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On May 8, 2020, an article was published to the "Laughing in Disbelief" section of the website Patheos positing that U.S. President Donald Trump had tweeted that "some oldies will have to die" in order for businesses in the United States to reopen during the COVID-19 coronavirus disease pandemic:
‘Oldies Will Have To Die’ Tweets Trump
A besieged President Trump justified the administration’s attempt to squelch the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines for reopening the country by tweeting “…that’s the price we have to pay. Some oldies will have to die.”
