Did Trump Say ‘I Don’t Care How Sick You Are … Get Out and Vote’?







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['U.S. President Donald Trump said "I don\'t care how sick you are. [...] Get out and vote" during the COVID-19 coronavirus disease pandemic.', 'Trump said it (full transcript below).', 'However, he did not make the remarks during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 but years earlier during a campaign event in November 2016.', '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:', '#covid19 #coronavirus #coronavirusupdate unbelievable president. pic.twitter.com/jfqNJrzxGB', '— ROMAAN SHAIKH (@RUMAANSHAIKH) April 4, 2020', '', '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.', 'The video was filmed during a campaign rally in Nevada on Nov. 6, 2016. It shows then-candidate Trump urging supporters to vote even if they just been given the “worst possible prognosis.”', 'Trump said:', 'You got to get out there November 8th. I say kiddingly but I mean it: I don’t care how sick you are. I don’t care if you just came back from the doctor, and he gave you the worst possible prognosis, meaning it’s over. You won’t be around in two weeks. Doesn’t matter. Hang out ’til November 8. Get out and vote. And then all we’re going to say is, ‘We love you and we will remember you always.’', 'We reported on this video when it first went viral in November 2016. And while the video is genuine, Trump was speaking to his supporters just days before the 2016 presidential election, not — despite captions that suggest otherwise — during the 2020 election.', 'Moore, Jack. \xa0 “Donald Trump Urges Terminally Ill to Hang on So They Can Vote For Him.”\n\xa0 \xa0 Newsweek. \xa0 6 November 2016.', 'Rumors about antifa plotting violence have coincided with the month of July and Gettysburg before.', 'A complete story is rarely told in a headline.', 'Social media rumors that two memorials in New York were vandalized proved misleading.', 'In August 2019, a 23-year-old unarmed Black man died after an encounter with police officers in Aurora, Colorado.', 'A chaotic scene in St. Louis sparked outrage, memes, and confusion.', 'Socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested on sex abuse charges connected to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.', 'The white supremacist group made frequent use of the slogan more recently embraced by President Donald Trump, though they did not, as some claim, invent it.', "The question of past arrests often surfaces among people who want to rationalize police officers' actions when Black men are killed in custody.", 'You can claim anything if you remove the barrier of evidence.', 'Rumors about antifa plotting violence have coincided with the month of July and Gettysburg before.', '© 1995 - 2020 by Snopes Media Group Inc.', 'This material may not be reproduced without permission.', 'Snopes and the Snopes.com logo are registered service marks of Snopes.com']
Did Trump Say 'I Don't Care How Sick You Are ... Get Out and Vote'?