“The president tried to rewrite his history with advising Americans about the coronavirus. His own words prove him wrong”: "Trump Now Claims He Always Knew the Coronavirus Would Be a Pandemic" (The New York Times).
Or as a non-Times writer once put it, “The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” Yes, that’s George Orwell, in Nineteen Eighty-Four. And here is Orwell on totalitarian history.
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And some video evidence:
As Trump pivots to coronavirus crisis mode, let’s not forget the months of downplaying and denial. pic.twitter.com/gH1xZAHXm5
— The Recount (@therecount) March 17, 2020
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