Trump calls CNN ‘dumb bast**ds’ in fiery attack during Arizona rally and hits out at Chris Cuomo
PRESIDENT Donald Trump called CNN "dumb bast**ds" during his campaign rally in Arizona on Monday.
Trump claimed the news network is only covering the to try to prevent Americans from voting in the .
"They're trying to talk everybody out of voting. They're not buying it, CNN, you dumb bast**rds."
As of Monday, more than 8.3million Covid cases and over 224,000 virus-related deaths have been reported in the US.
"I'm not sure he had it," the president alleged. "Only time his ratings were up was when he had Covid."
"Well I had it and they say, 'You're not gonna catch it again,' and that's OK with me."
The president claimed CNN employees "were happy when they heard" he had the deadly virus.
He said commentators said that Trump "looks better now than he did before" – adding to the crowd he wasn't sure if it was a compliment.
In a recent Fox News interview, free of charge.
"I took a certain that was very miraculous to me – and I really don't think it's just in the head," he explained.
said he was “absolutely not surprised” that Trump contracted coronavirus just over two weeks ago.
"I was worried that he was going to get sick when I saw him in a completely precarious situation of crowded – no separation between people, and almost nobody wearing a mask,” Fauci in an interview that aired on Sunday.
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Fauci was referencing the that left several people, including , , Kayleigh McEnany, and several senators, among others, sick with Covid.
"When I saw that on TV, I said, 'Oh my goodness. Nothing good can come out of that, that's got to be a problem,'" he continued.