Coronavirus: Pence defends Trump Jr claim Democrats want 'millions' to die
by Martin Pengelly and Amanda Holpuch in New York from Science | The Guardian on (#5030R)
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When Donald Trump Jr said Democrats hope coronavirus "kills millions of people" in the US because they want to bring his father down, he was merely "pushing back" at politicisation of the viral outbreak by Trump opponents, Mike Pence claimed in an interview broadcast on Sunday.
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