Democracy Dies in Darkness

On record day for covid-19 deaths, Trump falsely proclaims at packed Hanukkah party, ‘We’re going to win this election’

December 10, 2020 at 5:18 a.m. EST
President Trump attended a crowded indoor Hanukkah party at the White House on Dec.9, the day that U.S. coronavirus deaths hit a new record. (Video: @ushi_teitel via Spectee)

At the end of the nation’s deadliest day so far during the coronavirus pandemic, President Trump on Wednesday night emerged at an indoor Hanukkah party to speak with a crowd mostly wearing masks but not adhering to social distancing in the East Room of the White House.

Then, the president falsely said again that he won the election, boasting that victory was on the horizon in the form of long-shot legal efforts that have been repeatedly defeated in multiple states.