The New York Daily News has a new nickname for President Donald Trump .
After the president mused about injecting people with disinfectant to fight off the coronavirus during Thursdays task force briefing (and then walked back the idea just 24 hours later, claiming he was being sarcastic ), the tabloid newspaper declared him to be a TOTAL BLEACH BUM on its Saturday cover.
Check out the new moniker, at the bottom of the front page, here:
YOU SON OF A MITCH!
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YOU SON OF A MITCH!
New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) April 25, 2020
Cuomo: I dare you to let states declare coronavirus bankruptcy in scathing new attack on GOPhttps://t.co/cpmXavGwiC pic.twitter.com/aLMqFxc7W7
The Daily News main headline, however, was a swipe at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who has suggested states hit by the pandemic could file for bankruptcy instead of seeking federal financial aid.
YOU SON OF A MITCH! it read.
Earlier this month, the newspaper slapped a face mask on Trump for saying he likely would not follow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines asking people to wear them in public:
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IF ONLY IT WERE A MUZZLE
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