Lamb Of God Guitarist Says Trump Underestimated His Own Supporters
JAKARTA - Lamb Of God guitarist Mark Morton slammed President Donald Trump over his controversial claims. Trump said that the recent spike in COVID-19 infections in Uncle Sam's country was due to the large number of people being tested.
In his tweet on Thursday, Trump wrote: "For the 100th time, the reason our country is showing so many cases, compared to other countries that haven't done nearly as well as we have, is that the tests we are doing are much bigger and better. . We have tested 40,000,000 people. If we do it on 20,000,000 people, the cases will be halved, etc. NOT REPORTED! "
For the 1 / 100th time, the reason we show so many Cases, compared to other countries that haven't done nearly as well as we have, is that our TESTING is much bigger and better. We have tested 40,000,000 people. If we did 20,000,000 instead, Cases would be half, etc. NOT REPORTED!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 9, 2020
Moments later, Morton shared Trump's tweet and added: "It must be very insulting for those who support him to see nonsense like this. He really thinks you are all this stupid ?? To have your intelligence so underrated over and over, I imagine how tired it is to stay loyal to this regime. "
It must be so insulting for the people that make up his actual base of support to see shit like this. He really thinks y'all are this stupid ?? To have your intelligence so grossly underestimated over & over, I would imagine it's got to be exhausting to stay loyal to this regime. https://t.co/Jr26iJPAAq
- Mark Morton (@MarkDuaneMorton) July 9, 2020
Experts have repeatedly rejected Trump's remarks and dismiss them as wrong. They explained that the number of tests did not indicate how fast the disease was spreading.
According to Johns Hopkins University, the efficacy of a test is not related to the number of tests performed, but must be proportional to the size of a country's epidemic.
"Several countries are effectively controlling the spread of the virus through testing programs which have a much lower number of tests per capita than the US," the university wrote on its website.
"Meanwhile, despite having the highest per capita test rates, the US is facing the largest outbreak in the world and the trend of new cases continues to rise in many countries."
Morton recently told A&P Reacts that it's important for him to use the platforms he has, including his Twitter account, to create awareness about what's going on around him.
"When something is really wrong or there is a discussion that doesn't happen or something is ignored ... I have a platform, and I have a platform in our music, in what we speak lyrically, and social media, good or bad. , is a platform - I don't know if it's the best, but it's what I follow. "
"So, I did speak my mind," he continued. "And I try to be open to other people's opinions and to the fact that not everyone will agree with me. I don't think my opinion can fit into a tight, neat little box, because there are things I am very liberal on. things I'm very conservative about and things I do in the middle. But lately, especially in the last week or so, I've had a hard time keeping my mouth closed. apologies for that. "