Amanda Kloots, widow of Nick Broadway star Nick Cordero, who died of coronavirus complications in July, has slammed President Donald Trump for his comments on COVID-19.
After getting discharged from the hospital on Monday night, Trump to the White House and released a video message on social media, asserting that COVID-19, which has killed more than 215,000 Americans, is nothing to be concerned about.
He said, “One thing that’s for certain: don’t let it dominate you. Don’t be afraid of it. You’re gonna beat it. We have the best medical equipment, we have the best medicines, all developed recently. And you’re gonna beat it.”
Trump then tweeted, “Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!”
Kloots slammed the president’s comments, calling them disgraceful. She explained why his statement was offensive to people who have lost their family and friends to the coronavirus.
Sharing a screenshot of the Trump’s tweet, Kloots wrote on Instagram, “To all the over 208,000 Americans who lost loved ones to this virus – I stand by you, with you, holding your hand.”
“Unfortunately it did dominate our lives didn’t it? It dominated Nick’s family’s lives and my family’s lives,” she added. “I guess we ‘let it’ – like it was our choice??”
“Unfortunately not everyone is lucky enough to spend two days in the hospital,” Kloots continued. “I cried next to my husband for 95 days watching what COVID did to the person I love. It IS something to be afraid of.”
Sharing a pic of son Elvis with Cordero, Kloots wrote, “After you see the person you love the most die from this disease you would never say what this tweet says. There is no empathy to all the lives lost. He is bragging instead. It is sad. It is hurtful. It is disgraceful.”
Cordero died on July 5 of COVID-19 implications at the age of 41. Remembering him three months after his death, Kloots wrote on Instagram that “not a day goes by that you aren’t thought about and missed.”
She added, “Nick passed away three months ago, but COVID took my husband April 1, which is seven months ago. I realized that the other day, Elvis and I lost him seven months ago. Once he went on the ventilator he never came back. It weird to think we’ve been on our own for that long already.” Kloots concluded her post by urging people to take precautions during the ongoing pandemic. She wrote, “Please wear a mask. Please continue to be take this seriously.”
