On Wednesday, the White House announced President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID. And MSNBC made an incredible comparison following the news.
Host Joy Reid compared the idea that Biden may survive COVID to President Donald J. Trump surviving the attempted assassination attempt from Saturday.
Here is what Reid said:
“These two men are both elderly. Donald Trump is an elderly man who — for whatever reason — was given nine seconds to take an iconic photo op during an active shooter situation. . . . His survival of that and bouncing right back and going right to his invention is being conveyed in the media world as a sign of strength. This current President of the United States is 81 years old and has Covid. Should he be fine in a couple of days? Doesn’t that convey exactly the same thing? That he’s strong enough, older than Trump, to have gotten something that used to really be fatal to people his age, so if he does fine and comes back and is able to do rallies, isn’t that exactly the same?”
