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Amanda Kloots Speaks Out Against Trump's "Don't Be Afraid of COVID" Tweet | THR News
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Amanda Kloots often tries to stay out of politics, but on the three-month anniversary of the death of her husband, Broadway star Nick Cordero, she was moved to post an emotional, angry response to President Trump's "don't be afraid of COVID" tweet.
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Amanda Kloots is speaking out against President Trump's Don't Be Afraid of COVID tweet
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on the three-month anniversary of the death of her husband, Broadway star Nick Cordero.
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Responding in an Instagram post accompanying a photo of Trump's tweet,
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Kloots took issue with Trump saying people shouldn't let COVID dominate their lives.
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Unfortunately, it did dominate our lives, didn't it?
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It dominated Nick's family's lives and my family's lives.
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Kloots continued noting Trump's short stay at Walter Reed.
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Unfortunately, not everyone is lucky enough to spend two days in the hospital.
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I cried next to my husband for 95 days, watching what COVID did to the person I love.
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It is something to be afraid of.
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After you see the person you love the most die from this disease,
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you would never say what this tweet says.
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There is no empathy to all the lives lost.
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He is bragging instead.
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It is sad, it is hurtful, it is disgraceful.
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Cordero died in July after a brutal battle with the novel coronavirus
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that included an extended hospital stay and assorted medical problems,
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even needing to have his leg amputated,
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an experience that Kloots chronicled in great detail on social media.
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Kloots showed her support to the over 208,000 Americans who lost loved ones to this virus,
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saying,
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I stand by you, with you, holding your hand.
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Kloots got even more emotional in a video posted to her Instagram story
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in which she seemed to be crying and a little flustered,
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even admitting at one point that she was finding it hard to speak.
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She also refused to apologize for her response,
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pointing out that she had been told that people who are grieving should not say they're sorry,
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saying in part,
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I am not sorry because it's too sad and it's too real,
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and it's real for the people who went through it.
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For more details on this story, head to THR.com.
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For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Neha Joy.
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