US President Donald Trump has declined to disavow the nonsensical QAnon conspiracy theory in a combative town hall performance, US correspondent matthewknottjourno and senior journalist FarrahTomazin report.
Trump also defended recently retweeting a post that baselessly claimed that Biden and former president Barack Obama may have killed SEAL team 6, the elite unite that assassinated Osama bin Laden, to cover up a hoax where a body double was killed instead."I don't get that," Guthrie said. "You're the President. You're not like someone's crazy uncle who can just retweet whatever.
Biden faced voters at a town hall event at Philadelphia’s National Constitution Centre, aired on ABC America. Biden said there should be a "national standard" on masks, and slammed Trump for missing the opportunity to safely open schools and businesses.
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