In his own words, he downplayed the virus so as not to panic us. How did he do that? He disparaged mask wearing and social distancing and he participated in and encouraged super spreader events. He Did NOT encourage people to get vaxxed until a few months ago, and his audience booed the shit out of him. THAT'S the issue, he created the mind set that Covid was a Dem hoax, that junk science riffs on disinfectants and light exacerbated. As a consequence he killed more of his equally dumb-ass supporters.