This is incredible! Back on Friday, February 28, 2020, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is repeatedly asked by Rep Ted Lieu (D-CA) if the Coronavirus is a hoax and Secretary Pompeo refuses to answer Yes or No.
Watch this:
From The Hill:
In one of the more heated moments, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) confronted Pompeo, asking him if he believes “the coronavirus is a hoax.” He pointed to White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney‘s comments earlier in the day claiming news media were ignoring the coronavirus until now because outlets were too focused on President Trump‘s impeachment before that, which he called a “hoax.”
“Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mick Mulvaney told the Conservative Political Action Conference [CPAC] that the coronavirus was the hoax of the day,” Lieu said. “Do you agree with Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mulvaney that the coronavirus is the hoax of the day?”
“The State Department is doing everything it can to protect American citizens around the world,” Pompeo began replying before Lieu interrupted.
“Do you believe coronavirus is a hoax?” Lieu said.
“I’m not going to comment on what others are saying,” Pompeo replied. “I’m just telling you what the secretary of State is doing.”
“It’s not even a gotcha question,” Lieu continued. “Do you believe the coronavirus is a hoax?”
“It is a gotcha moment,” Pompeo said. “It’s not useful.”
Asked again, Pompeo said: “We’re taking it seriously.”
#WATCH: Rep. Ted Lieu: "It's not even a gotcha question. Do you believe the corona virus is a hoax?"
Sec of State Mike Pompeo: "It is a gotcha moment. It's not useful."pic.twitter.com/3Fk9e7sqS3
— Jennifer Franco (@jennfranconews) February 28, 2020
The problem with @SecPompeo being too scared to even say #coronavirusus is not a hoax is not just that he lacks a spine, it also compounds the misinformation coming from the @realDonaldTrump Administration on an issue of life and death.#FridayThoughts https://t.co/SKVIm74HX5
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) February 28, 2020
The Do Nothing Democrats were busy wasting time on the Immigration Hoax, & anything else they could do to make the Republican Party look bad, while I was busy calling early BORDER & FLIGHT closings, putting us way ahead in our battle with Coronavirus. Dems called it VERY wrong!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 28, 2020
So, the Coronavirus, which started in China and spread to various countries throughout the world, but very slowly in the U.S. because President Trump closed our border, and ended flights, VERY EARLY, is now being blamed, by the Do Nothing Democrats, to be the fault of “Trump”.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 28, 2020
