PolitiFact Debunks Dems Taking Trump Out of Context: “Trump Did Not Say People Should Inject Themselves with Bleach or Alcohol”

Former First Lady and twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, along with a litany of other official blue check verified and unverified left-wingers on Twitter echoed a false narrative that President Trump thinks Americans should dangerously inject or poison themselves with bleach or other chemicals. President Trump made some statements at yesterday’s press briefing regarding how UV rays could be helpful in killing the COVID-19 Coronavirus.

He claims his statements about “injecting” anything was (according to him) done additionally in lighthearted sarcasm, and of course, they may have missed the mark. Nevertheless, the narrative has taken left-wing Twitter and social media by storm. Hillary Clinton tweeted: “Please don’t poison yourself because Donald Trump thinks it could be a good idea.” Ironically, as reported previously by Media Right News, Hillary herself has been fact-checked multiple times by Politifact, despite the (in our opinion) belief by many that they are a left-leaning fact-checking organization. See our old report here where Politifact gave pantsuit wearing Hillary a “Pants on Fire“.

Please don’t poison yourself because Donald Trump thinks it could be a good idea.

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) April 24, 2020

PolitiFact tweeted out their story to clear the air about President Trump’s statements while admitting his statements were a bit hard to understand by many, allowing for the fact that they were taken severely out of context. “NEW: During a press briefing, President Trump floated the idea of using disinfectants and sunlight to treat COVID-19 patients. Here’s what he said, in context.” See below:

NEW: During a press briefing, President Trump floated the idea of using disinfectants and sunlight to treat COVID-19 patients. Here's what he said, in context. https://t.co/7AUhdHrPJq pic.twitter.com/mlzsBSKUQE

— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) April 24, 2020

In addition to many other no names, big names, and everything in between, another important Democrat figurehead hit President Trump for his statements. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, as reported by MSNBC, stated: “It was consistent with all of his other statements, which had no relationship to science, fact, evidence, data or appropriate way to proceed.”

She didn’t actually echo the false narratives pushed by some but used the moment to attack President Trump nonetheless, adding the feeling by many on the right that Democrats seem just as preoccupied with using the virus pandemic to hurt Trump as they are actually helping the American people.

President Trump’s response perhaps hasn’t been perfect since the first case of COVID-19 hit the United States, but it’s a bad-faith argument to say that his intentions haven’t been to do what’s best for the United States. It’s a tough situation when our nation is hurting so bad but people with a political mindset seem to continue on with their partisan agendas anyway, and that goes for either side. See the tweet from MSNBC about Speaker Pelosi below:

Speaker Pelosi on President Trump's disinfectant remark: "It was consistent with all of his other statements, which had no relationship to science, fact, evidence, data or appropriate way to proceed."https://t.co/WjGItVFpdd

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) April 24, 2020

Many Republican pundits took to Twitter to defend Trump in wake of the uproar. Bill Mitchell took to his pulpit to say:

“The gist of what Trump said was, “These disinfectants work so well on the virus. Is there any way we could create something like that which works just as well inside the patient’s body?”

He did NOT recommend listeners inject bleach.”

The gist of what Trump said was, "These disinfectants work so well on the virus. Is there any way we could create something like that which works just as well inside the patient's body?"

He did NOT recommend listeners inject bleach. #smh

— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) April 24, 2020

Trump didn't "urge" or "suggest" injecting disinfectant into the body

Trump didn't say anything about drinking bleach

Trump did ask whether we could inject disinfectant into the body

Which is very stupid

Just as the media's lies are very stupid

Everything is very stupid

— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) April 24, 2020

Conversely, Counselor to President Trump Kellyanne Conway’s husband, known for his feelings juxtaposed to his wife on Trump, tweeted out a nasty comment.

“The Surgeon General of the United States, whose salary is paid by all the nation’s taxpayers, and who tells us to eat our vegetables and not to use tobacco, can’t bring himself to say:

Don’t inject or ingest bleach or other disinfectants.”

The Surgeon General of the United States, whose salary is paid by all the nation’s taxpayers, and who tells us to eat our vegetables and not to use tobacco, can’t bring himself to say:

Don’t inject or ingest bleach or other disinfectants. https://t.co/iZgO4JKYA3

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) April 24, 2020

According to PolitiFact:

IF YOUR TIME IS SHORT

• During a coronavirus press briefing, President Trump floated the idea of using disinfectants and sunlight to treat COVID-19 patients. 
• Trump has since walked back those remarks, and several websites and social media posts have taken them out of context.
• The briefing transcript shows that Trump did not say people should inject themselves with bleach or alcohol to treat the coronavirus. He was asking officials on the White House coronavirus task force whether they could be used in potential cures.

U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D) even took the time to RT a CNN article titled: “Lysol maker: Please don’t drink our cleaning products” While it’s great that all these pundits and politicians feel the need to tell people not to drink or inject Clorox, Lysol or Bleach, the real question is how much true concern they have for the general public vs. how much they want to hurt President Trump at the worst possible time.

Pennsylvanians, I never thought I’d need to say this, but just to be clear: please do not drink or inject bleach. https://t.co/HcWnrwCoIv

— Senator Bob Casey (@SenBobCasey) April 24, 2020

The examples of people either attacking or defending President Trump on these taken out of context statements just go on and on and on and on. Of course, you should never do anything to treat a disease without consulting a medical professional. But I think most people know that already. Perhaps with a more optimistic view, perhaps another conclusion can be drawn that people just have way too much time on their hands and hopefully, they can all safely go back to work and their daily lives (safely) very very soon.