President Trump delivers deeply divisive speech to mark Independence Day, comparing the US's fight against Nazis and terrorists to his efforts to defeat 'the radical left' in the US and accusing social justice protesters of trying to destroy America.
President Donald Trump delivered another deeply divisive speech to mark Independence Day on Saturday, comparing the US's fight against Nazis and terrorists to his efforts to defeat"the radical left" in the US and accusing social justice protesters of trying to destroy America.
"We will not allow anyone to divide our citizens by race or background. We will not allow them to foment hate, discord and distrust," Trump said. "Now we have tested almost 40 million people. By so doing, we show cases — 99% of which are totally harmless — results that no other country can show because no other country has testing that we have. Not in terms of the numbers, or in terms of the quality," he said, once again also falsely claiming that rising cases are caused by increased testing.
The Washington, DC, celebration did not appear to be following CDC guidelines concerning gatherings despite deputy White House press secretary Judd Deere telling CNN this week that the White House would enforce social distancing.
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