evidence: The actual remark dates back to a Trump rally on Feb. 28, when the president referred to Democrats’ "new hoax" after talking about the coronavirus. But, as we’ve explained before, he said the next day that he was describing Democrats’ finding fault with his administration’s response to the virus, not the virus itself. [...] The next day, when asked about his use of the word hoax, Trump said he was "certainly not" referring to the virus itself. "‘Hoax’ referring to the action that they take to try and pin this on somebody, because we’ve done such a good job," he said. "The hoax is on them, not — I’m not talking about what’s happening here; I’m talking what they’re doing. That’s the hoax. That’s just a continuation of the hoax, whether it’s the impeachment hoax or the ‘Russia, Russia, Russia’ hoax. This is what I’m talking about. Certainly not referring to this. How could anybody refer to this? This is very serious stuff."