Donald Trump Talks Up His Fox Information City Corridor Rankings Throughout Coronavirus Press Availability
President Donald Trump toured the Facilities for Illness Management on Friday and, as he typically does, he took questions from the press.
When a correspondent requested him a query in regards to the administration’s response to the wave of cancellations of public occasions and different hits to the financial system, Trump veered off into an apart about scores. Extra particularly, he introduced up the subject of how nicely his Fox Information city corridor did on Thursday night time.
“As of the time I left the airplane with you, we had 240 circumstances — that’s not less than what was on a really positive community often known as Fox Information,” Trump stated. “I do know you find it irresistible. However that’s what I occurred to be watching. And the way was the present final night time? Did it get good scores, by the best way?”
The reporter stated he didn’t know.
“Oh actually? I heard it broke all scores data however perhaps that’s flawed. That’s what they instructed me,” he stated. “I can’t think about that occurred.”
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Trump’s Fox Information city corridor, held in Scranton, PA, drew 4.2 million viewers, forward of every other city corridor this cycle.
As he spoke to reporters, Trump additionally bashed the governor of Washington state, Jay Inslee, calling him a “snake.” Vice President Mike Pence, who has been tasked with main the administration’s coronavirus response, had praised Inslee.
“We’ve got loads of issues with the governor, the governor of Washington,” Trump stated. “Mike could also be pleased with him, however I’m not.”
A couple of half and hour later, Pence held his personal briefing on the White Home, the place he stored on the subject of the coronavirus.
