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140. Phil Thomas and Clark Mindock, “Trump Calls for Ban to ‘Late-term’ Abortion During State of the Union Address,” Independent, February 5, 2020.
141. Ali Vitali, “Trump Signs ‘Religious Liberty’ Executive Order Allowing for Broad Exemptions,” NBC News, May 4, 2017.
142. Emma Green, “Why Trump’s Executive Order on Religious Liberty Left Many Conservatives Dissatisfied,” Atlantic, May 4, 2017.
143. Jess Bravin, “Trump Administration Backs Baker Who Refused to Make Wedding Cake for Gay Couple,” Wall Street Journal, September 8, 2017.
144. “Executive Order on the Establishment of a White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative,” WhiteHouse.gov, May 3, 2018.
145. “HHS Announces Final Conscience Rule Protecting Health Care Entities and Individuals,” HHS.gov, May 2, 2019.
146. “United States Hosts First-Ever Ministerial to Advance International Religious Freedom,” U.S. Department of State, July 27, 2018, https://medium.com/statedept/united-states-hosts-first-ever-ministerial-to-advance-international-religious-freedom-ff84a3f174c7.
147. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, “Attorney General Sessions Delivers Remarks at the Department of Justice’s Religious Liberty Summit,” United States Department of Justice, July 30, 2018.
148. Kelsey Dallas, “Justice Department Speaks Out on Church Closures, Condemns Religious Freedom Violations in New Statement,” Deseret News, April 14, 2020.
149. Devin Dwyer, “Supreme Court to Decide Fate of Cross-Shaped WWI Memorial in Maryland,” ABC News, February 25, 2019.
150. Adiel Kaplan, David Mora, Maya Miller, and Andrew R. Calderon, “Trump Admin Files More Briefs in Religious Liberty Cases than Obama, Bush,” NBC News, February 24, 2019.
151. Tim Haines, “President Trump at UN Summit: USA Calls On the World to End Religious Persecution,” Real Clear Politics, September 23, 2019.
152. Samuel Smith, “Trump Announces $25 Million Fund, New Business Coalition to Protect Religious Freedom,” Christian Post, September 23, 2019.
153. Mary Margaret Olohan, “HHS Secretary Tells UN General Assembly: ‘There Is No International Right to an Abortion,” Daily Signal, September 25, 2019.
154. Moriah Balingit and Ariana Eunjung Cha, “Trump Administration Moves to Protect Prayer in Public Schools and Federal Funds for Religious Organizations,” Washington Post, January 16, 2020.
155. Ewelina U. Ochab, “U.S. Launches the First-Ever International Religious Freedom Alliance,” Forbes, February 6, 2020.
156. Mairead McCardle, “Trump Says Federal Government Will Begin Withholding Funds from Sanctuary Cities After Court Ruling,” National Review, March 5, 2020.
157. Jeremy Diamond, “Trump Orders Construction of Border Wall, Boosts Deportation Force,” CNN Politics, January 15, 2017.
158. White House, “Executive Order: Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States,” January 25, 2017.
159. White House, “Executive Order: Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements,” January 25, 2017.
160. White House, “Executive Order: Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States,” January 27, 2017.
161. Michael D. Shear, Nicholas Kulish, and Alan Feuer, “Judge Blocks Trump Order on Refugees Amid Chaos and Outcry Worldwide,” New York Times, January 28, 2017.
162. Adam Liptak, “Court Refuses to Reinstate Travel Ban, Dealing Trump Another Legal Loss,” New York Times, February 9, 2017.
163. Hans A. von Spakovsky, “Why the U.S. Is Right to Refuse to Sign UN Migration Compact,” Heritage Foundation, December 11, 2018.
164. Aria Bendix, “Trump Rolls Back DAPA,” Atlantic, June 16, 2017.
165. David Jackson, Kevin Johnson, and Alan Gomez, “Trump Winds Down DACA Program for Undocumented Immigrants, Gives Congress 6 Months to Act,” USA Today, September 5, 2017.
166. Ron Nixon, Liz Robbins, and Katie Benner, “Trump Targets MS-13, a Violent Menace, if Not the One He Portrays,” New York Times, March 1, 2018.
167. “3,800 Gang Members Charged in Operation Spanning United States and Central America,” United States Department of Justice, September 29, 2017.
168. DoD News, “National Guard Troops Deploy to Southern U.S. Border,” Army .mil, April 9, 2018.
169. Peter Baker, “Trump Declares a National Emergency, and Provokes a Constitutional Clash,” New York Times, February 15, 2019.
170. Jose Cabezas, “Mexico Says National Guard Deployment to Southern Border Starts on Wednesday,” Reuters, June 12, 2019.
171. “U.S. Border: Mexico Announces 56% Migrant Drop After Crackdown,” BBC, September 6, 2019.
172. Saagar Enjeti, “Trump Has Secured Funding for More than Half of Border Wall,” Daily Caller, March 7, 2019.
173. Saagar Enjeti, “Trump’s Prophecy on Border Wall Lawsuit Comes True,” Daily Caller, February 19, 2019.
174. Miriam Jordan, “Judge Issues Nationwide Injunction Blocking Border Wall Funding,” New York Times, December 10, 2019.
175. Josh Gerstein, “Appeals Court Lifts Block on $3.6 Billion for Trump Border Wall Plan,” Politico, January 8, 2020.
176. President Trump’s Bold Immigration Plan for the 21st Century,” White House.gov, May 21, 2019.
177. “Department of Justice Prosecuted a Record-Breaking Number of Immigration-Related Cases in Fiscal Year 2019,” United States Department of Justice, October 17, 2019.
178. Fact Sheet, “President Donald J. Trump Has Made It a Priority to Combat the Heinous Crime of Human Trafficking,” WhiteHouse.gov, October 29, 2019.
179. Kevin Johnson and Kristine Phillips, “Trump Administration Cracks Down on Sanctuary Communities; AG Touts New Legal Challlenges,” USA Today, February 11, 2020.
180. Pam Fessler, “Trump Administration Rule Would Penalize Immigrants for Needing Benefits,” NPR, August 12, 2019.
181. Nicole Narea, “Trump’s Rule Creating a Wealth Test for Immigrants Is Now in Effect,” Vox, February 24, 2020.
182. Editorial Board, “Obamacare’s Tax on the Poor,” Wall Street Journal, September 22, 2017.
183. Peter Sullivan, “Analysis: Repeal of Obamacare Taxes in Bipartisan Spending Deal Costs $373B,” Hill, December 17, 2019.
184. President Donald J. Trump, “Presidential Executive Order Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States,” WhiteHouse.gov, October 12, 2017.
185. “AlphaBay, the Largest Online ‘Dark Market’ Shut Down,” Justice.gov., July 20, 2017.
186. “Ending America’s Opioid Crisis,” WhiteHouse.gov, https://www.whitehouse.gov/opioids/.
187. Rema Rahman and Andrew Siddons, “Trump Declares Opioid Crisis a ‘National Health Emergency,’ ” Roll Call, October 26, 2017.
188. “Ending America’s Opioid Crisis,” WhiteHouse.gov, https://www.whitehouse.gov/opioids/.
189. “USDA Invests More than $1 Billion to Improve Health Care in Rural Areas,” USDA, November 17, 2017.
190. Julie Rovner, “CHIP Renewed for Six Years as Congress Votes to Reopen Federal Government,” Kaiser Health News, January 22, 2018; Heather Long, “Let’s Remember: 9 Million Kids’ Health Insurance Is at Stake in This Budget Fight,” Washington Post, January 18, 2018.
191. Jessie Hellmann, “Trump Signs ‘right to try’ Drug Bill,’ The Hill, May 30, 2018.
192. Avik Roy, “Trump’s New Medicare Rule to Reduce Prescription Drug Prices Through Competition,” Forbes, August 7, 2018.
193. Berkeley Lovelace Jr., “Trump Signs Executive Order on Medicare, Says He Won’t Let Democrats Steal Your Health Care,” CNBC, October 3, 2019.
194. Kate Patrick, “FDA Approves Record Number of Generic Drugs, but Do They Help Lower Drug Prices?” Inside Sources, October 23, 2019.
195. Council of Economic Advisers, “Prescription Drug Prices Are Falling at Historic Levels Thanks to Trump Administration Policies,” WhiteHouse.gov, November 5, 2019.
196. Jocelyn Kaiser, “Researchers Weigh In on Trump’s $500
Million Plan to Share Childhood Cancer Data,” Science Magazine, August 5, 2019.
197. Madeleine Carlisle, “Federal Legal Age to Buy Tobacco Products Officially Raised to 21,” Time, December 23, 2019.
198. German Lopez, “The First Step Act, Explained,” Vox, February 5, 2019.
199. Donald J. Trump, “Remarks by President Trump at the 2018 Project Safe Neighborhoods National Conference,” WhiteHouse.gov, December 7, 2018.
200. Melanie Arter, “Trump Credits Project Safe Neighborhoods with Drop in Homicides During His Adminstration,” CNS News, February 14, 2019.
CHAPTER 10: TRUMP’S RESPONSE TO THE CORONAVIRUS AND AMERICA’S GREAT COMEBACK
1. Audrey Conklin, “China’s 3-week delay in coronavirus response accelerated spread: study,” Fox Business, March 19, 2020.
2. “60% of Democrats Blame Trump More Than China for Coronavirus,” Rasmussen Reports, April 20, 2020.
3. Dave Sminara, “The Democrats’ 2020 Coronavirus Hindsight,” Wall Street Journal, April 19, 2020.
4. Ibid.
5. Patrick Goodenough, “Coronavirus Was All but Ignored in First Three Democrat Debates of the Year,” CNS News, April 20, 2020.
6. Ibid.
7. Ibid.
8. Jake Tapper, “Biden Campaign Says He Backs Trump’s China Travel Ban,” CNN, April 3, 2020.
9. “Tapper presses Polosi on new coronavirus law,” CNN.com, https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/04/26/sotu-nancy-pelosi-full.cnn.
10. Mairead McCardle, “Pelosi Denies Downplaying Coronavirus by Inviting People to ‘Come to Chinatown’ in February, Claims She Was Fighting ‘Discrimination,’ ” National Review, April 20, 2020; “Chris Wallace grills Pelosi on her own disregard for social distancing,” Fox News YouTube Channel, April 19, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2CJ0PNLNKw.
11. Nick Arama, “Holy Cow: Dan Crenshaw Takes Apart Bill Maher on Trump Response to Virus, Just Leaves Him Wrecked,” Red State, April 19, 2020.
12. “Emergency Preparedness and Response,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Janaury 17, 2020.
13. Bret Baier, “Sources Believe Coronavirus Outbreak Originated in Wuhan Lab as Part of China’s Efforts to Compete with US,” Fox News, April 17, 2020.
14. “Emergency Preparedness and Response,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Janaury 17, 2020.
15. “Press Release: Public Health Screening to Begin at 3 U.S. Airports for 2019 Novel Coronavirus (‘2019-nCoV’),” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, January 17, 2020.
16. Elizabeth Cohen, “Vaccine for New Chinese Coronavirus in the Works,” CNN, January 20, 2020.
17. “Initial Public Health Response and Interim Clinical Guidance for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Outbreak—United States, December 31, 2019–February 4, 2020,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, February 7, 2020.
18. CDC Newsroom, “First Travel-Related Case of 2019 Novel Coronavirus Detected in the United States,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, January 21, 2020.
19. Julie Steenhuysen, “U.S. Health Officials Seek Emergency Approval to Use Diagnostic Test for New Coronavirus,” U.S. News & World Report, January 23, 2020.
20. “Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding the President’s Coronavirus Task Force,” WhiteHouse.gov, Janaury 29, 2020.
21. “Proclamation on Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus,” WhiteHouse.gov, January 31, 2020.
22. “DHS Issues Supplemental Instructions for Inbound Flights with Indivdiuals Who Have Been in China,” Department of Homeland Security, February 2, 2020.
23. Gabriella Munoz, “House Democrats Schedule Vote on Bill to Dismantle Trump Travel Ban,” Washington Times, March 7, 2020.
24. Gregg Re, “After Attacking Trump’s Coronavirus-Related China Travel Ban as Xenophobic, Dems and Media Have Changed Tune,” Fox News, April 1, 2020.
25. “Timeline: The Trump Administration’s Decisive Actions to Combat the Coronavirus,” DonaldJTrump.com, April 13, 2020.
26. Matthew Choi, “Trump Puts Pence in Charge of Coronavirus Response,” Politico, March 26, 2020.
27. “Timeline: The Trump Administration’s Decisive Actions to Combat the Coronavirus.”
28. Caitlin Emma and Jennifer Scholtes, “House Swiftly Passes Bipartisan $8.3B Coronavirus Package,” Politico, March 4, 2020.
29. “Timeline: The Trump Administration’s Decisive Actions to Combat the Coronavirus.”
30. Erica L. Green, “Rules Eased on Colleges Seeking to Close Their Campuses Amid Outbreak,” New York Times, March 10, 2020.
31. Jack O’Brien and Mandy Roth, “President Trump Declares National Emergency Due to COVID-19 Outbreak, Includes Hospital Waivers,” Health LeadersMedia.com, March 13, 2020.
32. Saim Saeed, “Trump’s Europe Travel Ban Explained,” Politico, March 12, 2020; “Delivering on President Trump’s Promise, Secretary DeVos Suspends Federal Student Loan Payments, Waives Interest During National Emergency,” U.S. Department of Education, March 20, 2020, https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/delivering-president-trumps-promise-secretary-devos-suspends-federal-student-loan-payments-waives-interest-during-national-emergency.
33. Dian Schaffhauser, “Updated: Free Resources for Schools During COVID-19 Outbreak,” TheJournal.com, April 17, 2020.
34. Dan Mangan, “Trump Issues ‘Coronavirus Guidelines’ for Next 15 Days to Slow Pandemic,” CNBC, March 16, 2020.
35. Kevin Breuninger and Kevin Williams, “Trump Says Coronavirus Crisis Could Stretch Into August, May Look at Lockdown for ‘Certain Areas,’ ” CNBC, March 16, 2020.
36. “USDA Announces Feeding Program Partnership in Response to COVID-19,” USDA.gov, March 17, 2020.
37. Aaron Friedman, Phillip Gillespie, Nancy Schroeder, Timothy Silva, and Wilmer Hale, “Federal Reserve Announces Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility,” JDSupra.com, March 20, 2020.
38. Ben Lane, “Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, HUD Suspending All Forecolsures and Evictions,” Housing Wire, March 18, 2020.
39. “Timeline: The Trump Administration’s Decisive Actions to Combat the Coronavirus.”
40. Sean Ludwig, “Families First Coronavirus Response Act: What Businesses Need to Know,” U.S. Chamber of Commerce, March 26, 2020.
41. Laura Kelly and Morgant Chalfant, “State Dept. Urges US Citizens to Avoid All International Travel,” Hill, March 19, 2020.
42. “Timeline: The Trump Administration’s Decisive Actions to Combat the Coronavirus.”
43. “The Arc’s COVID-19 Updates: March 20, 2020,” Arc Massachusetts, March 20, 2020.
44. “Timeline: The Trump Administration’s Decisive Actions to Combat the Coronavirus.”
45. “President Trump Signs into Law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act,” National Law Review, March 29, 2020.
46. Ronn Blitzer, “Republicans Say Dems Blocking Coronavirus Relief Over ‘Ideological Wish List,’ ” Fox News, March 23, 2020.
47. Maxim Lott, “Coronavirus Relief Bill Contains Nearly $12 Billion in Questionable Spending,” Fox News, March 27, 2000.
48. “Trump Announces Social Distancing Guidelines Extended to April 30,” CBS News, March 30, 2020.
49. Timeline: The Trump Administration’s Decisive Actions to Combat the Coronavirus.”
50. Ibid.
51. Press release, “Federal Reserve Takes Additional Actions to Provide Up to $2.3 Trillion in Loans to Support the Economy,” Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, April 9, 2020.
52. “Timeline: The Trump Administration’s Decisive Actions to Combat the Coronavirus.”
53. Brett Samuels, “Trump to Convene Council Focused on Reopening the Country,” Hill, April 10, 2020.
54. “Timeline: The Trump Administration’s Decisive Actions to Combat the Coronavirus.”
55. Ben Kennedy, “Restrictions Rolled Back in May? Trump Forms Second Task Force to Focus
on US Economic Recovery,” CBN News, April 14, 2020.
56. Tim Hains, “President Trump Announces Three-Phase Plan to Reopen Economy,” Real Clear Politics, April 16, 2020.
57. Adam Edlman, Monica Alba, Hans Nichols, and Peter Alexander, “Trump Unveils Three-Phase Plan for States to Reopen Amid Coronavirus Pandemic,” NBC News, April 16, 2020.
58. “Guidelines: Opening Up America Again,” WhiteHouse.gov, https://www.whitehouse.gov/openingamerica/.
59. Ibid.
60. Greg Norman, “New York Gov. Cuomo to Protestors Wanting Economy Reopened: ‘Get a Job as an Essential Worker,’ ” Fox News, April 23, 2020.
61. Jennifer Harper, “Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Calls for National Work Boycott,” Washington Times, April 22, 2020.
62. Emma Colton, “ ‘You Should Be Ashamed’: Critics Unleash on Pelosi for Showing Off Freezer Loaded with Ice Cream,” Washington Examiner, April 16, 2020.
63. Gail Collins, “Let’s Call it Trumpvirus,” New York Times, February 26, 2020.
64. Maureen Dowd, “Trump Makes Us Ill,” New York Times, February 29, 2020.
65. “Joseph A. Wulfsohn, “New York Times Columnist Bret Stephens Declares Coronavirus is Trump’s ‘Chernobyl,’ ” Fox News, March 11, 2020.
66. Francoise Mouly, “Brian Stauffer’s ‘Under Control,’ ” NewYorker.com, February 27, 2020. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2020-03-09.
67. Andrew Mark Miller, “MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace: Trump getting hurt politically is ‘silver lining’ to coronavirus pandemic,” Washington Examiner, April 24, 2020.
68. https://twitter.com/juliaioffe/status/1243297913863835648?s=20
69. Rich Noyes, “STUDY: Washington Post Bashes Trump Virus Response with 25-to-1 Negative Headlines,” MRCNewsbusters, April 25, 2020.
70. David Lynch, “The Coronavirus crisis is exposing how the economy was not as strong as it seemed,” Washington Post, March 28, 2020.
71. Peter Nicholas, “The Coronavirus Outbreak Could Bring Out the Worst in Trump,” Atlantic, February 18, 2020.
72. Catherine E. Shoichet, “The US coronavirus travel ban could backfire. Here’s how,” CNN, February 7, 2020.
73. Silvia Amaro, “Trump’s travel ban on many European countries is ‘politically motivated,’ analysts say,” CNBC, March 13, 2020.