{"id":2017607,"date":"2023-08-31T00:40:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T04:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-fear-mongering-about-new-covid-variants-a-lunatic-ploy-to-rig-2024-election\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T00:42:10","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T04:42:10","slug":"trump-says-fear-mongering-about-new-covid-variants-a-lunatic-ploy-to-rig-2024-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-fear-mongering-about-new-covid-variants-a-lunatic-ploy-to-rig-2024-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump calls fear-mongering on new COVID variants a &#8216;crazy&#8217; scheme to manipulate 2024 election."},"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\">28<\/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%2Ftrump-says-fear-mongering-about-new-covid-variants-a-lunatic-ploy-to-rig-2024-election%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=2017607&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 data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>Trump\u200c Accuses \u2063&#8221;Left-Wing Lunatics&#8221; of Fear-Mongering\u2063 About COVID-19 Variants<\/h2>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nolte-merriam-websters-latest-definition-of-anti-vaxxer-is-a-big-fat-lie\/\" title=\"Nolte: Merriam-Webster's Latest Definition of 'Anti-Vaxxer' Is a Big, Fat Lie\">left-wing lunatics<\/a>&#8221; of fear-mongering about new COVID-19 variants in order to justify the reintroduction of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/census-americans-flee-left-wing-lockdown-states-for-open-red-states\/\" title=\"Census: Americans Flee Left-Wing Lockdown States for Open, Red States\">left-wing lockdown<\/a> and\u2064 mandate\u200c policies, which \u200cincluded\u200b the use \u200bof drop boxes and mail-in ballots in 2020, in a bid to \u2063rig the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump made the \u200dremarks in a <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/110979968873429026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video posted<\/a> on \u2064Aug. 30 on Truth Social,\u200d saying that his message\u2063 should serve as a\u2063 warning to \u2062every COVID-19 &#8220;tyrant&#8221; who not only wants to &#8220;take away our \u2063freedom&#8221; but who would be\u2064 playing into the hands of those wanting to exploit COVID-19 restrictions to interfere in next year&#8217;s election.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-fear-mongering-about-new-covid-variants-a-lunatic-ploy-to-rig-2024-election\/\" title=\"Trump calls fear-mongering on new COVID variants a 'crazy' scheme to manipulate 2024 election.\">left-wing\u2063 lunatics<\/a> \u2063are trying very hard to bring back COVID \u2062lockdowns and mandates with all of their sudden fear-mongering about the new variants that are coming,&#8221; President Trump said in the video.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/health\/fda-believes-next-covid-19-vaccines-will-protect-against-new-variants-5480654\">FDA &#8216;Believes&#8217; Next COVID-19 Vaccines Will Protect Against New Variants<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/25\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/dr-jay-bhattacharya-push-for-everyone-to-get-new-covid-vaccine-by-biden-admin-is-irresponsible-5481044\">Dr. Jay Bhattacharya: Biden Admin&#8217;s Push \u200bfor Everyone to Get New COVID Vaccine Is &#8216;Irresponsible&#8217;<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/25\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Recently, there&#8217;s been a torrent of media reports about \u200da new COVID-19\u2062 variant circulating, while President Joe Biden said last \u2064week\u200d that all Americans would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/health\/biden-likely-to-recommend-everyone-get-new-covid-19-vaccine-5480935\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">likely be advised<\/a> to get another booster.<\/p>\n<p>In his video message, President Trump said that his political opponents \u200care eager to leverage COVID-19 &#8220;hysteria&#8221; for \u2063political \u2064ends.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;They want to restart the COVID hysteria so they can \u200djustify more lockdowns, more censorship, more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-senate-study-200k-ballots-counted-in-2020-with-mismatched-signatures\/\" title=\"Arizona Senate Study: 200k Ballots Counted in 2020 With Mismatched Signatures\">illegal drop boxes<\/a>, more mail-in ballots, and trillions of \u2063dollars in payoffs to \u2063their political allies \u2062heading\u2062 into\u200b the \u20642024\u2063 election,&#8221; the former president said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He charged \u200cthat &#8220;they rigged the 2020 election and now they&#8217;re trying to do the same thing all over again by rigging the most important election in the history of our country, the 2024 election, even \u200dif it means trying to bring back COVID.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>President Trump has maintained that he believes he was was robbed of victory\u200b in 2020, \u2062due in \u2063part to last-minute\u2062 changes to \u200delection rules that removed some guardrails for mail-in ballots and,\u200c at least in theory, made it easier to cheat.<\/p>\n<p>While the former president lost nearly all of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/data-shows-18-active-cases-related-to-election-irregularities\/\" title=\"Data shows 18 active cases related to election irregularities\">election-related lawsuits<\/a>, many were dismissed\u200c not on \u2063merit but on technicalities like the doctrine of laches, which basically\u2062 says that \u2064a legal challenge was brought too late and prejudiced the\u2063 defendant.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;We Will Not Comply&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>A number of conservative commentators have pointed\u200c to the sharp rise of COVID-19-related media reporting in recent weeks, while pointing to the threat of renewed\u2062 restrictions\u2064 for civil liberties\u2014and the upcoming \u2064election.<\/p>\n<p>Turning Point \u2062USA founder Charlie Kirk has claimed there&#8217;s \u2062a plot to push &#8220;COVIDian\u2062 tyranny&#8221; and &#8220;lock you \u2063down again just in time \u2063for the election&#8221; and facilitate the launch of a\u2063 &#8220;Marxist-type revolution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Former \u2064member of Congress Ron Paul <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/2023\/08\/ron-paul\/a-new-covid-variantjust-in-time-for-election-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">penned an op-ed<\/a> on LewRockwell.com saying that the threat supposedly posed by the new COVID-19 variant is being amplified\u2064 across media platforms &#8220;just in time\u200b for election season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Why \u200care they\u2062 coming\u2063 back around \u2064for another round of Covid tyranny?&#8221; \u200bMr. Paul wrote. &#8220;Fear is \u2062a \u200bweapon to\u200d gain control.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Last time around, they generated fear to radically change how America voted. Suddenly, everyone was mailed ballots. How \u2062closely were they checked? No one knew and no one dared ask. The people who did ask about the election are now facing jail terms,&#8221; Mr. Paul wrote, presumably referring\u2062 to some Jan. 6 defendants.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They want us to shut up while they do it again. Will we?&#8221; Mr. Paul asked.<\/p>\n<p>In his message, President Trump delivered \u2063a forceful response \u200dto this question, which has been expressed in one form or another by numerous \u2063conservative commentators.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t even think about it,&#8221; President Trump said, \u2062addressing his remarks to &#8220;every COVID tyrant \u2062who wants to take away our freedom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hear these words: <strong>We will \u200bnot comply!<\/strong>&#8221; the former president continued. &#8220;We will not shut down our \u2063schools, we will not accept \u200byour\u200b lockdowns, we will not \u2064abide by \u2062your\u2063 mask \u2062mandates, and\u200d we will not tolerate your vaccine\u200b mandates.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The former president \u200bthen said that if elected president in\u2062 2024, he would use every available\u2062 authority to push back on mask and vaccine mandates,\u2063 giving as an \u200dexample cutting \u2062federal funding to any college or airline that imposes such\u2063 mandates.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They will fail because I will not let it happen,&#8221; \u2063the\u2062 former president said.<\/p>\n<h2>&#8216;Likely To Be Recommended&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>President Trump&#8217;s remarks<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a video, ex-President Trump accused &#8220;left-wing lunatics&#8221; of using fear tactics about new COVID-19 variants to bring back their lockdown and mandate policies. 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