The New MAGA Rally

Peter Ramirez
4 min readMar 28, 2020

How The Daily Coronavirus Briefings Became the New MAGA Rally

Photograph by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP / Getty. Illustration by Peter Grabowski.

“Gee, that’s too bad,” a smirking Trump replied, when told by a reporter that Mitt Romney was self-isolating after coming into contact with Senator Paul, who tested positive for the coronavirus.

The reporter, sensing Trump’s delight, asked if Trump was showing sarcasm.

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Peter Ramirez

political science researcher. former valedictorian. reader/writer. host of “Politics Mostly” podcast.