Fox's Gutfeld: Trump Got COVID Because He 'Took The Risk ... For Us'

[Judi Lynn]

POSTED BY ELLEN -7835.60PC ON OCTOBER 02, 2020



Greg Gutfeld must surely win the Most Ridiculous Spin Of Donald Trump’s COVID-19 award for his claim that Trump got coronavirus because he is bravely leading America through a threat.

Media Matters caught Gutfeld making his ridiculous argument, with a straight face, on The Five today:

GUTFELD: To the point about the script being flipped, the reason why it flipped, and maybe it's a flaw of Trump, is that he didn't hide from the virus. And the reason why he didn't hide from the virus is he didn't want America to hide from the virus. If he was going to ask America to get back to work, right? To get back to work and experience a risk, he was going to do the same thing. He was going to walk out there on that battlefield with you, and not sit somewhere in a basement and tell you how, you know, how you got to get back to work but not go out himself.

So, I think he put himself on a line -- on the line, and the flaw being that as an optimist, as somebody who's trying to convey a message that we're going to get through this, and things are going to be better, he had to walk that walk. He had to do that. He could have scared the crap out of everybody, but he refused, and it goes back to his original point about trying to make sure the positive attitude is maintained along with a sense of concern. So, he took the risk, he got the virus, but it's because he was the -- he was -- he was doing it for us.

More:
https://www.newshounds.us/fox_s_gutfeld_trump_got_covid_because_took_risk_for_us_100220

[TwilightZone]

1. Oh, good, another Trump is Jesus moment.

We don't have nearly enough of those.

(In case it isn't obvious, I'm being sarcastic.)

[tanyev]

7. Definitely got a Suffering Servant vibe going on there. Isaiah 53:4-5

4Surely he took up our pain
and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.
5But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.

[Blue Owl]

2. What a goddamned idiot

n/t

[Pachamama]

3. Der Fuehrer took a bullet for US?

[Docreed2003]

4. ...

[Kath2]

5. That is absurd!

The POS has ignored the severity resulting in 207,000 deaths and now his own infection.

[underpants]

6. Marianne will see you on that battlefield

[Earthshine2]

8. The way to deal with COVID is not to catch it!

As best as one can, one should avoid public settings.

But, when in public, use masks and distancing.

I don't believe in the herd mentality, err ummm, immunity concept.

[The Magistrate]

9. Jesus H. Christ In A Goddamn Hula-Hoop, Ma'am

[Yeehah]

10. Fox "News" is not a legitimate news organization and should not be treated as one

Fox "News" should have nothing to do with presidential debates or any activity involving legitimate news outlets.

[SCantiGOP]

11. "Trump died for your sins"

Don’t worry, trumpers, he’ll be back after three days.