President Trump and his coronavirus task force give briefings on a daily basis, and the most recent press conference brought with it another example of White House press corps brilliance:
Video: As many people have already pointed out on here, a reporter actually asked Trump about shutting down essential businesses like grocery stores. Seriously.
Here that was. pic.twitter.com/Eg4uJ9v52G
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) April 6, 2020
The time-honored adage is “there’s no such thing as a dumb question” but sometimes we’re not so sure about that.
what the… https://t.co/Zm0r1KRHcL
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) April 6, 2020
Media IQ…all time low https://t.co/iJURe18C0h
— Sheryl #rescue #loveofcountry (@sav01) April 6, 2020
Does that reporter want to start a riot? Because this is how you start a riot. https://t.co/ScBeNjhfsP
— Phineas Fahrquar (@irishspy) April 6, 2020
Hey, if it makes Trump look bad maybe the lib media wouldn’t mind it so much.
The Media literally hates Americans b/c of their #TDS. I hope THEY are ALL enjoying their paychecks while Americans are not
— SeldenGADawgs (@SeldenGADawgs) April 6, 2020
Imagine asking the president of the United States with a straight face "why aren't you shutting down the grocery stores?" https://t.co/leIUmuCgwL
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) April 6, 2020
Example 478250 why no one likes the media. https://t.co/Er3Bv7G1b7
— Shelby (@GreatShelbini) April 6, 2020
Why do people need to eat. We should go straight to cannibalism instead of just eating regular food pure genius. Lol https://t.co/MssQQ5B9hT
— Shay Patrick Cormac (@ShayCromac) April 6, 2020
We don’t actually have reporters. We have activists.
— Bribin’ Joe (@WeKnowEDKH) April 6, 2020
If you shut ***everything*** down, ***everyone*** would starve to death. https://t.co/3LzHVN7i9H
— JERRY DUNLEAVY (@JerryDunleavy) April 6, 2020
But at least the virus would be stopped in its tracks. *Eye roll*
Apparently, this reporter hunts after work to feed his family? #activistreporter
— David Horton (@dave38857) April 6, 2020
Proposed new rule:
Reporters should get a total of 3 stupid questions and anything after that they get banned https://t.co/WnUnkDIqJF
— Branson Taylor (@Btaylor74) April 6, 2020
Maybe that’s not a bad idea.