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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Dr. <keyword id="9662815" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="stella-immanuel">Stella Immanuel</keyword>, who promoted an unproven COVID-19 treatment in a video shared by President Donald Trump this week, is a member of a controversial Tea Party-backed group of medics.</li><li>The group, America's Frontline Doctors, has called for the lifting of lockdown restrictions and criticized measures to slow the spread of the disease.</li><li>Its founder, Dr. Simone Gold, told the AP in May that there was "no scientific basis that the average American should be concerned" about COVID-19.</li><li>The group is backed by <keyword id="4828674" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="tea-party-patriots">Tea Party Patriots</keyword>, a conservative group that has supported protests against lockdown measures.</li></ul>Dr. Stella Immanuel, who appeared in a controversial video promoting an unproven COVID-19 treatment, is a member of a group of pro-Trump medics who have for months been <a href="https://www.politifact.com/article/2020/jul/28/fact-checking-video-doctors-talking-about-coronavi/">pushing misinformation about the virus</a>.In the video, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/28/technology/virus-video-trump.html">clips of which were shared this week</a> by President Donald Trump, Immanuel appears at a news conference outside the Supreme Court with other members of the group, America's Frontline Doctors, and GOP Rep. Ralph Norman. The members promote the drug hydroxychloroquine as a preventive treatment and a cure for COVID-19.<a href="https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-cautions-against-use-hydroxychloroquine-or-chloroquine-covid-19-outside-hospital-setting-or">The Food and Drug Administration has said</a> that hydroxychloroquine is not an effective COVID-19 treatment and that it should not be used for coronavirus patients because of a risk of dangerous heart problems.The founder of America's Frontline Doctors, who also appears in the video, has been a vocal critic of measures to slow the spread of COVID-19 and said in May that most Americans need not worry about it. Immanuel has also questioned the effectiveness of wearing masks to stop the spread of the disease — despite <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/face-masks-effective-in-protecting-against-coronavirus-2020-6">mounting evidence that it is one of the best protective measures</a> people can take. <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-hails-demon-sperm-doc-dr-stella-immanuel-as-important-voice-in-nations-covid-19-battle"></a><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/stella-immanuel-trumps-new-covid-doctor-believes-in-alien-dna-demon-sperm-and-hydroxychloroquine">The Daily Beast reported on Tuesday</a> on Immanuel's other outlandish claims, including that sex dreams involving demons cause illnesses and that alien DNA is used in medications.The hydroxychloroquine video was shared widely on social media, and the right-wing site Breitbart promoted it. The president's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-suspends-activity-donald-trump-jr-account-hydroxychloroquine-video-2020-7">had his Twitter account temporarily limited</a> for sharing it; the site said it violated its rules against promoting <keyword id="8867421" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus-misinformation">coronavirus misinformation</keyword>. Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-censorship-claims-twitter-youtube-facebook-hydroxychloroquine-doctors-video-removed-2020-7">also removed the video</a>.The press conference that the medics spoke at <a href="https://www.teapartypatriots.org/press-conference-americas-frontline-doctors-summit/">was hosted by Tea Party Patriots</a>, a right-wing nonprofit group <a href="https://www.teapartypatriots.org/action-news/tea-party-patriots-action-supports-lockdown-protests-opposes-michigan-governor-and-others-abusing-power/">that backed protests against lockdown measures</a> in several US states earlier this year. The group has raised $24 million in the past six years to support Republican candidates and causes, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/dark-money-pac-s-coordinated-reopen-push-are-behind-doctors-n1235100">NBC News reported</a>.America's Frontline Doctors was started by Dr. Simone Gold, whose Twitter profile describes her as a "doctor-lawyer-writer-mom" in Los Angeles. On social media she has argued against lockdown measures.<a href="https://apnews.com/4ee1a3a8d631b454f645b2a8d9597de7">The Associated Press reported in May</a> that Republican operatives were recruiting medics to argue in favor of reopening the US economy as soon as possible — while public-health experts called for phased, gradual reopenings to prevent a resurgence of the virus — and that Gold was the first signatory of 400 on a letter calling for an economic reopening.She told the AP that there was "no scientific basis that the average American should be concerned" about COVID-19. She denied that she working in coordination with the Trump campaign.She did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.As of Wednesday, the US had reported nearly 150,000 COVID-19 deaths.

The doctor in a COVID-19 disinformation video endorsed by Trump belongs to a fringe Tea Party-backed group of medics whose founder said the virus is not a major threat

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The doctor in <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/stella-immanuel-member-tea-party-pro-trump-group-2020-7">the COVID-19 disinformation video endorsed by President Donald Trump</a> was accused of medical malpractice in a recent lawsuit, <a href="https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/houston-doctor-drug-viral-video-sued-louisiana-15443105.php">the Houston Chronicle reported on Wednesday</a>.</li><li>Citing court documents, the Chronicle said Dr. <keyword id="9662815" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="stella-immanuel">Stella Immanuel</keyword> was sued in Louisiana after a woman died shortly after leaving her care in 2019.</li><li>Immanuel shot to prominence on Monday after the president, his son Donald <keyword id="3669691" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="trump-jr">Trump Jr</keyword>., and Madonna shared versions of a video of her touting an unproven <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> treatment.</li><li>In the video, Immanuel says that wearing masks isn't effective and that <keyword id="4751090" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Hydroxychloroquine">hydroxychloroquine</keyword> could cure COVID-19. Scientists have debunked both of those claims.</li><li>There is no cure for COVID-19, and the Food and Drug Administration has not approved it for use in coronavirus patients.</li></ul>Stella Immanuel, the doctor in <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/stella-immanuel-member-tea-party-pro-trump-group-2020-7">the COVID-19 disinformation video endorsed by President Donald Trump</a>, was accused of medical malpractice in a recent lawsuit over a patient's death.Citing court documents, <a href="https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/houston-doctor-drug-viral-video-sued-louisiana-15443105.php">the Houston Chronicle reported on Wednesday</a> that Immanuel was sued in Louisiana after a woman died shortly after leaving Immanuel's care.According to the Chronicle, the lawsuit said the patient, identified as Leslie Norvell, had complained that a needle broke off in her arm while she was doing meth in 2019. It alleges that Immanuel and another doctor prescribed her medication but did not examine her arm closely and that Immanuel ignored Norvell's complaints.Norvell went home and later, because of the pain, went to a hospital, where a surgeon removed the broken needle. She died six days later.Immanuel rose to prominence this week after Trump tweeted a version of a video of her and a group of doctors calling themselves America's Frontline Doctors. The group, backed by the conservative Tea Party Patriots, has been <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/stella-immanuel-member-tea-party-pro-trump-group-2020-7">critical of lockdown restrictions and other public-health measures</a>.In the video, they endorsed the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine as a cure for COVID-19 and said wearing masks wasn't effective. Scientists have <a href="https://www.factcheck.org/2020/07/in-viral-video-doctor-falsely-touts-hydroxychloroquine-as-covid-19-cure/">debunked</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/hydroxychloroquine-fails-covid-19-prevention-study-2020-7">both</a> of those <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/face-masks-effective-in-protecting-against-coronavirus-2020-6">claims</a>.Other high-profile figures shared versions of the video on social media this week. Twitter <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-suspends-activity-donald-trump-jr-account-hydroxychloroquine-video-2020-7">temporarily limited Donald Trump Jr's account</a>, saying it was for "spreading misleading or potentially harmful information." <a href="https://www.insider.com/instagram-flagged-madonna-viral-video-promoting-disinformation-about-covid-19-2020-7">Instagram labeled a video</a> of Immanuel posted by the pop singer Madonna as "false information."<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-youtube-twitter-take-down-false-covid-video-shared-trump-2020-7">Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter took down the video</a>, prompting the president <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-censorship-claims-twitter-youtube-facebook-hydroxychloroquine-doctors-video-removed-2020-7">to retweet accusations of censorship</a>.<div type="image" title="donald trump hydroxychloroquine obsession 2x1" height="1200" width="2400" msid="77260194" hostid="261"></div>Trump has for months touted hydroxychloroquine as a potential COVID-19 treatment. In May, he said <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/president-trump-says-hes-been-taking-hydroxychloroquine-2020-5">he was taking it as a precaution</a>.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-youtube-twitter-take-down-false-covid-video-shared-trump-2020-7"></a>The Food and Drug Administration in late March temporarily approved the drug for use in severe coronavirus cases, but it <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/hydroxychloroquine-emergency-use-authorization-revoked-by-fda-2020-6">withdrew the waiver on June 15</a> after finding evidence that it could have harmful side effects. As of mid-June, the US government had <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/hydroxychloroquine-us-surplus-fda-waiver-revoked-coronavirus-2020-6">more than 60 million surplus tablets</a> in storage, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/us/politics/trump-hydroxychloroquine-coronavirus.html?action=click&amp;module=Top%20Stories&amp;pgtype=HomepageHomepage">The New York Times reported</a>."Nobody needs to get sick," Immanuel said in the video, first broadcast by Breitbart, adding that "this virus has a cure." There is no cure for COVID-19.<div type="image" title="trump meeting with governors mask" height="919" width="1838" msid="77260196" hostid="261"></div><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/stella-immanuel-trumps-new-covid-doctor-believes-in-alien-dna-demon-sperm-and-hydroxychloroquine">The Daily Beast also reported this week</a> that Immanuel holds <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/woman-in-viral-covid-19-video-fears-demon-sex-aliens-2020-7">several bizarre beliefs</a> about sex and religion.For example, Immanuel said in a 2013 church sermon that gynecological issues like cysts and endometriosis were a result of people dreaming about having sex with demons and witches.On Wednesday, Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for Trump, interviewed Immanuel on his radio show <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/rudy-giuliani-stella-immanuel-demon-sperm-radio-hero-2020-7">and told her she was his "hero."</a>

Stella Immanuel, the doctor in the Trump-endorsed COVID-19 disinformation video, was accused of medical malpractice in a lawsuit after one of her patients died in 2019

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's personal attorney, called Dr. Stella Immanuel, the doctor seen in a viral video espousing misinformation about the <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword>, his "hero" on his radio show on Wednesday. </li><li>Giuliani and Immanuel discussed the doctor's claim that hydroxychloroquine is a cure for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. </li><li>There is no known cure for COVID-19. A growing body of evidence has shown that hydroxychloroquine is not an effective coronavirus treatment.</li><li>Immanuel, who is also a minister, has made some unsubstantiated medical claims in the past, such as saying cysts are caused by having sex dreams about demons. </li><li>Giuliani also said he's personally helped get the medication for four of his friends because "it's hard to get hydroxychloroquine."</li></ul>President Donald Trump's attorney and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani called Dr. Stella Immanuel — a doctor seen in a viral video spreading coronavirus misinformation — his "hero" on his radio show on Wednesday. "Well, you're my hero," Giuliani said after Immanuel paid him the same compliment. Giuliani went on to say that he'd been following the use of hydroxychloroquine and that he also believes that the medication is effective at treating COVID-19 in the "early stages" of the disease. There is a mounting body of evidence showing that there is no benefit to hydroxychloroquine COVID-19, including a limited study conducted on its <a href="https://www.statnews.com/2020/07/16/new-covid-19-study-despite-flaws-adds-to-case-against-hydroxychloroquine/">use before hospitalization</a>.The Food and Drug Administration revoked emergency authorization for its use in emergency settings last month. Immanuel, a licensed pediatrician, and a minister in Texas, went viral for a speech she gave during a press conference that was broadcasted initially by the right-wing outlet Breitbart.In the viral video, Immanuel can be seen on the steps of the Supreme Court at the "White Coat Summit," which was organized by the Tea Party Patriots — a right-wing group that backed the anti-lockdown protests earlier this year. It featured doctors part of a newly formed organization called America's Frontline Doctors.During the press conference, Immanuel falsely claimed that hydroxychloroquine is a cure for coronavirus. There is currently no known cure for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.The video was <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-youtube-twitter-take-down-false-covid-video-shared-trump-2020-7">taken down by platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter</a>, but it had already been viewed by millions — and shared by President Donald Trump, his son, Donald Trump Jr., and Madonna.After the video went viral, <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/stella-immanuel-trumps-new-covid-doctor-believes-in-alien-dna-demon-sperm-and-hydroxychloroquine?ref=scroll">The</a><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/stella-immanuel-trumps-new-covid-doctor-believes-in-alien-dna-demon-sperm-and-hydroxychloroquine?ref=scroll"> Daily Beast</a> found that Immanuel has a history of making outlandish and unsubstantiated medical claims, including preaching that cysts and endometriosis are a result of people having dreams that <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/woman-in-viral-covid-19-video-fears-demon-sex-aliens-2020-7">they're having sex with demons and witches, and that alien DNA is used in our medicine</a>."They are responsible for serious gynecological problems. We call them all kinds of names — endometriosis, we call them molar pregnancies, we call them fibroids, we call them cysts, but most of them are evil deposits from the spirit husband," Immanuel said of the medical issues in a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJrJG9xymts#action=share">2013 sermon</a>. "They are responsible for miscarriages, impotence — men that can't get it up."On Giuliani's show, Immanuel doubled down on her views of hydroxychloroquine with support from Giuliani."So you're a real a doctor, you're not a laboratory creature?" Giuliani asked. Immanuel, who got her medical degree in Nigeria, told Giuliani she began using hydroxychloroquine as a treatment in West Africa where malaria was prevalent. The drug has been used to effectively treat malaria and lupus, but it has not proven effective against COVID-19.Giuliani also said he's gotten the medication for four of his friends because "it's hard to get hydroxychloroquine."Giuliani could not be reached for comment at the time of publication.

Rudy Giuliani interviewed Dr. Stella Immanuel — doctor who previously preached about alien DNA — on his radio show calling her his 'hero'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Stella Immanuel, who identifies herself as a physician and appears in a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-youtube-twitter-take-down-false-covid-video-shared-trump-2020-7">viral coronavirus misinformation video</a>, has previously made other implausible medical claims. </li><li>According to <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/stella-immanuel-trumps-new-covid-doctor-believes-in-alien-dna-demon-sperm-and-hydroxychloroquine?ref=scroll">The Daily Beast,</a> Immanuel has claimed that cysts and endometriosis are a result of people having dreams that they're having sex with demons and witches.</li><li>Clips of Immanuel from a press conference, where she made dubious claims about cures for COVID-19, were <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-youtube-twitter-take-down-false-covid-video-shared-trump-2020-7">retweeted</a> by President Donald <keyword id="6354862" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="trump">Trump</keyword> and his son Donald Trump Jr.</li><li>There are no known cures for COVID-19. </li><li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/07/28/stella-immanuel-hydroxychloroquine-video-trump-americas-frontline-doctors/">The Washington Post</a> reported that Trump said he thought Immanuel was "very impressive."</li></ul>A woman in <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-youtube-twitter-take-down-false-covid-video-shared-trump-2020-7">a viral coronavirus misinformation video from right-wing site Breitbart, which was retweeted</a> by President Donald Trump and his son Donald Trump Jr., holds other outlandish and implausible beliefs, The Daily Beast reported. <a href="http://www.tmb.state.tx.us/page/look-up-a-license" target="_blank" title="http://www.tmb.state.tx.us/page/look-up-a-license" rel="noopener">According to the</a><a href="http://www.tmb.state.tx.us/page/look-up-a-license" target="_blank" title="http://www.tmb.state.tx.us/page/look-up-a-license" rel="noopener"> Texas</a><a href="http://www.tmb.state.tx.us/page/look-up-a-license" target="_blank" title="http://www.tmb.state.tx.us/page/look-up-a-license" rel="noopener"> Medical Board</a>, Stella Immanuel is a licensed pediatrician.<a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/stella-immanuel-trumps-new-covid-doctor-believes-in-alien-dna-demon-sperm-and-hydroxychloroquine?ref=scroll"></a><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/stella-immanuel-trumps-new-covid-doctor-believes-in-alien-dna-demon-sperm-and-hydroxychloroquine?ref=scroll">The</a><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/stella-immanuel-trumps-new-covid-doctor-believes-in-alien-dna-demon-sperm-and-hydroxychloroquine?ref=scroll"> Daily Beast</a> reported that Immanuel is also a minister who has made a host of unsubstantiated medical claims, including that cysts and endometriosis are a result of people having dreams that they're having sex with demons and witches. "They are responsible for serious gynecological problems. We call them all kinds of names —endometriosis, we call them molar pregnancies, we call them fibroids, we call them cysts, but most of them are evil deposits from the spirit husband," Immanuel said of the medical issues in a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJrJG9xymts#action=share">2013 sermon</a>. "They are responsible for miscarriages, impotence — men that can't get it up."She added that people can find out if they have a demonic spouse if they have sex dreams about people they know or celebrities, "wake up aroused, stop getting along with their real-world spouse, lose money, or generally experience any hardship. "Immanuel's clinic is listed as 6278 Highway 6 South in Houston, according to the medical board, but <a href="https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/report-texas-doctor-who-went-viral-with-unproven-covid-19-cure-believes-in-demon-sperm">local CBS outlet </a>found that it was also the address for a ministry led by Immanuel called <a href="http://firepowerministry.org/" target="_blank" title="http://firepowerministry.org/" rel="noopener">Fire Power Ministries</a> Christian Resource Center.According to The Daily Beast, in 2015 sermon, Immanuel among also claimed that alien DNA was being used in medicine. "They're using all kinds of DNA, even alien DNA, to treat people," Immanuel said.She's also claimed that an 8-ball "was a psychic" used to get kids adjusted to witchcraft and "has claimed that the American government is run in part by non-human reptilians," according to The Daily Beast. Immanuel also reportedly claimed that gay people were practicing "homosexual terrorism," and said that the legalization of gay marriage would lead to people wanting to marry kids. In the viral video, Immanuel can be seen on the steps of the Supreme Court at the "White Coat Summit," which was organized by a group called America's Frontline Doctors, formed earlier this month. During the press conference, Immanuel falsely claims that hydroxychloroquine is a cure for <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword>. "Nobody needs to get sick," Immanuel said in the video. "This virus has a cure."According to the <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/therapeutic-options.html">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</a> and the <a href="https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters">World Health Organization,</a> there is currently no cure for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.Several studies have shown that hydroxychloroquine <a href="https://www.recoverytrial.net/news/statement-from-the-chief-investigators-of-the-randomised-evaluation-of-covid-19-therapy-recovery-trial-on-hydroxychloroquine-5-june-2020-no-clinical-benefit-from-use-of-hydroxychloroquine-in-hospitalised-patients-with-covid-19">failed to help hospitalized patients</a> and has <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/hydroxychloroquine-fails-covid-19-prevention-study-2020-7">no significant clinical benefits</a> when used to treat coronavirus. The video has since been taken down on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter, though by then it had been viewed by millions of people.While the Food and Drug Administration allowed for hydroxychloroquine to be used in emergency settings in hospitals at the beginning of the pandemic, it <a href="https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-revokes-emergency-use-authorization-chloroquine-and">revoked</a> that permission in June. In a tweet, Immanuel has also challenged Dr. Anthony Fauci and CNN hosts to give her a urine sample to prove they aren't taking hydroxychloroquine.<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/07/28/stella-immanuel-hydroxychloroquine-video-trump-americas-frontline-doctors/">The Washington Post</a> reported that Trump said: "I think they're very respected doctors. There was a woman who was spectacular," when asked at a press conference about the video.The Post said the president did not say which woman he was referring to.CNN's Kaitlan Collins asked Trump about Immanuel and her conspiracy theories during a Tuesday press conference."I thought she was very impressive, in the sense that, from where she came — I don't know what country she comes from — but she said that she's had tremendous success with hundreds of different patients," he responded.Immanuel was born in Cameroon and got her medical degree in Nigeria. "I thought her voice was an important voice, but I know nothing about her."Business Insider attempted to reach Immanuel for comment on Twitter.

The doctor in the COVID-19 misinformation video Twitter deleted from Donald Trump Jr.'s account also believes wild things about dream sex with demons and alien DNA

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Two medical practitioners who are part of a dubious organization spreading unproven <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> information said they met with Vice President <keyword id="264959" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Mike-Pence">Mike Pence</keyword>, the chair of the White House <keyword id="8932342" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus-task-force">Coronavirus Task Force</keyword>.</li><li>The two were featured in the viral coronavirus misinformation video that has since been removed from social media websites.</li><li>Video from the organization's press conference was featured in the viral video, where they touted unsubstantiated claims such as hydroxychloroquine being a coronavirus cure.</li><li>There is no known cure for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.</li></ul>Two members of a dubious organization spreading unproven coronavirus information said they met with Vice President Mike Pence, the head of the White House Coronavirus Task Force.Dr. Simone Gold and Dr. James Todaro said on Twitter that they met with Pence to discuss <keyword id="25205" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="doctors">doctors</keyword>' abilities to prescribe <a href="https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-cautions-against-use-hydroxychloroquine-or-chloroquine-covid-19-outside-hospital-setting-or">hydroxychloroquine</a>. Pence's schedule for July 28 shows that he had a planned 5:30 p.m. meeting with physicians to discuss COVID-19. It's unclear if the meeting listed happened or if it was with the two doctors who said they met with him. Pence's staff did not respond to Business Insider's request for comment."We have just met with Vice President Mike Pence to request the administration's assistance in empowering doctors to prescribe hydroxychloroquine without political obstruction," Gold said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/drsimonegold/status/1288261549103226880?s=20">tweet</a>.Gold is a Los Angeles-based emergency medicine specialist and the head of America's Frontline Doctors, a recently-formed organization. The group that held a press conference, organized by the Tea Party Patriots, which shared misinformation about the coronavirus, including making statements that hydroxychloroquine is a cure for COVID-19.There is no known cure for the disease caused by the coronavirus, and the Food and Drug Administration revoked the emergency use of hydroxychloroquine back in June. Several studies have shown that hydroxychloroquine <a href="https://www.recoverytrial.net/news/statement-from-the-chief-investigators-of-the-randomised-evaluation-of-covid-19-therapy-recovery-trial-on-hydroxychloroquine-5-june-2020-no-clinical-benefit-from-use-of-hydroxychloroquine-in-hospitalised-patients-with-covid-19">failed to help hospitalized patients</a> and has <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/hydroxychloroquine-fails-covid-19-prevention-study-2020-7">no significant clinical benefits</a> when used to treat coronavirus.Right-wing site Breitbart live-streamed the sparsely attended event, and video footage from the press conference was later retweeted by President <keyword id="6354484" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Donald-Trump">Donald Trump</keyword> and his son, Donald Trump Jr. Social media sites Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube later removed the video, citing their respective rules about sharing misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic.In the video, Gold <a href="https://heavy.com/news/2020/07/dr-simone-gold/">said</a>: "We're here because we feel as though the American people have not heard from all of the expertise that's out there all across our country."The group's website was created earlier this month and appeared to be "<a href="https://point-mandarin-f6hj.squarespace.com/config/">unavailable</a>" on Tuesday.On Tuesday, Todaro added in a tweet that he had a "great meeting" with Pence and his chief of staff Marc Short. "We are doing everything to restore the power of medicine back to doctors. Doctors everywhere should be able to prescribe Hydroxychloroquine without repercussions or obstruction," Todaro tweeted.Other members of the organization like Stella Immanuel, who describes herself as a medical doctor and is listed as a licensed pediatrician by the Texas Medical Board, have tweeted at Trump asking for a personal <a href="https://twitter.com/JennaEllisEsq/status/1287966597978693633?s=20">meeting</a>. On Tuesday, <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/stella-immanuel-trumps-new-covid-doctor-believes-in-alien-dna-demon-sperm-and-hydroxychloroquine">The Daily Beast</a> reported that Immanuel, who is also a minister, previously touted outlandish claims — such as cysts and endometriosis being caused by having sex dreams about demons.Immanuel, whose monologue in the viral press conference video was later retweeted by President Trump, also claimed that hydroxychloroquine was a coronavirus cure. Those videos have since been removed from <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-youtube-twitter-take-down-false-covid-video-shared-trump-2020-7">Twitter, as well as Facebook and YouTube.</a>Trump, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/07/28/stella-immanuel-hydroxychloroquine-video-trump-americas-frontline-doctors/">referring to Immanuel</a>, said on Tuesday: "I thought she was very impressive, in the sense that, from where she came — I don't know what country she comes from — but she said that she's had tremendous success with hundreds of different patients. I thought her voice was an important voice, but I know nothing about her."

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>The sign language interpreter introduced in the White House daily briefing this week is a <keyword id="6354862" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="trump">Trump</keyword> supporter.</li><li>Heather Mewshaw ran a pro-Trump Facebook group that translated <keyword id="74603" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Far-right">far-right</keyword> videos into sign language.</li><li>Different sign language interpreters replaced Mewshaw after her initial appearance on Monday.</li></ul>President Joe Biden's first American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter reportedly <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-supporters-migrating-to-a-wild-west-of-youtube-alternatives-2021-1">is a Trump supporter who runs a Facebook group</a> that provides sign language translations to right-wing videos. Heather Mewshaw was introduced as "today's interpreter, Heather" by White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki during Monday's press briefing.However, a day after her appearance, <a href="https://time.com/5933592/white-house-sign-language-interpreter/">TIME Magazine's investigation</a> found that Mewshaw manages a group of ASL interpreters that provide translations for videos that embrace right-wing ideals, including some that peddled baseless election claims and vaccine misinformation.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/joe-biden-covid-strategy-red-blue-states-republican-governors-pandemic-2021-1">Biden bucks Trump's pandemic approach that favored friendlier states and brings Republican governors into the fold</a>In one video posted on the group, Mewshaw can be seen wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat as she signs to a video of Trump dancing to "YMCA." The video was titled: "Thank You, President Trump, From the Right Side ASL Team!" according to TIME.Other translated videos on the page featured a talk by Rudy Giuliani titled: "What Really Happened on January 6th?" and an interview with Dr. Stella Immanuel, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/hydroxychloroquine-fails-covid-19-prevention-study-2020-7">a physician and pastor who has touted </a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/hydroxychloroquine-fails-covid-19-prevention-study-2020-7">hydroxychloroquine</a><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/hydroxychloroquine-fails-covid-19-prevention-study-2020-7">, the unproven COVID-19 treatment that was favored by Trump.</a>The page also included false claims about Michelle Obama being transgender, according to TIME.The Facebook group, called "Right Side ASL," was deleted in November but later resurfaced under the name "Hands of Liberty ASL." Other "Right Side ASL" accounts on Twitter, Instagram, and Parler have also been shut down.<a href="https://www.change.org/p/white-house-remove-heather-mewshaw-from-white-house-for-asl-interpreting?source_location=petitions_browse">A Change.org petition</a> to have Mewshaw removed from the White House has reached more than 4,000 people signatures at the time of writing.Psaki's announcement in the White House on Monday that ASL interpreters <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/world/news/the-white-house-is-adding-a-sign-language-interpreter-to-press-briefings-in-an-effort-to-be-more-inclusive/articleshow/80472150.cms">would be a part of the administration's daily news briefings was a move welcomed by many.</a>Howard A. Rosenblum, CEO of the National Association of the Deaf, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/world/news/the-white-house-is-adding-a-sign-language-interpreter-to-press-briefings-in-an-effort-to-be-more-inclusive/articleshow/80472150.cms">told Insider</a> earlier this week that his organization was grateful to witness history in the making."Deaf and hard of hearing Americans deserve the same access to information from the White House and the President that everyone else gets," Rosenblum said.The organization sued Trump and former press secretary Kayleigh McEnany in August 2020 for failing to provide an interpreter during COVID-19 briefings. They argued it hindered the ability of deaf and hard of hearing Americans to learn necessary information during the pandemic.It is not clear whether Hewsahw will reappear again as an interpreter in the White House, but she's since been replaced by two different ASL translators on Tuesday and Wednesday.Jon Henner, an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina Greensboro who studies ASL and is deaf, told TIME: "I was honestly surprised. For me, it would be problematic for someone who has aligned herself with alt-right discourses to be the public face of the White House for the deaf communities and people who are curious about ASL."Insider reached out to the White House and Mewshaw for comment.According to her profile on <a href="https://www.independentinterpreters.com/profile/Heather-Mewshaw" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Independent Interpreters</a>, Mewshare holds three certifications from the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) and has been working as a professional sign language interpreter since 1999."She is comfortable with working in an array of settings and her strengths are in settings such as Federal and state government, medical, conferences, religious services, and highly-technical assignments," the profile says.

Biden's first White House sign language interpreter is a Trump supporter who translates far-right videos

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="57493" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Arizona">Arizona</keyword> Republican Party Chairwoman's Twitter account was "temporarily limited" after she reposted the viral video of doctors presenting debunked information about the <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword>. </li><li>It appeared to be the same video retweeted by <a href="https://twitter.com/oliverdarcy/status/1287949238412943363?s=20">President Donald Trump</a> and his <a href="https://twitter.com/oliverdarcy/status/1287912524969660416?s=20">son Donald Trump Jr</a>.</li><li>Donald Trump Jr. also had his account limited over the same video. </li></ul>Arizona Republican Party Chairwoman Kelli Ward had her twitter account limited on Tuesday after reposting the viral video of doctors presenting debunked information about the coronavirus, which was also retweeted by <a href="https://twitter.com/oliverdarcy/status/1287949238412943363?s=20">President Donald Trump</a> and his <a href="https://twitter.com/oliverdarcy/status/1287912524969660416?s=20">son Donald Trump Jr</a>.Twitter also <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-suspends-activity-donald-trump-jr-account-hydroxychloroquine-video-2020-7">limited the twitter account</a> of Donald Trump Jr. and removed his tweet featuring the video. According to <a href="https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/07/28/twitter-limits-kelli-wards-account-over-covid-19-misinformation/5529070002/">AZ Central</a> Twitter deemed that Ward violated the company's policy on spreading misleading and "potentially harmful" about coronavirus. Twitter had <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-youtube-twitter-take-down-false-covid-video-shared-trump-2020-7">removed clips of the video</a>, which featured Dr. Stella Immanuel, an apparent Texas-based pediatrician, who claimed that hydroxychloroquine could cure COVID-19.It is not a cure for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. There is no known cure for the disease caused by the coronavirus, and the Food and Drug Administration revoked the emergency use of hydroxychloroquine back in June. Several studies have shown that hydroxychloroquine <a href="https://www.recoverytrial.net/news/statement-from-the-chief-investigators-of-the-randomised-evaluation-of-covid-19-therapy-recovery-trial-on-hydroxychloroquine-5-june-2020-no-clinical-benefit-from-use-of-hydroxychloroquine-in-hospitalised-patients-with-covid-19">failed to help hospitalized patients</a> and has <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/hydroxychloroquine-fails-covid-19-prevention-study-2020-7">no significant clinical benefits</a> when used to treat coronavirus."Tweets with the video are in violation of our COVID-19 misinformation policy," a Twitter representative previously told Business Insider. "We are taking action in line with our policy."Ward is also a family physician, and AZCentral reported that the <keyword id="107893" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="GOP">GOP</keyword> chairwoman has repeatedly downplayed the coronavirus outbreak in Arizona. By the end of June and early July, Arizona was a coronavirus hotspot in the country. Cases surged, and doctors working with coronavirus patients told Business Insider at the time, that they were pulling <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/as-arizonas-coronavirus-cases-surge-doctors-say-theyre-exhausted-2020-7">90-hour work weeks</a> to keep up with the number of people hospitalized. Many <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/arizona-coronavirus-healthcare-workers-state-opened-prematurely-public-denial-2020-7">were burnt out and concerned that people weren't taking the virus seriously enough</a> and causing this additional strain on the healthcare system. However, in a tweet the states Republican Party falsely claimed that the chairwoman account was "suspended" when it was only temporarily limited and called Twitter's response "election interference.""... With one week to go until Arizona's primary election, suspending the chairwoman's account — thereby limiting our ability to reach her more than 80,000 Twitter followers — hinders our ability to communicate with voters, encourage Arizonans to get out vote, and silences an important conservative voice in our state," Greg Safsten, the state party's executive director told AZ Central. According to AZ Central, Ward has a history of making controversial statements including suggesting that the late Sen. John McCain's family announced that he was ending his cancer treatment to interfere with her 2018 bid for Senate. McCain died hours after Ward made those statements. Neither the GOP nor Ward have responded to Business Insider's request for comment at the time of publication.

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