Though the U.S. is first in the world in COVID-19 deaths, and the nation is still struggling to contain the spread of the virus, the Republican National Committee tried to make the case in the first night of its convention that President Trump acted aggressively to deal with the coronavirus.

Mr. Trump appeared in a video with health care workers and first responders, and an RNC video argued that the media, the World Health Organization, and Democrats underplayed the virus. The video did not mention that the president, too, had downplayed the virus, insisting at some points that it would simply  “disappear,” and drop from 15 cases down to “zero.” The president still says the virus will disappear.

“We don’t even think it’s gonna be as bad as it was in other countries,” the video showed New York Governor Andrew Cuomo saying in the early days …continued .
[Source: CBS News]