evidence: Trump Campaign Press Release - FACT CHECK: President Trump Did Not Call The Coronavirus a 'Hoax' [...] Check Your Fact: "Trump referred to the alleged 'politicizing' of the coronavirus by Democrats as 'their new hoax.' He did not refer to the coronavirus itself as a hoax." [...] Donald J. Trump, Trump Campaign Press Release - FACT CHECK: President Trump Did Not Call The Coronavirus a 'Hoax' Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/345654