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Demented woman who said she drank fish-tank cleaner because of president's advice is not a Trump supporter
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Leroy N. Soetoro
Apr 3, 2020, 5:16:37 PM4/3/20
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The Arizona woman who said she and her husband drank fish-tank cleaner to
ward off coronavirus has donated heavily to Democrats and acknowledges
she's not a President Trump supporter -- despite news reports that she
ingested the dangerous drug because she trusted what she thought was the
president's advice.
The 61-year-old woman, whose first name is Wanda but has asked for her
full identity to be withheld, survived the ordeal. Her 68-year-old
husband, Gary, did not. Wanda has said that she and her husband each took
a "teaspoon" of the fish-tank cleaner; medical toxicology results and a
police investigation were pending.
"I saw it sitting on the back shelf and thought, 'Hey, isn't that the
stuff they're talking about on TV?'" Wanda told NBC News, referring to the
chloroquine phosphate in her fish-tank cleaner.
On March 19, Trump had touted anecdotal evidence that the antimalarial
drug chloroquine could be used as a treatment for coronavirus during a
White House briefing, calling it a possible "game-changer." In fact, the
Food and Drug Administration [FDA] has approved the drug on an emergency
basis, even though various media reports had mocked Trump's suggestion.
However, the woman and her husband ingested the additive chloroquine
phosphate, which has been used in aquariums to kill microscopic organisms
that might harm fish and other aquatic animals.
Several media organizations that confused the chloroquine medication with
chloroquine phosphate later issued corrections. The New York Times,
though, all but accused Trump of recommending the same substance in the
fish-tank cleaner.
WHAT IS CHLOROQUINE?
Nevertheless, Wanda drew national attention by claiming that Trump had
suggested she consume the fish-tank cleaner with her husband, and that she
did so to avoid "getting sick."
"My advice is don’t believe anything that the president says and his
people because they don’t know what they’re talking about," Wanda told NBC
News' Vaughn Hillyard.
Vaughn Hillyard
?
@VaughnHillyard
Woman in ICU: "Trump kept saying it was basically pretty much a cure."
NBC: "What would be your message to the American public?"
Woman: "Oh my God. Don't take anything. Don't believe anything. Don’t
believe anything that the President says & his people...call your doctor."
https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1242212084647104514 …
Embedded video
NBC News
?
@NBCNews
Replying to @NBCNews
Arizona man dies after ingesting chloroquine in an attempt to prevent
coronavirus. https://nbcnews.to/2UJwKjF
There are no drugs approved to try to prevent or treat the new
coronavirus. Self-medicating to prevent the coronavirus can be dangerous
and possibly deadly.
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Wanda added, overstating the president's remarks: "We saw Trump on
TV—every channel—and all of his buddies and that this was safe [sic]. ...
Trump kept saying it was basically pretty much a cure."
She claimed that within "20 minutes" of taking the chemical, she felt
"dizzy and hot" and started "vomiting," and her husband "started
developing respiratory problems and wanted to hold my hand."
Queried by Hillyard on what advice she would give the American people, she
reiterated, "Oh my God. Don't take anything. Don't believe anything. Don’t
believe anything that the president says and his people ... call your
doctor."
The Washington Free Beacon quickly unearthed evidence that NBC News did
not, including Wanda's numerous donations to Democrats as recently as
February. In that month, Wanda donated to the PAC 314 Action Fund, which
has called itself the "pro-science resistance" to the White House.
U.S. WAS MORE PREPARED FOR PANDEMIC THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY, JOHNS HOPKINS
STUDY FOUND
Federal Election Commission records reviewed by the outlet revealed
numerous other recipients of Wanda's cash, including Hillary Clinton, the
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and the pro-choice
EMILY's List.
Patients who recovered from COVID-19 begin donating plasma to help treat
othersVideo
Speaking to the Free Beacon, Wanda acknowledged she was a Democrat and put
less emphasis on Trump's guidance: "We weren't big supporters of [Trump],
but we did see that they were using it in China and stuff," Wanda said.
"We didn't think it would kill us," she added. "We thought if anything it
would help us, 'cus that's what we've been hearing on the news."
Wanda has not responded to requests for comment from Fox News.
Additionally, Fox News has reviewed a Facebook page apparently belonging
to Wanda, which was first identified by the Twitter user Techno Fog.
"Your psycho prez is in [t]own, are you going to see him?" Wanda wrote on
Facebook on Feb. 19, by way of wishing a friend a happy birthday. Trump
was in town at a rally in Phoenix, Ariz., on that day.
Wanda deleted her Facebook page shortly after Fox News sent a message to
the account.
Techno Fog
@Techno_Fog
??????
More on the woman who "gave" her husband poisonous fish cleaner
March 23: She blames Trump for making her think it was safe.
February 19: She calls Trump "psycho prez"
She's lying and played the press. This needs to be investigated @mesapd
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Some media outlets have faced criticism for appearing to suggest Trump's
comments contributed to her husband's death.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
"Not everything in this vast and populous nation is a referendum on the
president," concluded The National Review's Charles Cook.
In a statement, the Department of Health and Human Services this week
allowed both hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine to be "donated to the
Strategic National Stockpile to be distributed and prescribed by doctors
to hospitalized teen and adult patients with COVID-19, as appropriate,
when a clinical trial is not available or feasible."
--
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump has boosted the economy, reduced illegal immigration,
appointed dozens of judges and created jobs.
Senile loser and NAMBLA supporter Nancy Pelosi got "Trumped" on February
5, 2020. "President Trump, Not Guilty."
democrat
The Arizona woman who said she and her husband drank fish-tank cleaner to
ward off coronavirus has donated heavily to Democrats and acknowledges
she's not a President Trump supporter -- despite news reports that she
ingested the dangerous drug because she trusted what she thought was the
president's advice.
The 61-year-old woman, whose first name is Wanda but has asked for her
full identity to be withheld, survived the ordeal. Her 68-year-old
husband, Gary, did not. Wanda has said that she and her husband each took
a "teaspoon" of the fish-tank cleaner; medical toxicology results and a
police investigation were pending.
"I saw it sitting on the back shelf and thought, 'Hey, isn't that the
stuff they're talking about on TV?'" Wanda told NBC News, referring to the
chloroquine phosphate in her fish-tank cleaner.
On March 19, Trump had touted anecdotal evidence that the antimalarial
drug chloroquine could be used as a treatment for coronavirus during a
White House briefing, calling it a possible "game-changer." In fact, the
Food and Drug Administration [FDA] has approved the drug on an emergency
basis, even though various media reports had mocked Trump's suggestion.
However, the woman and her husband ingested the additive chloroquine
phosphate, which has been used in aquariums to kill microscopic organisms
that might harm fish and other aquatic animals.
Several media organizations that confused the chloroquine medication with
chloroquine phosphate later issued corrections. The New York Times,
though, all but accused Trump of recommending the same substance in the
fish-tank cleaner.
WHAT IS CHLOROQUINE?
Nevertheless, Wanda drew national attention by claiming that Trump had
suggested she consume the fish-tank cleaner with her husband, and that she
did so to avoid "getting sick."
"My advice is don’t believe anything that the president says and his
people because they don’t know what they’re talking about," Wanda told NBC
News' Vaughn Hillyard.
Vaughn Hillyard
?
@VaughnHillyard
Woman in ICU: "Trump kept saying it was basically pretty much a cure."
NBC: "What would be your message to the American public?"
Woman: "Oh my God. Don't take anything. Don't believe anything. Don’t
believe anything that the President says & his people...call your doctor."
https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1242212084647104514 …
Embedded video
NBC News
?
@NBCNews
Replying to @NBCNews
Arizona man dies after ingesting chloroquine in an attempt to prevent
coronavirus. https://nbcnews.to/2UJwKjF
There are no drugs approved to try to prevent or treat the new
coronavirus. Self-medicating to prevent the coronavirus can be dangerous
and possibly deadly.
31.2K
5:56 PM - Mar 23, 2020
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20.9K people are talking about this
Wanda added, overstating the president's remarks: "We saw Trump on
TV—every channel—and all of his buddies and that this was safe [sic]. ...
Trump kept saying it was basically pretty much a cure."
She claimed that within "20 minutes" of taking the chemical, she felt
"dizzy and hot" and started "vomiting," and her husband "started
developing respiratory problems and wanted to hold my hand."
Queried by Hillyard on what advice she would give the American people, she
reiterated, "Oh my God. Don't take anything. Don't believe anything. Don’t
believe anything that the president says and his people ... call your
doctor."
The Washington Free Beacon quickly unearthed evidence that NBC News did
not, including Wanda's numerous donations to Democrats as recently as
February. In that month, Wanda donated to the PAC 314 Action Fund, which
has called itself the "pro-science resistance" to the White House.
U.S. WAS MORE PREPARED FOR PANDEMIC THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY, JOHNS HOPKINS
STUDY FOUND
Federal Election Commission records reviewed by the outlet revealed
numerous other recipients of Wanda's cash, including Hillary Clinton, the
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and the pro-choice
EMILY's List.
Patients who recovered from COVID-19 begin donating plasma to help treat
othersVideo
Speaking to the Free Beacon, Wanda acknowledged she was a Democrat and put
less emphasis on Trump's guidance: "We weren't big supporters of [Trump],
but we did see that they were using it in China and stuff," Wanda said.
"We didn't think it would kill us," she added. "We thought if anything it
would help us, 'cus that's what we've been hearing on the news."
Wanda has not responded to requests for comment from Fox News.
Additionally, Fox News has reviewed a Facebook page apparently belonging
to Wanda, which was first identified by the Twitter user Techno Fog.
"Your psycho prez is in [t]own, are you going to see him?" Wanda wrote on
Facebook on Feb. 19, by way of wishing a friend a happy birthday. Trump
was in town at a rally in Phoenix, Ariz., on that day.
Wanda deleted her Facebook page shortly after Fox News sent a message to
the account.
Techno Fog
@Techno_Fog
??????
More on the woman who "gave" her husband poisonous fish cleaner
March 23: She blames Trump for making her think it was safe.
February 19: She calls Trump "psycho prez"
She's lying and played the press. This needs to be investigated @mesapd
View image on Twitter
2,798
3:16 PM - Apr 1, 2020
Twitter Ads info and privacy
1,808 people are talking about this
Some media outlets have faced criticism for appearing to suggest Trump's
comments contributed to her husband's death.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
"Not everything in this vast and populous nation is a referendum on the
president," concluded The National Review's Charles Cook.
In a statement, the Department of Health and Human Services this week
allowed both hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine to be "donated to the
Strategic National Stockpile to be distributed and prescribed by doctors
to hospitalized teen and adult patients with COVID-19, as appropriate,
when a clinical trial is not available or feasible."
--
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump has boosted the economy, reduced illegal immigration,
appointed dozens of judges and created jobs.
Senile loser and NAMBLA supporter Nancy Pelosi got "Trumped" on February
5, 2020. "President Trump, Not Guilty."
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