first place pic.twitter.com/G3sE0I5slb
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 16, 2020

This is just absolutely insane stuff. Completely bonkers. There aren't words for how unhinged the president is. pic.twitter.com/KFXKP1Cflz
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 16, 2020

Kayleigh McEnany confirms that there was a positive Covid test among a White House staffer, but Trump quickly points out that "it was not anybody that was near me" as if he's the only person in the world that matters pic.twitter.com/xq6iOleSQ3
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 16, 2020