It’s a claim along with the likes of neo-Nazis are “fine people” that has become a symbol for the left of Donald Trump’s diabolical character — the assertion one year ago that the then-president suggested Americans could inject bleach in their bodies to kill the COVID-19 virus.
But Trump didn’t say that, as PJ Media’s Matt Margolis documents, just as never said neo-Nazis and white supremacists are “fine people.”
The bleach claim originated April 23, 2020, during the White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing in a discussion about possible COVID-19 treatments, including UV light.
Trump said: “And then I see the disinfectant, where it knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside or almost a cleaning? Because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs. So it would be interesting to check that. So, that you’re going to have to use medical doctors with. But it sounds — it sounds interesting to me.”
In the same briefing, a reporter asked Bill Bryan, the acting under secretary for Science and Technology at the Department of Homeland Security: “The president mentioned the idea of cleaners, like bleach and isopropyl alcohol you mentioned. There’s no scenario that could be injected into a person, is there?”
Trump spoke up.
“It wouldn’t be through injection. We’re talking about through almost a cleaning, sterilization of an area,” the president said. “Maybe it works, maybe it doesn’t work. But it certainly has a big effect if it’s on a stationary object.”
As Margolis points out, it was a reporter, not Trump, who connected bleach to injections.
Trump corrected the reporter, but it didn’t stop media from running with the claim that the president wants to inject people with bleach.
MSNBC legal analyst Glenn Kirschner charged Trump was encouraging dangerous behavior.
“Trump unquestionably is unfit to serve as president. He endangers every American,” Kirschner tweeted. “Most directly, he endangers his supporters, many of whom either believe the virus is a hoax (prompting them to engage in dangerous behavior) or now that injecting/ingesting disinfectants is in order.”
NBC News ran a story headined “‘It’s irresponsible and it’s dangerous’: Experts rip Trump’s idea of injecting disinfectant to treat COVID-19.”
The Washington Post said “Trump’s comments prompted doctors, and Lysol, to warn against injecting disinfectants.”
A Time magazine headline blared “Experts Warn Against Inhaling Bleach After Trump Comments.”
And it hasn’t stopped, with the Huffington Post declaring Friday “It’s Been Exactly 1 Year Since The Most Insane Moment Of The Trump Presidency.”
Charlottesville lie
Democrats, including Joe Biden — who says it was the reason he ran for president –also haven’t stopped repeating the Charlottesville lie.
In fact, during his remarks on 2017 on the clash in Charlottesville, South Carolina, Trump immediately made it clear he was not talking about “the neo-Nazis and white nationalists,” explicitly declaring “they should be condemned totally.”
His reference – as a CNN contributor pointed out in a rebuke to his network colleagues – was to the people on both sides of the issue of whether or not to maintain statues of Robert E. Lee and other Confederate figures.
Nevertheless, Biden said during his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention last August that Trump’s words were “a wake-up call for us as a country” and, for him, “a call to action.”
“At that moment, I knew I’d have to run,” Biden said.
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