{"id":122938,"date":"2021-02-10T08:28:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T13:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=122938"},"modified":"2021-02-10T08:42:53","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T13:42:53","slug":"more-americans-killed-by-coronavirus-in-20-days-under-biden-than-died-in-vietnam-war-media-grilled-trump-over-same-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-americans-killed-by-coronavirus-in-20-days-under-biden-than-died-in-vietnam-war-media-grilled-trump-over-same-milestone\/","title":{"rendered":"More Americans Killed By Coronavirus In 20 Days Under Biden Than Died In Vietnam War; Media Grilled Trump Over Same Milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">42<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmore-americans-killed-by-coronavirus-in-20-days-under-biden-than-died-in-vietnam-war-media-grilled-trump-over-same-milestone%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=122938&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Biden-5-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>More Americans have died from the coronavirus pandemic in the first 20 days of the administration of Democrat President Joe Biden than died in the Vietnam war, a grim milestone that left-wing journalists pounced on to attack then-President Donald Trump when he hit the same mark at the end of April 2020.<\/p>\n<p>A coronavirus death <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/coronavirus\/biden-covid-death-tracker\/\">tracker<\/a> for the Biden administration that is updated daily by the Washington Free Beacon showed that as of Monday morning, 60,178 Americans have died from the coronavirus under Biden\u2019s watch.<\/p>\n<p>That number is more than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.va.gov\/opa\/publications\/factsheets\/fs_americas_wars.pdf\">58,220<\/a> deaths that the U.S. suffered during the Vietnam War, which is calculated by adding the 47,434 combat deaths the U.S. suffered combined with an additional 10,786 Americans who died in theater.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs many as 100,000 people are projected to die of the coronavirus in the first month of President Joe Biden\u2019s tenure, raising the U.S. death toll above half a million, according to a forecast by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,\u201d U.S. News &amp; World Report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/health-news\/articles\/2021-01-27\/cdc-100k-projected-to-die-of-coronavirus-in-bidens-first-month-in-office\">reported<\/a>. \u201cCDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Wednesday during a White House coronavirus response team briefing that the death toll from COVID-19 is forecast to reach between 479,000 to 514,000 people by Feb. 20 \u2013 a month after Inauguration Day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report comes as January was the deadliest month of the pandemic for the U.S. with more than 80,000 people dying from the coronavirus. It\u2019s worth noting that prior to January, December had been the deadliest month that the U.S. has experienced from the pandemic and numbers are currently trending in a downward direction but remain high overall.<\/p>\n<p>When Trump hit the same dark milestone in April 2020, the media used it to attack him. That same media was largely quiet when the mark was reached this week.<\/p>\n<p>Biden used the milestone to levy a criticism at Trump at the time, saying, \u201cIt\u2019s April the 29th, and by the end of this month, we will have lost more people to the coronavirus, dead, than we lost in the entire Vietnam War, Americans lost in the entire Vietnam War. And you know, I think the president should lower the flag on the White House to half-mast to recognize their loss, and all they leave behind. \u2026 Folks, I think if he does not do that, when I\u2019m president, I promise you that\u2019s what I\u2019ll do.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As president, I promise you I&#8217;ll honor all those we&#8217;ve lost from COVID-19. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9N00PTSNHw\">pic.twitter.com\/9N00PTSNHw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden\/status\/1255884615744516097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>New Yorker reporter Olivia Nuzzi asked Trump at a press conference: \u201cIf an American president loses more Americans over the course of six weeks than died in the entirety of the Vietnam War, does he deserve to be re-elected?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then-RNC Rapid Response Director Steve Guest highlighted the question, writing on Twitter: \u201cWatch New York Magazine \u2018reporter\u2019 Olivia Nuzzi crack a smirk as she asks @realDonaldTrump if he should be re-elected because Americans have died due to the coronavirus pandemic that emanated from China.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH New York Magazine \u201creporter\u201d Olivia Nuzzi crack a smirk as she asks <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a> if he should be re-elected because Americans have died due to the coronavirus pandemic that emanated from China.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hmXjl29KeI\">pic.twitter.com\/hmXjl29KeI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveGuest\/status\/1254925558133243904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/kamala-harriss-niece-sparks-international-headache-for-united-states-with-indias-government-report\">Left-wing activist<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/white-house-already-having-to-deal-with-ethical-headache-created-by-kamala-harris-niece-report\">Meena Harris<\/a>, niece of Vice President Kamala Harris, tweeted at the time: \u201cAs of today, coronavirus has killed more Americans than the Vietnam War. Trump must resign.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As of today, coronavirus has killed more Americans than the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n<p>Trump must resign.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Meena Harris (@meenaharris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/meenaharris\/status\/1255258034026266624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lincoln Project, co-founder of the Lincoln Project, wrote: \u201cDERELICTION of DUTY is the term. The US has the largest death toll in the world and will soon pass the KIA number from the Vietnam War. The economy is shattered and not coming back this summer. Trump has failed his oath, his duty, his country and her people.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DERELICTION of DUTY is the term. The US has the largest death toll in the world and will soon pass the KIA number from the Vietnam War. The economy is shattered and not coming back this summer. Trump has failed his oath, his duty, his country and her people. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RFGpG8EOwk\">https:\/\/t.co\/RFGpG8EOwk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveSchmidtSES\/status\/1255146723212550144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Failed Democrat House candidate Lisa Welch wrote on Twitter: \u201cIn just 4 months more Americans died as a result of #COVID19 than there were casualties from the Vietnam War. This is a problem that current Presidential leadership and those who enable him should have prevented. Johnson took responsibility. Trump hides from it. Time for change.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In just 4 months more Americans died as a result of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COVID19?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COVID19<\/a> than there were casualties from the Vietnam War. This is a problem that current Presidential leadership and those who enable him should have prevented. Johnson took responsibility. Trump hides from it. Time for change.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Lisa Welch (@Welch_tx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Welch_tx\/status\/1255638511887122432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Other notable tweets from the time:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">People are dying because of Donald Trump\u2019s ineptitude. We\u2019ve lost more Americans than the Vietnam War. He&#8217;s ordered meat plants to stay open when social distancing is impossible. There is nothing Christian about abandoning others to die for profit. Or a Big Mac. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StayHome?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StayHome<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sP8Z8H0lqM\">https:\/\/t.co\/sP8Z8H0lqM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rev. Dr. Chuck Currie (@RevChuckCurrie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RevChuckCurrie\/status\/1255619557013639168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump\u2019s bungling mass-death event has now killed more Americans than the Vietnam War. Trump thinks he\u2019s doing a \u201cgood job\u201d, a \u201c10 out of 10\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Markos Moulitsas (@markos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/markos\/status\/1255300332646785027?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 29, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">*58,220 Americans died in the Vietnam War.<br \/>*56,253 Americans have died (so far) in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/coronavirus?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#coronavirus<\/a> pandemic.<br \/>*How SHOULD the Trump administration be held accountable? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XKrwwfQ8UK\">pic.twitter.com\/XKrwwfQ8UK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jim Roberts (@nycjim) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nycjim\/status\/1255077729915015173?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Deaths now in US from coronavirus now sadly surpasses Vietnam War, with 58,365 now killed from the pandemic<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manu Raju (@mkraju) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mkraju\/status\/1255257410970714112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">According to Johns Hopkins University&#8217;s tally of cases in the United States, there are at least 1,010,717 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>At least 58,365 people have died in the U.S. from coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p>(58,220 Americans died in the Vietnam War from 1964-1975.)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaketapper\/status\/1255270934346371081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More Americans have died from the coronavirus pandemic in the first 20 days of the administration of Democrat President Joe Biden than died in the Vietnam war, a grim milestone &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893063,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3884,4176,4525,3940,3826,4729],"class_list":["post-122938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-americans","tag-coronavirus","tag-days","tag-killed","tag-more","tag-under"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}