Did Trump Say ‘I Don’t Care How Sick You Are … Get Out and Vote’?
Posted on AllSides April 11th, 2020
From The Left
FACT CHECK
In April 2020, as the death toll in the United States from the COVID-19 coronavirus disease pandemic approached 18,000, a video supposedly showing U.S. President Donald Trump encouraging people to vote even if they were gravely ill started to circulate on social media:
This is a genuine video of Trump saying “I don’t care if you’re sick. […] Get out and vote.” However, Trump made these remarks in November 2016, not during the COVID-19 pandemic.