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Mick Mulvaney Claims Trump Didn’t Sleep for 48 Hours Before Coronavirus Press Conference
Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney accused the media of working against Donald Trump on the coronavirus outbreak – and also said that Trump never sleeps, including not sleeping the two days before Trump’s coronavirus press conference on Wednesday.
“They think this will bring down the president. That’s what it’s all about,” Mulvaney griped at the annual CPAC conservative gabfest.
He said of the disease that has now impacted 50 countries: “It’s not a death sentence. It’s not the same as the Ebola crisis.”
He continued: “What I might do to calm the markets is turn the television off for 24 hours. This is not Ebola… It’s not SARS. It’s not MERS,” Mulvaney said, pointing to epidemics.
“When you look at the severity of diseases, one of the ways you can look at it is you can look at the percentage of people who get it who die,” he explained. He noted that many people die from ordinary flu.
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It looks like this disease is some place between 1 and 2 percent fatal. Is that serious, it absolutely is, there’s no question about it.” He also noted it’s “much easier to get” than Ebola. “This is something we know how to deal with.”
“We sit there and watch the markets and there’s this huge panic. Why isn’t there this panic every single year over flu?” he asked.
He accused the press of sensationalizing coverage, and pointed to efforts the administration took to close borders and try to stem the outbreak here. “While real news was happening, the press was covering their hoax of the day,” he said.
Mulvaney also said the bureaucracy was working against Trump.
“There are men and women who work in this government every single day. You want bureaucrats who work just as hard for Donald Trump as they did for Barack Obama. That’s only fair. They’re taking your tax dollars.”
“They should work just as hard for Donald Trump, and that has not happened,” he said.
Moore called Trump a “freak of nature” for his energy. “Does the guy ever sleep? He’s the most Energizer bunny guy I’ve ever met. I can’t imagine being his chief of staff,” he said.
“The phone calls start about 6 am” and don’t come after midnight, he said.
Mulvaney said he missed Trump’s trip to India because he has a cold and the “doctor did not clear for the trip because everybody gets sick on the airplane.”
He said Trump “did not sleep on the flight home and I know that because he’s emailing and texting and taking phone calls.”
“He did that press conference Wednesday night. That thing you saw for an hour – he had not slept for a day and a half, two and a half,” he told the crowd.
“When we do those kinds of trips, if I had been on the trip, we sleep in shifts so that somebody is always up. The man just never sleeps,” Moore said.
"He had not slept for a day and a half … the man never sleeps" — here's Mulvaney claiming Trump didn't sleep at all on his return trip from India, then didn't sleep the next day either pic.twitter.com/5AmEtDZOWG
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 28, 2020
Now, bragging about not sleeping isn’t a good thing. Humans need to rest. Period.
And Twitter quickly pointed this out:
Mulvaney, a Trump enabler, is making excuses for what is actually Trump's dementia ravaged condition. If he went 48 hours without sleep, there is likely stimulant type drugs involved. Look for Trump to become increasingly detached from reality as the Coronavirus spreads. https://t.co/YvkgNSHfhj
— Tom Joseph (@TomJChicago) February 28, 2020
Mulvaney bragging about Trump’s addiction to stimulants as if it’s something to be admired. You want 73 year olds that are smart enough to get some sleep when they’re facing a National Emergency, not snort more Adderall. @realDonaldTrump https://t.co/TUWwiUemaM
— NoelCaslerComedy (@CaslerNoel) February 28, 2020
Mulvaney excused Trump's performance in his coronavirus press conference bc he didn't get enough sleep coming home from India. I actually believe this (and had thought about how poorly Trump travels myself). But the reason Mulvaney knows he didn't sleep is he was up shitposting. https://t.co/0ika28PGgl
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) February 28, 2020
I guess Mulvaney thinks disclosing the fact that he doesn't sleep gives Trump some "superman" quality. It's actually a very bad physiological indicator any way you slice it.
— Miss Roland (@RegalHarvester) February 28, 2020
Adderall keeps you awake.
Film at 11. https://t.co/dOazCEIMu5
— Dara Does Deep State ⚖️ (@daralynn13) February 28, 2020
Trump is not sleeping which could suggest an exacerbation of his hypomania. Keep aware this could go very badly very fast https://t.co/OI1dJvrGVs
— Duty To Warn 🔉 (@duty2warn) February 28, 2020
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