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Trump's coronavirus remarks weigh on minds of senior voters - Black News Channel

By TAMARA LUSH Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump's remarks at a campaign event in Ohio this week reverberated all the way to a sparkling waterfront in Florida, where senior citizens parsed his assessment of the coronavirus pandemic. Trump said that COVID-19 was seriously affecting 'virtually nobody' under the age of 18 and sought to frame the pandemic as largely impacting older Americans, as he argued for school districts to resume in-person learning. 'Now we know it affects elderly people with heart problems and other problems,' Trump said. 'If they have other problems, that's what it […]

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