Lincoln Project 'Trump virus' ad leads to outpouring of stories about what the president's bungling has cost Americans
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Using a new ad from the Lincoln Project that reminds viewers what they have lost because Donald Trump bungled the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic, Rick Wilson -- one of the founders of Never Trumper PAC -- asked his Twitter followers to share how the deadly health crisis has impacted their lives.


Re-labeling the novel coronavirus as the "Trump virus" Wilson asked, "Share your stories of what COVID has taken from you," which led to a flood of stories about not being with loved ones when they passed, inability to visit elderly parents and one person having to decide whether to put a beloved pet down early over fears of not being able to be there at the end due to COVID-19 restrictions.

You can see the ad that spurred the comments as well as some responses -- many of them heartbreaking -- below: