The United States first reached 1,000 daily COVID-19 deaths in early April 2020. This grim milestone marked the beginning of a period where the country consistently saw high daily death rates due to the pandemic. The daily death rate remained above 1,000 until late February of 2021, peaking at roughly 3,000 a day just after the 2020 election during Trump's last month in office when he did nothing to mitigate the pandemic but focused instead on overturning the vote of a majority of Americans.
In May, the BLS announced that 20 million jobs had been lost in April, shattering all previous records for jobs lost in a year, much less one month.
During the period from late May to June 2020, it is estimated that between 15 million and 26 million Americans participated in the Black Lives Matter protests. These demonstrations were sparked by the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, and quickly spread across the United States, becoming the largest protest movement in American history.
The anti-fascist (Antifa) and anti-Trump protests also saw significant activity during this time. Protests against President Donald Trump's policies and rhetoric were frequent throughout his presidency, but they intensified in the summer of 2020, particularly in response to his handling of the protests and the federal government's aggressive tactics against demonstrators. These protests often coincided with the BLM demonstrations, adding to the overall atmosphere of civil unrest across the country.
4 years ago Americans
were dying,
protesting, and
losing jobs
at the fastest rate in American history.
In May, the BLS announced that 20 million jobs had been lost in April, shattering all previous records for jobs lost in a year, much less one month.
During the period from late May to June 2020, it is estimated that between 15 million and 26 million Americans participated in the Black Lives Matter protests. These demonstrations were sparked by the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, and quickly spread across the United States, becoming the largest protest movement in American history.
The anti-fascist (Antifa) and anti-Trump protests also saw significant activity during this time. Protests against President Donald Trump's policies and rhetoric were frequent throughout his presidency, but they intensified in the summer of 2020, particularly in response to his handling of the protests and the federal government's aggressive tactics against demonstrators. These protests often coincided with the BLM demonstrations, adding to the overall atmosphere of civil unrest across the country.
4 years ago Americans
were dying,
protesting, and
losing jobs
at the fastest rate in American history.
Oh, and Trump was tweeting at an unprecedented rate even for him, much less any other president: Trump averaged 34 tweets a day in his final year in office, in the midst of all this.
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