RNC PRAISE OF TRUMP’S COVID-19 RESPONSE AT ODDS WITH REALITY ANALYSIS

RNC PRAISE OF TRUMP’S COVID-19 RESPONSE AT ODDS WITH REALITY ANALYSIS

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RNC PRAISE OF TRUMP’S COVID-19 RESPONSE AT ODDS WITH REALITY ANALYSIS

ABC News logo RNC praise of Trump’s COVID-19 response at odds with reality: ANALYSIS

Scattered throughout the first night of the Republican National Convention were rave reviews of President Donald Trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic: touting treatments, shutting down travel from China and rebounding the American economy.

Donald Trump wearing a suit and tie standing in front of a crowd: President Donald Trump gestures in front of supporters at Basler Flight Service in Oshkosh, Wis., Aug. 17, 2020.© Tom Brenner/Reuters President Donald Trump gestures in front of supporters at Basler Flight Service in Oshkosh, Wis., Aug. 17, 2020.

But all the spin on the president's handling of the virus is in sharp contrast with reality.

An ABC News investigation in April showed that 3.4 million travelers entered the U.S. from several countries, including China, during the critical time period of December, January and February.

Six month later the U.S. now leads the world in COVID-19 deaths, but on Monday night there was no mention of the nearly 180,000 who have died from the virus.

"One leader took decisive action to save lives," says a narrator in a highly produced RNC video that praises Trump's signing of the CARES Act, his declaring a national emergency and dispatching PPE to states. The video also blames Democrats and the World Health Organization for diminishing the severity of the virus and uses praise from Democratic governors who thanked Trump for sending emergency supplies.

"From the very beginning, Democrats, the media and the World Health Organization got coronavirus wrong," the narrator says.

In early March, hospitals and front-line workers faced dramatic shortages of ventilators, gowns, masks, gloves, and other supplies to treat COVID-19 patients, which resulted in states competing for supplies since the federal government didn't initially coordinate the distribution.

In a statement to ABC News, RNC National Press Secretary Mandi Merritt reiterated what we heard on Monday night's program, pointing to Trump's shut down on travel from China, replenishing PPE and how Democratic governors praised the president's efforts.

"The facts tell a widely different story than what many Democrats and their mainstream media allies are portraying," Merritt said.

But it was Trump who throughout the pandemic has repeatedly downplayed the virus as a threat, attacked health experts on his own National Coronavirus Task Force, including both Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx, and has continued to hold large in-person campaign events despite calls from local health officials not to.

a group of people standing in front of a crowd: President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he enters his first re-election campaign rally in several months in the midst of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 20, 2020.© Leah Millis/Reuters President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he enters his first re-election campaign rally in several months in the midst of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 20, 2020.

Back in June, Trump held his now infamous campaign rally in Tulsa, which resulted in a massive staff shake-up of his campaign and contributed to the demotion of long-time campaign manager Brad Parscale.

The event itself was held even as Oklahoma was