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Trump’s 2014 tweet about Obama golfing during Ebola outbreak is back to haunt him

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President Donald Trump is being accused of hypocrisy for a in which he criticized his predecessor for golfing during a global health crisis.The tweet resurfaced this weekend as Trump to one of his private golf courses in Virginia amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.In the tweet, Trump attacked Obama for choosing to golf during the Ebola outbreak, which ultimately led to in the U.S.“President Obama has a major meeting on the N.Y.C. Ebola outbreak, with people flying in from all over the country, but decided to play golf!” Trump tweeted at the time.But as Trump hit the links on Saturday, the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 began closing in on 100,000.The tweet quickly garnered from the .“Always a tweet,” consumer rights advocacy group Public Citizen .Others highlighted from Trump in which he that if he became president he would be far too busy to golf.Trump’s golf trip was even used by former Vice President Joe Biden as part of a campaign ad for his 2020 presidential run.“Nearly 100,000 lives have been lost, and tens of millions are out of work,” a tweet from Biden’s account . “Meanwhile, the president spent his day golfing.”Trump’s trip this weekend was his first to a golf course in 75 days, the longest time he has gone without golfing so far during his presidency.The president earlier this month told reporters that he’d “really like to play golf but it’s too busy right now.”READ MORE:&nbsp;

President Donald Trump is being accused of hypocrisy for a in which he criticized his predecessor for golfing during a global health crisis.The tweet resurfaced this weekend as Trump to one of his private golf courses in Virginia amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.In the tweet, Trump attacked Obama for choosing to golf during the Ebola outbreak, which ultimately led to in the U.S.“President Obama has a major meeting on the N.Y.C. Ebola outbreak, with people flying in from all over the country, but decided to play golf!” Trump tweeted at the time.But as Trump hit the links on Saturday,...

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