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Posted: 2020-10-06T19:45:58Z | Updated: 2020-10-06T21:04:43Z

Amanda Kloots is calling President Donald Trump s tweet about COVID-19 beyond hurtful.

The widow of Broadway star Nick Cordero , who died at age 41 after a 95-day battle with the coronavirus, shared several emotional posts on Instagram Monday after reading the presidents remarks about his own COVID-19 diagnosis.

Trump had tweeted Monday that Americans shouldnt be afraid of COVID-19 after he left Walter Reed National Military Medical Center despite still being infected with the virus. Dont let it dominate your life, he wrote. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!

The tweet, consistent with Trumps constant downplaying of the virus, implied that those who die of COVID-19 are weak and suggested that Americans should not fear a virus that has killed over 210,000 people in the United States under his watch.

Im honestly not a very political person, but this is really kind of hard to ignore, Kloots said on Instagram Stories in response to the presidents remark. Im sitting here in my house and Im honestly frozen. I cant even move. I couldnt believe what I read.