Donald Trump has hit out at the "fearmongering" over a new strain of COVID-19 in the United States.
Donald Trump has hit out at coronavirus 'fearmongering' in the US
The former US president has hit out at the coverage of the recent spike in virus cases and suggested that it is being driven by "left wing lunatics" who want to bring back lockdowns ahead of the 2024 election.
In a video posted on social media, Trump said: "The left wing lunatics are trying very hard to bring back COVID lockdowns and mandates with all of their sudden fearmongering about the new variants that are coming. Gee whiz, you know what else is coming? An election.
"They want to restart the COVID hysteria so they can justify more lockdowns, more censorship, more illegal dropboxes, more mail-in boxes and trillions of dollars in payoffs to their political allies heading into the 2024 election. Does that sound familiar?"
Trump claimed that he unfairly lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden because of the widespread use of mail-in ballots due to the pandemic and suggested that the same technique is being used to undermine his bid to return to office.
He said: "They rigged the 2020 election and now they're trying to do the same thing all over again, by rigging the most important election in the history of our country, the 2024 election, even if it means trying to bring back COVID."
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