Patton Oswalt Imagines Trump Supporters Dying from Coronavirus

Comedian-actor Patton Oswalt posted a tweet on Tuesday in which he imagined supporters of President Donald Trump dying from coronavirus.

The Ratatouille star joked that “MAGA” supporters infected with COVID-19 would be obsessed with the media’s treatment of President Trump as they coughed themselves to death.

Inside the dangerous US mission that cleared Iran’s mines from Hormuz shipping lanes

Abdul El-Sayed shares dozens of donors with ex-GOP candidate at center of antisemitism controversy

Marine Le Pen’s last stand: National Rally leader polling far ahead for 2027 presidential election after three previous defeats

Grand Canyon flash flood leaves 1 dead and several missing or unaccounted for, park service says

Duffy teases ‘unprecedented fraud crackdown’ announcement with DHS, DOJ

Accused NC killer mom plans insanity defense — as retired judge says more may follow Lindsay Clancy strategy

Beloved Texas chiropractor, hiking group among those unaccounted for after Grand Canyon flash flood

California mom has both legs amputated after suspected impaired driver plows into her restaurant lunch table

Airport chaos erupts after driver suddenly smashes through fence, hits plane and tractor: police

Breaking: US Forces Decimate Iranian Launchers, Stop IRGC’s Attempted Retaking of Hormuz

Urgent search underway for more than 20 people after Grand Canyon flash flood

DC public schools face special grand jury probe into attendance, truancy and graduation records

California bill recognizing 2 Islamic holidays nears Newsom’s desk

Tuskegee University president defends dress code amid criticism: ‘Raise the bar, students will reach it’

Trump indicates support for Christian-backed plan to help Canadian Jews escape antisemitism

MAGAt dying from COVID-19: “Why did the *cough* media treat Trump so *cough cough* unfairly…” https://t.co/kWdATsCY3K

— Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) March 10, 2020

Oswalt was responding to an unsubstantiated claim that President Trump has asked Attorney General William Barr to launch a Justice Department investigation into the media’s coverage of the coronavirus.

Vanity Fair’s Gabriel Sherman recently cited an “anonymous source close to the White House” who alleges that President Trump “wants Justice to open investigations of the media for market manipulation.” But the Vanity Fair report never says that the president asked Barr to launch such an investigation, as Oswalt’s retweet claims.

Patton Oswalt said in December that every person who voted for and still supports President Trump is a “stupid asshole.”