strategist matt mackowiak.e was laughter from the audience right after he said it. you know, he said the more you test, the more cases you have, the more negative the coverage is. and that's true. the more important thing is the positivity rate and the hospitalisation rate, and both of those numbers have remained fairly low in the united states compared to other parts of the world, so i took that as a joke. i understand the media and some of his democratic opponents will take that literally, and we will see what he says when he's asked about it but it certainly looked to me like he wasjoking. what you make of the fact that the rally is taking place at all? of course, the area where he is — he's speaking in tulsa in oklahoma, which has seen daily records throughout the week of increases in numbers there. well, oklahoma was one of the first states to reopen. they're now in phase three of their reopening. they started reopening june i. so i think he felt it was one of the safer places to go. being that he wanted t

that was the republican strategist matt mackowiak.ampaign speech, the president spoke about the dangers of the minnesota police department being dissolved following the black lives matter protests. he used the example of an "hombre" breaking into a woman's home. "hombre" is the spanish word for "man" and is often used offensively to refer to mexican and latin american men in the us. hey, it's one o'clock in the morning and a very tough, you know, i've used the word on occasion, hombre. and a very tough hombre is breaking into the window of a young woman whose husband is away as a travelling salesman or whatever he may do, and you call 911 and they say, "i'm sorry, this number is no longer working." 0ur north america correspondent david willis says that despite racial tensions being so high in the us at the moment, the president made little effort to show sensitivity around race. and people have been watching this speech to see what the president would say about the protest about racial injustice in this country and the answer to which

we can speak to matt mackowiak, a republican strategist and communications consultant. us. a pleasure. thanks for having me. speaking of lots of different elements already taking aim and attacking the media, lots of things that we are kind of used to hearing from and defending his record in tackling the coronavirus, so we will start with that point, him talking about him up blocking flights in from china having an impact. then went on to talk about testing and saying he wished that testing would slow down because it gives you the high numbers. what do you make of that?” took that as a joke. there was laughterfrom the took that as a joke. there was laughter from the audience right after he said it. he said the more you test, the more cases you have, the more negative the coverages. i think that's true. the more important thing is the positivity rate and the hospitalisation rate in both those numbers have remained fairly low in the united states compared to other parts of the world. so i took thatis parts of the world. so i took that is a joke. my understanding media, and