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  1. 180
    . Pam Fessler, “Trump Administration Rule Would Penalize Immigrants for Needing Benefits,” NPR, August 12, 2019.
  2. 181
    . Nicole Narea, “Trump's Rule Creating a Wealth Test for Immigrants Is Now in Effect,”
    Vox
    , February 24, 2020.
  3. 182
    . Editorial Board, “Obamacare's Tax on the Poor,”
    Wall Street Journal
    , September 22, 2017.
  4. 183
    . Peter Sullivan, “Analysis: Repeal of Obamacare Taxes in Bipartisan Spending Deal Costs $373B,”
    Hill
    , December 17, 2019.
  5. 184
    . President Donald J. Trump, “Presidential Executive Order Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States,”
    WhiteHouse.gov
    , October 12, 2017.
  6. 185
    . “AlphaBay, the Largest Online ‘Dark Market' Shut Down,”
    Justice.gov
    ., July 20, 2017.
  7. 186
    . “Ending America's Opioid Crisis,”
    WhiteHouse.gov
    ,
    https://www.whitehouse.gov/opioids/
    .
  8. 187
    . Rema Rahman and Andrew Siddons, “Trump Declares Opioid Crisis a ‘National Health Emergency,' ”
    Roll Call
    , October 26, 2017.
  9. 188
    . “Ending America's Opioid Crisis,”
    WhiteHouse.gov
    ,
    https://www.whitehouse.gov/opioids/
    .
  10. 189
    . “USDA Invests More than $1 Billion to Improve Health Care in Rural Areas,” USDA, November 17, 2017.
  11. 190
    . Julie Rovner, “CHIP Renewed for Six Years as Congress Votes to Reopen Federal Government,”
    Kaiser Health News
    , January 22, 2018; Heather Long, “Let's Remember: 9 Million Kids' Health Insurance Is at Stake in This Budget Fight,”
    Washington Post
    , January 18, 2018.
  12. 191
    . Jessie Hellmann, “Trump Signs ‘right to try' Drug Bill,'
    The Hill
    , May 30, 2018.
  13. 192
    . Avik Roy, “Trump's New Medicare Rule to Reduce Prescription Drug Prices Through Competition,”
    Forbes
    , August 7, 2018.
  14. 193
    . Berkeley Lovelace Jr., “Trump Signs Executive Order on Medicare, Says He Won't Let Democrats Steal Your Health Care,” CNBC, October 3, 2019.
  15. 194
    . Kate Patrick, “FDA Approves Record Number of Generic Drugs, but Do They Help Lower Drug Prices?” Inside Sources, October 23, 2019.
  16. 195
    . Council of Economic Advisers, “Prescription Drug Prices Are Falling at
    Historic Levels Thanks to Trump Administration Policies,”
    WhiteHouse.gov
    , November 5, 2019.
  17. 196
    . Jocelyn Kaiser, “Researchers Weigh In on Trump's $500 Million Plan to Share Childhood Cancer Data,”
    Science Magazine
    , August 5, 2019.
  18. 197
    . Madeleine Carlisle, “Federal Legal Age to Buy Tobacco Products Officially Raised to 21,”
    Time
    , December 23, 2019.
  19. 198
    . German Lopez, “The First Step Act, Explained,”
    Vox
    , February 5, 2019.
  20. 199
    . Donald J. Trump, “Remarks by President Trump at the 2018 Project Safe Neighborhoods National Conference,”
    WhiteHouse.gov
    , December 7, 2018.
  21. 200
    . Melanie Arter, “Trump Credits Project Safe Neighborhoods with Drop in Homicides During His Adminstration,” CNS News, February 14, 2019.
CHAPTER 10: TRUMP'S RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS AND AMERICA'S GREAT COMEBACK
  1. 1
    . Audrey Conklin, “China's 3-week delay in coronavirus response accelerated spread: study,” Fox Business, March 19, 2020.
  2. 2
    . “60% of Democrats Blame Trump More Than China for Coronavirus,” Rasmussen Reports, April 20, 2020.
  3. 3
    . Dave Sminara, “The Democrats' 2020 Coronavirus Hindsight,”
    Wall Street Journal
    , April 19, 2020.
  4. 4
    . Ibid.
  5. 5
    . Patrick Goodenough, “Coronavirus Was All but Ignored in First Three Democrat Debates of the Year,” CNS News, April 20, 2020.
  6. 6
    . Ibid.
  7. 7
    . Ibid.
  8. 8
    . Jake Tapper, “Biden Campaign Says He Backs Trump's China Travel Ban,” CNN, April 3, 2020.
  9. 9
    . “Tapper presses Polosi on new coronavirus law,”
    CNN.com
    ,
    https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/04/26/sotu-nancy-pelosi-full.cnn
    .
  10. 10
    . Mairead McCardle, “Pelosi Denies Downplaying Coronavirus by Inviting People to ‘Come to Chinatown' in February, Claims She Was Fighting ‘Discrimination,' ”
    National Review
    , April 20, 2020; “Chris Wallace grills Pelosi on her own disregard for social distancing,” Fox News YouTube Channel, April 19, 2020,
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2CJ0PNLNKw
    .
  11. 11
    . Nick Arama, “Holy Cow: Dan Crenshaw Takes Apart Bill Maher on Trump Response to Virus, Just Leaves Him Wrecked,”
    Red State
    , April 19, 2020.
  12. 12
    . “Emergency Preparedness and Response,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Janaury 17, 2020.
  13. 13
    . Bret Baier, “Sources Believe Coronavirus Outbreak Originated in Wuhan Lab as Part of China's Efforts to Compete with US,” Fox News, April 17, 2020.
  14. 14
    . “Emergency
    Preparedness and Response,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Janaury 17, 2020.
  15. 15
    . “Press Release: Public Health Screening to Begin at 3 U.S. Airports for 2019 Novel Coronavirus (‘2019-nCoV'),” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, January 17, 2020.
  16. 16
    . Elizabeth Cohen, “Vaccine for New Chinese Coronavirus in the Works,” CNN, January 20, 2020.
  17. 17
    . “Initial Public Health Response and Interim Clinical Guidance for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak—United States, December 31, 2019–February 4, 2020,”
    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
    , February 7, 2020.
  18. 18
    . CDC Newsroom, “First Travel-Related Case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus Detected in the United States,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, January 21, 2020.
  19. 19
    . Julie Steenhuysen, “U.S. Health Officials Seek Emergency Approval to Use Diagnostic Test for New Coronavirus,”
    U.S. News & World Report
    , January 23, 2020.
  20. 20
    . “Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding the President's Coronavirus Task Force,”
    WhiteHouse.gov
    , Janaury 29, 2020.
  21. 21
    . “Proclamation on Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus,”
    WhiteHouse.gov
    , January 31, 2020.
  22. 22
    . “DHS Issues Supplemental Instructions for Inbound Flights with Indivdiuals Who Have Been in China,” Department of Homeland Security, February 2, 2020.
  23. 23
    . Gabriella Munoz, “House Democrats Schedule Vote on Bill to Dismantle Trump Travel Ban,”
    Washington Times
    , March 7, 2020.
  24. 24
    . Gregg Re, “After Attacking Trump's Coronavirus-Related China Travel Ban as Xenophobic, Dems and Media Have Changed Tune,” Fox News, April 1, 2020.
  25. 25
    . “Timeline: The Trump Administration's Decisive Actions to Combat the Coronavirus,”
    DonaldJTrump.com
    , April 13, 2020.
  26. 26
    . Matthew Choi, “Trump Puts Pence in Charge of Coronavirus Response,”
    Politico
    , March 26, 2020.
  27. 27
    . “Timeline: The Trump Administration's Decisive Actions to Combat the Coronavirus.”
  28. 28
    . Caitlin Emma and Jennifer Scholtes, “House Swiftly Passes Bipartisan $8.3B Coronavirus Package,”
    Politico
    , March 4, 2020.
  29. 29
    . “Timeline: The Trump Administration's Decisive Actions to Combat the Coronavirus.”
  30. 30
    . Erica L. Green, “Rules Eased on Colleges Seeking to Close Their Campuses Amid Outbreak,”
    New York Times
    , March 10, 2020.
  31. 31
    . Jack O'Brien and Mandy Roth, “President Trump Declares National
    Emergency Due to COVID-19 Outbreak, Includes Hospital Waivers,” Health
    LeadersMedia.com
    , March 13, 2020.
  32. 32
    . Saim Saeed, “Trump's Europe Travel Ban Explained,”
    Politico
    , March 12, 2020; “Delivering on President Trump's Promise, Secretary DeVos Suspends Federal Student Loan Payments, Waives Interest During National Emergency,” U.S. Department of Education, March 20, 2020,
    https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/delivering-president-trumps-promise-secretary-devos-suspends-federal-student-loan-payments-waives-interest-during-national-emergency
    .
  33. 33
    . Dian Schaffhauser, “Updated: Free Resources for Schools During COVID-19 Outbreak,”
    TheJournal.com
    , April 17, 2020.
  34. 34
    . Dan Mangan, “Trump Issues ‘Coronavirus Guidelines' for Next 15 Days to Slow Pandemic,” CNBC, March 16, 2020.
  35. 35
    . Kevin Breuninger and Kevin Williams, “Trump Says Coronavirus Crisis Could Stretch Into August, May Look at Lockdown for ‘Certain Areas,' ” CNBC, March 16, 2020.
  36. 36
    . “USDA Announces Feeding Program Partnership in Response to COVID-19,”
    USDA.gov
    , March 17, 2020.
  37. 37
    . Aaron Friedman, Phillip Gillespie, Nancy Schroeder, Timothy Silva, and Wilmer Hale, “Federal Reserve Announces Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility,”
    JDSupra.com
    , March 20, 2020.
  38. 38
    . Ben Lane, “Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, HUD Suspending All Forecolsures and Evictions,”
    Housing Wire
    , March 18, 2020.
  39. 39
    . “Timeline: The Trump Administration's Decisive Actions to Combat the Coronavirus.”
  40. 40
    . Sean Ludwig, “Families First Coronavirus Response Act: What Businesses Need to Know,” U.S. Chamber of Commerce, March 26, 2020.
  41. 41
    . Laura Kelly and Morgant Chalfant, “State Dept. Urges US Citizens to Avoid All International Travel,”
    Hill
    , March 19, 2020.
  42. 42
    . “Timeline: The Trump Administration's Decisive Actions to Combat the Coronavirus.”
  43. 43
    . “The Arc's COVID-19 Updates: March 20, 2020,” Arc Massachusetts, March 20, 2020.
  44. 44
    . “Timeline: The Trump Administration's Decisive Actions to Combat the Coronavirus.”
  45. 45
    . “President Trump Signs into Law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act,”
    National Law Review
    , March 29, 2020.
  46. 46
    . Ronn Blitzer, “Republicans Say Dems Blocking Coronavirus Relief Over ‘Ideological Wish List,' ” Fox News, March 23, 2020.
  47. 47
    . Maxim Lott, “Coronavirus Relief Bill Contains Nearly $12 Billion in Questionable Spending,” Fox News, March 27, 2000.
  48. 48
    . “Trump
    Announces Social Distancing Guidelines Extended to April 30,” CBS News, March 30, 2020.
  49. 49
    . Timeline: The Trump Administration's Decisive Actions to Combat the Coronavirus.”
  50. 50
    . Ibid.
  51. 51
    . Press release, “Federal Reserve Takes Additional Actions to Provide Up to $2.3 Trillion in Loans to Support the Economy,” Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, April 9, 2020.
  52. 52
    . “Timeline: The Trump Administration's Decisive Actions to Combat the Coronavirus.”
  53. 53
    . Brett Samuels, “Trump to Convene Council Focused on Reopening the Country,”
    Hill
    , April 10, 2020.
  54. 54
    . “Timeline: The Trump Administration's Decisive Actions to Combat the Coronavirus.”
  55. 55
    . Ben Kennedy, “Restrictions Rolled Back in May? Trump Forms Second Task Force to Focus on US Economic Recovery,” CBN News, April 14, 2020.
  56. 56
    . Tim Hains, “President Trump Announces Three-Phase Plan to Reopen Economy,”
    Real Clear Politics
    , April 16, 2020.
  57. 57
    . Adam Edlman, Monica Alba, Hans Nichols, and Peter Alexander, “Trump Unveils Three-Phase Plan for States to Reopen Amid Coronavirus Pandemic,” NBC News, April 16, 2020.
  58. 58
    . “Guidelines: Opening Up America Again,”
    WhiteHouse.gov
    ,
    https://www.whitehouse.gov/openingamerica/
    .
  59. 59
    . Ibid.
  60. 60
    . Greg Norman, “New York Gov. Cuomo to Protestors Wanting Economy Reopened: ‘Get a Job as an Essential Worker,' ” Fox News, April 23, 2020.
  61. 61
    . Jennifer Harper, “Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Calls for National Work Boycott,”
    Washington Times
    , April 22, 2020.
  62. 62
    . Emma Colton, “ ‘You Should Be Ashamed': Critics Unleash on Pelosi for Showing Off Freezer Loaded with Ice Cream,”
    Washington Examiner
    , April 16, 2020.
  63. 63
    . Gail Collins, “Let's Call it Trumpvirus,”
    New York Times
    , February 26, 2020.
  64. 64
    . Maureen Dowd, “Trump Makes Us Ill,”
    New York Times
    , February 29, 2020.
  65. 65
    . “Joseph A. Wulfsohn, “New York Times Columnist Bret Stephens Declares Coronavirus is Trump's ‘Chernobyl,' ” Fox News, March 11, 2020.
  66. 66
    . Francoise Mouly, “Brian Stauffer's ‘Under Control,' ”
    NewYorker.com
    , February 27, 2020.
    https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2020-03-09
    .
  67. 67
    . Andrew Mark Miller, “MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace: Trump getting hurt politically is ‘silver lining' to coronavirus pandemic,”
    Washington Examiner
    , April 24, 2020.
  68. 68
    . 
    https://twitter.com/juliaioffe/status/1243297913863835648?s=20
  69. 69
    . Rich Noyes,
    “STUDY: Washington Post Bashes Trump Virus Response with 25-to-1 Negative Headlines,” MRCNewsbusters, April 25, 2020.
  70. 70
    . David Lynch, “The Coronavirus crisis is exposing how the economy was not as strong as it seemed,”
    Washington Post
    , March 28, 2020.
  71. 71
    . Peter Nicholas, “The Coronavirus Outbreak Could Bring Out the Worst in Trump,”
    Atlantic
    , February 18, 2020.
  72. 72
    . Catherine E. Shoichet, “The US coronavirus travel ban could backfire. Here's how,” CNN, February 7, 2020.
  73. 73
    . Silvia Amaro, “Trump's travel ban on many European countries is ‘politically motivated,' analysts say,” CNBC, March 13, 2020.
  74. 74
    . Adam Gabbatt, “Republicans Face Backlash Over Racist Labeling of Coronavirus,”
    Guardian
    , March 10, 2020.
  75. 75
    . Brandon Tensley, “Coronavirus Task Force Another Example of Trump Administration's Lack ofDiversity,” CNN, January 30, 2020.
  76. 76
    . Joseph A. Wulfsohn, “MSNBC Journalists Say Calling Coronavirus the ‘Wuhan Virus' is ‘Racist,' ” Fox News, March 10, 2020.
  77. 77
    . Tristan Justice, “CNN: It's Racist to Say the Wuhan Virus Started in China,”
    Federalist
    , March 12, 2020.
  78. 78
    . David Rutz, “Media Balk at Trump Calling Wuhan Virus ‘Foreign,' ”
    Washington Free Beacon
    , March 12, 2020.
  79. 79
    . 
    https://twitter.com/chuckrossdc/status/1233835255230029831?s=21
  80. 80
    . “Olivia Nuzzi Asks Trump If a President Deserves to Be Re-Elected after Losing More Americans in Week,” Brief News YouTube channel, April 27, 2020,
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3ffvwP8fKs
    .
  81. 81
    . 
    https://twitter.com/Olivianuzzi/status/1254904577981394949?s=20
  82. 82
    . “Dr. Fauci lashes out at media in White House press briefing,” Fox News YouTube channel, April 13, 2020,
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUFgxduAHaM
    .
  83. 83
    . Madison Dibble, “ ‘Propaganda session': CNN mocks ‘angry' Trump press conference with critical chyrons,”
    Washington Examiner
    , April 13, 2020.
  84. 84
    . Noah Weiland and Maggie Haberman, “For Dr. Deborah Birx, Urging Calm Has Come With Heavy Criticism,”
    New York Times
    , March 27, 2020.
  85. 85
    . 
    https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1243927133594030088
  86. 86
    . 
    https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1243556939369496576
  87. 87
    . 
    https://twitter.com/DavidCornDC/status/1243561420853297161
  88. 88
    . Peter Wade, “Dr. Birx More ‘Bothered' by Media Than Trump for Injecting Disinfectant Comments,”
    Rolling Stone
    , April 26, 2020.
  89. 89
    . Jack Goldsmith and Andrew Keane Woods, “Internet Speech Will Never Go Back to Normal,”
    Atlantic
    , April 25, 2020.
  90. 90
    . 
    https://twitter.com/HeidiNBC/status/1242241046815354881
  91. 91
    . 
    https://twitter.com/mehdirhasan/status/1246586099981574151
  92. 92
    . Alana Goodman, “Man Who Died Ingesting Fish Tank Cleaner
    Remembered as Intelligent, Levelheaded Engineer,”
    Washington Free Beacon
    , April 24, 2020.
  93. 93
    . Alana Goodman, “Police Investigating Death of Arizona Man From Chloroquine Phosphate,” April 28, 2020,
    Washington Free Beacon
    , April 28, 2020.
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