Cher has deleted one of her tweets and apologized after she called President Donald Trump a "murderer" over his response to the coronavirus outbreak in America.
Cher has often been a vocal critic of the Republican leader, and in an angry Twitter tirade, the iconic pop superstar wrote in a now-deleted tweet:
"trump HAS Entry 2 Every single MASK, Protect, Robe, GLOVE, Mattress, VENTiLATOR, RESPIRATOR, Exam Package, Nationwide GUARDSMAN, SOLDIER FROM Military CORPS OF ENGINEERS, NURSES, DR.’S, TECHS. [sic]"
Related - check out this blooper from Trump's coronavirus address:She added: "1ST RESPONDERS Needed 2 Help save THE Lives OF CORONAVIRUS Sufferers, & CAREGIVERS. Trump IS A LIAR, & Murderer. Open up UR. [sic]"
However, in a follow-up post, Cher later wrote: "RARELY DELETE Twts, but sometimes My passion 4 & trump’s lack of EMPATHY, EMOTION, INTELLIGENCE, CARING,&HIS PENCHANT 4 CRUELTY CHILDREN LOCKED IN CAMPS 4EVER, STATES BEGGING HIM 4 SUPPLIES & HIM SAYING”WE’RE NOT SHIPPING CLERKS ,IS LAST STRAW. BUT I WENT 2 FAR & AM TRULY SORRY. [sic]"
She added: "He’s Known for months,& IT IS Federal governments Job to get supplies 4 States in National Disasters.Wait… This is The Beginning [sic]"
Cher isn't the first celebrity to have lambasted Trump over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
On March 15, actress Bette Midler, who has also been a longtime critic of the Trump administration, wrote on Twitter: "You know, #Donald says he has tested negative for #Coronavirus. But why should we believe him? He has lied over 16,000 times in the last three years! Why would he not be lying now? [sic]"
And actor John Cusack had some scathing words of his own in response to the President's scalding of an NBC News reporter during a press conference on Friday.
Writing in a tweet alongside a clip of the altercation, the 53-year-old said the President could "rot in hell", before going on to call his comments "unreal".
At the time of writing, there have now been 387,382 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across 114 countries worldwide, and a total of 16,767 deaths, according to John Hopkins University.
Of these, 46,450 cases have occurred in the United States, with the death toll expected to rise unless urgent self-isolation measures are put in place.
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