Trump Tells Reporter To Take Mask Off, Reporter Declines

Erin Burnett OutFront

CNN

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4.4 • 706 Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2020

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Trump tells reporter to take mask off, reporter declines. Minutes later, Trump praises another reporter for not wearing a mask. A key model says that 122,000 lives could be saved by wearing masks. Trump touts pandemic response, attacks rivals and repeats false claims during a campaign-like news conference at the White House. Officials fear a post-holiday coronavirus surge. New coronavirus cases are averaging about 40,000 daily and double average going into Memorial Day. The United States coronavirus cases near 6.3 million and the death toll tops 189,000. Trump politicizes the coronavirus vaccine and accuses Biden's campaign of the same thing. Trump accuses Harris of "political rhetoric" on vaccines even as president ties vaccine timeline to "special date." Trump demands Harris apologize for "political" vaccine rhetoric. Trump floats baseless allegations about Biden's health. Kamala Harris meets with Jacob Blake and family, as Trump double downs on law and order message. Trump launches an unprecedented attack on military leaders that he appointed and accuses them of waging wars to boost profits, as he says that soldiers love him. Trump says that military and Pentagon leaders, "want to do nothing but fight wars" to keep contractors happy. Trump says that Pentagon leaders don't love him. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.7	Out front next, the president goes after a reporter for wearing a mask while praising another for not
0:36.0	wearing one. This is the country is again at a crossroads
0:39.8	when it comes to the deadly pandemic.
0:41.9	Plus, Trump accusing Kamala Harris
0:43.7	of politicizing the coronavirus vaccine
0:45.7	while at the same time tying a vaccine
0:49.0	to the election himself.
0:51.2	President Trump also launching an unprecedented attack
0:53.6	against his own top military commanders, accusing them of waging wars so others can make a profit.
0:59.5	So what's he talking about? Let's go out front.
1:04.1	Good evening and welcome to a special edition of Outfront. America Hill, in for Aaron Burnett.
1:08.7	Tonight, take it off. The President of the United States
1:11.4	telling a reporter to take off his mask to ask a question, then moments later applauding another
1:16.7	reporter for not wearing one. Those exchanges, part of a rambling nearly 50-minute press conference,
1:23.0	a press conference that was really more political rally, a political rally in disguise,
1:27.3	or maybe not so much of a disguise, filled with wildly inaccurate statements, including this one about the president's handling of the pandemic.
1:36.1	We are an absolute leader in every way.
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