in their version of democracy all decisions are made by a shadowy oligarchy. front by a strong man. the point isn t to find out what the population thinks or wants, it is to lend aura of legitimacy to criminals already in charge. here is joseph stalin bragging about results of the 1937 soviet election where his party won 99.4% support. 89 million votes to 562,000 votes for the other guys, whoever they were. our elections stalin went on to say are the only free and democratic elections in the whole world. at the moment stalin spoke those words, he was busy murdering more than a million citizens for
has new symptoms, a sore throat and body aches. less troublesome. he saw the running knows. the last time we saw him was friday. i apologize for my voice. after the second day of treatment, white house physician said his vital signs are entirely normal. oxygen levels excellent. although he is using an inhaler for coffee has no shortness of breath at all. good afternoon, everybody. seeking to downplay concerns the white house has not made o connor available for questions. officials answering instead sometimes adding details not seen in the doctor s letters. he did not have a fever last night. i think the doctor made that very clear. 99.4 is not a fever.
his doctor, at the highest point, his temperature yesterday was 99.4 degrees. that s not even a fever. he did take tylenol and his temperature remained in the normal range. we know that he is still feeling some fatigue. he still has a runny nose. his cough, which was dry yesterday, is now a loose cough. that s pretty typical in the ko course of these things. his voice sounds a little deeper and we saw that in the video that you showed when we heard a little bit of the president speaking as he met with some of his aids virtually, of course. now, one notable thing that we learned today is that he has been using his inhaler a couple of times, according to doctor jha, who briefed reporters, since he tested positive for covid. you might know that the president did have asthma as a child. dr. jha was emphatic that this isn t something that he actually uses with any regularity. the last time that he used it was actually last fall, when he had a cold. so, again, the big-picture message from th
he has now. dr. kevin o connor said the president had an elevated temperature of 99.4 degrees fahrenheit, and he was prescribed tylenol to deal with the discomfort. he still has some of those symptoms that were first identified on thursday, including a runny nose and a non-producing kind of loose cough there. overall the president is trying to tell us and the american people that the president is doing very good, he s in very good spirits, and he is still working at least eight-plus hours a day, really trying to use the president s condition. again, he s twice medicated, twice vaxed, as a teachable moment for the americans. jasmine write, i appreciate your reporting. thank you so much. a meeting to consider firing
medication paxlovid. cnn s jasmine wright is at the white house this morning. jasmine, what do we know about the president s condition this morning? reporter: well, the president is entering day two of a five-day isolation period here at the white house. and doctors say that he is improving. his symptoms are improving as the days go along, but we are waiting for an update just this morning on the president s condition for saturday. now, we learned yesterday that in addition to the president s symptoms improving that he has been prescribed additional medication to deal with some of the outlining symptoms, and that included that he was prescribed tylenol after his personal doctor, dr. kevin o conner found he had a 99.4 elevated temperature on thursday night. so he was prescribed tylenol to deal with some of that discomfort. he was also using his inhaler the white house told reporters he used it a couple times since testing positive on thursday to deal with some of those