.MaddowBlog: Trump argues the US has 'created cases' through virus testing
A medical professional administers a coronavirus test at a drive-thru testing site run by George Washington University Hospital, in Washington, DC on May 26, 2020.Steve Benen
Donald Trump seems to realize that the number of coronavirus cases in the United States has soared in recent weeks, but the president insists the data comes with an asterisk: the increase is misleading, he's argued, because it's the direct result of improved virus testing, not outbreaks., but he repeats the falsehood on a nearly daily basis. It's effectively brute-force lying: the president believes reality can simply be overpowered by nonsensical repetition.
It was against this backdrop that a reporter asked the Republican yesterday whether he'd be willing to acknowledge that testing alone can't fully explain the latest increases.
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