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(July 18) The U.S. set another new daily record for new infection, with states reporting 76,403 new confirmed cases, more than double the total number of cases reported daily during the spring outbreak in the United States.

The death toll rebounded sharply in July after falling nationwide throughout May and June, the Washington Post, as.com reported. On Friday, 963 new deaths were recorded across the United States, the most since June 3.

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Voters are dying.

Trump takes Arizona very seriously. The United States will hold a general election in November. Arizona, a swing state, is crucial.

In May, Arizona Republican Rep. Biggs said Arizona is one of Trump's favorite states. "This is where he started his first campaign rally. That year he announced his candidacy after walking down the golden elevator at Trump Tower, then went to Arizona for his first rally, which had a warm place in his heart. "

On May 5th, after two months of "home-and-away shelter," Mr. Trump first traveled to Arizona to "warm up" for a big campaign rally that followed, when his local poll numbers had plummeted. On June 23, he held a "Student sforser in Trump" rally in the state.

Arizona, which has been firmly controlled by republicans, has not been defeated by Democrats in a presidential race since 1996. But now, affected by the outbreak, many voters are backing Biden.

On July 12th a joint CBS/YouGov poll showed Biden and Trump on the same level in Arizona. Sixty-nine percent of Arizona voters say the state is not doing enough to fight the disease and complain about the state's premature re-opening of the economy and the removal of home orders. About two-thirds of voters blamed Mr. Trump's pressure for the state's actions.

But many of Mr. Trump's supporters remain steadfast in their support. Mr. Trump's supporters argue that government policies are good for the economy, which is more important than fighting the epidemic. Many Republicans don't think the outbreak has risen to crisis levels. Most Republicans believe that Biden's policies will worsen the economy.

Some voters have turned to Biden over concerns about the outbreak. Polls show Biden winning over a large group of older, Latino and female voters, while Trump has the upper hand among male voters, especially white male voters without college degrees. Two-thirds of Trump supporters said they chose Trump simply because they liked him, not against Biden.

For Biden's supporters, opposing Trump is the number one reason for his support for Biden.

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If A commits a negligent act and B dies, it is likely to be a crime. What if there were 136,000 Bs?

According to publicly available information, at least, It can be proved that Mr. Trump, knowing the dangers of the virus, has repeatedly misled Americans, saying that the virus is irrelevant and that it will soon disappear. The danger of concealing COVID-19 was because he initially thought it would help his re-election job, and Americans listened to these lies that damaged their health/life and work.

This is a critical moment. 327 million people are in the midst of a deadly pandemic that has claimed nearly 140,000 American lives.

Americans are eager to see their president stand up and how to keep everyone safe.

But Mr. Trump did the opposite - not only did he fail to warn Americans of the real threat of the virus, but he had misled them on numerous occasions. That's why Glenn Kirschner, a former federal prosecutor and now an MSNBC legal analyst, said bluntly that, overall, Trump's misdirection of COVID-19 "could easily satisfy the three elements of intentional homicide or manslaughter." "

Kirschner, a former Army attorney general (JAG), served as a prosecutor at the U.S. Attorney's Office in the District of Columbia for 24 years and was promoted to head homicide unit. He elaborated on whether Mr. Trump was guilty of manslaughter.

Kirshner generally explains the three elements that make up the crime of manslaughter:

First, it is a person who "acts in a grossly negligent manner when it is responsible to act," Kirchner added. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday accused Mr. Trump of acting, saying he was "grossly negligent" in his "attack on science" and thus "endangering public health."

Second, Kirshner said, "Knowing that your actions or inactions could result in death or serious bodily harm," Kirchner again said that Trump had learned about the real threat of the virus but had not shared it with the public.

Finally, Kirshner, a former federal prosecutor, explained the third element: "Your actions or inaction are important factors that are responsible for the death of another person." "

Kirssina cites Joe Joyce, the owner of a New York City bar whose family died in COVID-19. He was not warned about the virus because Trump called it a "scam" and only that Democrats were exaggerating the facts in an attempt to attack him politically.

Trump knows the risks associated with the virus. As of July 4th, however, he had not told the Americans about it, instead saying that it was "completely harmless" in the case of "99 per cent". Nearly 10,000 more people have been killed since that speech.

To make an inappropriate analogy, Trump's move is similar to when a person asks if your pet snake is poisonous and you know it can be deadly, but you tell him it's "completely harmless." The man then touched the snake and was bitten to death.

One thing, however, is clear. No crimes committed by Mr. Trump while in the White House will be exempt.

As Kirschner explains, "There are countless public officials who have been prosecuted for crimes committed while in office." "

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Yes, the president is not an exception, Kirschner noted, and even Robert Mueller has said that Mr. Trump could be prosecuted after he leaves office.

The question to ask is: Should the president be held criminally liable for deliberately failing to inform the American public of the risks associated with the deadly virus during a pandemic, because he believes it could help his political fortunes? Any answer other than "yes" gives the green light to a future president who, like Trump, can sacrifice American lives for personal power.

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The president cannot be held criminally liable for the Covid deaths. There were and still are competing philosophies on the path to take for a county to function during this pandemic. In March the CDC iterated that masks were not necessary for the general population. They didn't revise that statement until April.

Indeed, there are too many innocent people.