Trump Claims He Hasn't Touched His Face In Weeks, Twitter Users Prove Otherwise
Things got touchy for President Donald Trump after he claimed he hadn’t touched his face in weeks.
It happened after the president met with airline executives on Wednesday to discuss steps to stop the spread of the new coronavirus.
White House coronavirus response coordinator Deborah Birx was discussing the importance of frequent hand-washing and avoiding touching one’s face as much as possible.
To which Trump quipped, “I haven’t touched my face in weeks. It’s been weeks! I miss it.”
President Trump while answering question on air travel in meeting with airline CEOs: "I haven't touched my face in weeks. I miss it."
Full video here: https://t.co/eOEzkkndmu pic.twitter.com/025xZtz4jI— CSPAN (@cspan) March 4, 2020
Although the president was joking, his tendency to lie about even the stupidest things led many Twitter users to start fact-checking.
Here’s President Trump on Monday during a coronavirus meeting https://t.co/yA7mJ2qjBL pic.twitter.com/kM4e4aDqdU
— Tyler Bartlam (@tylerbartlam5) March 4, 2020
‘I haven’t touched my face in weeks’ — Trump
Roll the tape… pic.twitter.com/QtTNsmKOll— NowThis (@nowthisnews) March 4, 2020
Today Donald Trump claimed that he hasn’t touched his face in weeks.
FACT CHECK: photographs show him touching his face three days ago
What else is he lying to us about?
cc @CNN pic.twitter.com/KTdvfxZjM8— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) March 4, 2020
H/T RawStory
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