COVID-19: Trump accused of “fomenting domestic rebellion and spreading lies”

The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump has been accused of “fomenting domestic rebellion and spreading lies” among many other things by Washington Governor Jay Inslee.

In a series of tweets posted on his time-line on Friday, Inslee who made the accusation after the United States president urged supporters to “LIBERATE” three states led by Democratic governors, said that Trump was putting citizens at risk of contracting COVID-19.

“The president’s statements this morning encourage illegal and dangerous acts. He is putting millions of people in danger of contracting COVID-19,” Inslee said in a series of tweets on Friday afternoon.

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“His unhinged rantings and calls for people to ‘liberate’ states could also lead to violence. We’ve seen it before,” Inslee added. “The president is fomenting domestic rebellion and spreading lies – even while his own administration says the virus is real, it is deadly and we have a long way to go before restrictions can be lifted.”

The tweets by the governor of Washington came after Trump apparently encouraged the growing protests against the stay-at-home restrictions aimed at stopping the coronavirus.

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