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Navarro also called Trump the “hardest working president in history” when confronted on Trump's latest golf weekend amid stalled coronavirus relief negotiations.
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‘IT’S A BIT CONFUSING’
Kudlow tossed around a whole lot of numbers, none of which matched what the president’s executive order says.
‘OFFENSIVE’
“So, I would just ask—I’ll let Scott Adams’ video be my defense on this,” Navarro responded after a CNN anchor cited several peer-reviewed studies.
SAFE SPACE
The campaign’s suggestions for 2020 debate moderators draw heavily from Trump’s favorite cable-news safe space. But they also include some truly surprising names.
TRAINWRECK TV
“Watch your mouth, we’re on television,” Chris Cuomo quickly replied when one of the gym owners tossed out the f-bomb.
‘YOU KNOW THAT’
“This is just pointless, okay,” Keilar eventually said after getting fed-up with her interview subject. “This is pointless!”
‘BIG MISTAKE’
“I can’t say one way or the other,” Trump said when asked whether he found the late civil rights hero impressive.
‘DISQUALIFIED’
Carlson, who is currently facing the ire of his own colleagues over his racist rhetoric, devoted his opening monologue to calling Black female veep candidates unqualified.
DISINFORMATION
“If people really looked at this disease, it is worse than the flu, but it’s not that much worse. It shouldn’t be leading to these generalized shutdowns,” Ron Johnson insisted.
‘BOTH SIDES’
Navarro said he takes “exception to Giroir’s analysis, adding that the HHS official “hasn’t looked at the data” on hydroxychloroquine within the past two weeks.
