Sen. Bernie Sanders(I-Vt.) slammed President Donald Trump‘s response to the coronavirus in a Fox News city center on Monday, explaining some of the president’s remarks as “ridiculous” and “foolish.”
” You got countless people in this nation today who may feel they have a symptom– however you know what? They can not pay for to go to a physician. And then they’re gon na go to work,” Sanders said at the Detroit occasion a day prior to Michigan’s Democratic primary. The senator is routing Previous Vice President Joe Biden in nationwide polls, and especially in Michigan.
” You have a president of the United States: ‘You understand, doesn’t matter, go to work.’ We have a president who says ridiculous things,” Sanders added.
Later on at the occasion, Sanders denounced Trump’s statement in a current press conference that ” possibly” he had a “ natural ability“ to understand problems like the coronavirus.
” As a president, I do not claim I’m the world’s biggest clinical specialist,” Sanders said. “You listen to the researchers, you don’t stay silly things. You don’t suggest individuals go to work.”
Sanders seemed describing Trump’s interview last week with Fox News’ Sean Hannity, in which the president recommended people with mild coronavirus signs could still go to work
” A lot of individuals will have this and it’s really mild. They’ll improve really rapidly,” Trump informed Fox News.
” So, if you understand, we have thousands or numerous countless individuals that get better just by, you know, sitting around and even going to work. A few of them go to work, but they get better,” Trump added.
The Centers for Illness Control and Prevention suggests that infected people stay at home There were at least 26 individuals dead from COVID-19 throughout the U.S. since Monday, with over 600 reported cases