Trump Shamed After Bragging that Virus Death Toll Isn't So Bad 'If You Take the Blue States Out'

Praising his own virus response as deaths near 200,000, Trump says, "if you take the blue states out, we're at a level I don't think anybody in the world would be at." pic.twitter.com/ezAU5IJIcQ
— The American Independent (@AmerIndependent) September 16, 2020

Donald Trump doesn't care when people in Blue States die. He doesn't even think we count.

Most of the people in America live in Blue States.

Donald Trump hates America. https://t.co/zDJs8puDRK
— Jon Cryer (@MrJonCryer) September 16, 2020

Trump thinks of the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans like a poll number or a stock market price. He cares only about how it makes him look, especially to his supporters. https://t.co/jRAWWA0brg
— Orin Kerr (@OrinKerr) September 16, 2020

Remember back in February when he said it was nothing, and then in March when he actively made it impossible for hard-hit (blue) states to get PPE?

So now he's bragging about killing Americans, and about choosing to let people die for perceived partisan advantage. https://t.co/1smhtAQtZC
— Trillian Astra (@ReneeStLouis) September 16, 2020

it is sometimes very difficult, still, to believe this person is actually our president. (though clearly he doesn't consider himself my president, since i live in a blue state) https://t.co/Rn4jLGSQnu
— Emily Dreyfuss (@EmilyDreyfuss) September 16, 2020

He not only abandoned us to die; not only stood in the way of any who would save or help us; not only left us uncomforted in our howling grief - Trump & all who enable him have *actively* spread the agent of our deaths, at Tulsa, Mt. Rushmore, the RNC, & every rally since. https://t.co/AuOxRR2LZq
— Emily L. Hauser אלה אסתר (@emilylhauser) September 16, 2020

Just a reminder that Trump axed full blown federal testing because he thought COVID only affected blue states and those he can leave to die.https://t.co/j9o5lPSND1 https://t.co/eOoCRDE1Kq
— Comfortably Numb (@YGalanter) September 16, 2020

As disgusting as this is, remember that aside from electoral college, there aren't really "red states" and "blue states."

There are urban and suburban voters, and everyone else. Blue states just have more of the former. Trump doesn't care if everyone in and around cities dies. https://t.co/BYc4izAQOA
— David Atkins (@DavidOAtkins) September 16, 2020

Trump is President of the 'blue states'. And take them out and it's still really bad.

The US failure of leadership was at the federal level.

Btw GOP voters on blue states - Trump literally doesn't care if you die.
— Pete says vote Biden/Harris 2020 (@BaconGrillin123) September 16, 2020

I mean, electoral gerrymandering works well so why not expand it into the rhetorical sphere as well https://t.co/lY8A8zjTXb
— Studio Glibly (@NoTotally) September 16, 2020