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Hello and welcome to the second iteration of the Hypocrisy Hall of Fame. Today’s ceremony is for the flip among the “party of science” folks who no longer trust experts if it means @realDonaldTrump can beat coronavirus.

We’ve got some doozies. #HypocrisyHOF

Leading us off, with her second top billing, is the inimitable, the timeless, the one and only @JRubinBlogger, who tweets hypocrisy where angels dare to tread. From experts saving lives to Congress defunding a hospital full of experts.

A true first ballot #HypocrisyHOF member.

Hot on her heels is @CNN’s @drsanjaygupta. This “medical expert” went from convening the best and brightest of America’s medical community to suggesting that some of those best and brightest are straight-up lying about @realDonaldTrump’s condition.

Serious #HypocrisyHOF mettle.

You had to assume more of the twitter docs would find a way on here. And you were right!

Here’s @Craig_A_Spencer, who went from stressing the need to “amplify public health experts, not political opinion” to suggesting Trump’s docs were wrong because of his...political opinion.

But this news cycle brought out some serious talent from the twitter docs.

We also had @DrLeanaWen, who went from “we need to hear from public health experts” to “I’d...perform a psychiatric evaluation” on Trump for...doing something his medical team cleared. #HypocrisyHOF.

Perhaps the most deranged inductee is @SteveSchmidtSES.

Four days ago - four days! - he was incensed because Trump wouldn’t follow “the advice of public health experts and MD’s.”

Now he is similarly incensed because...Trump did something his medical team cleared. #HypocrisyHOF

It takes something special for a whole outlet to make the #HypocrisyHOF. But @washingtonpost pulled it off.

In just a few short months - and one inconvenient partisan development - we went from ‘we need more information from the experts!’ to ‘no! not that expert!’

Finally, we have perhaps the most impressive mental gymnastics from @gabrielsherman, who missed in every direction.

First, it was that the experts would’ve saved us from Trump’s depiction of @WHO (since proved true). Now we have...whatever this conspiracy is. #HypocrisyHOF

And there you have it, our seven inductees to the #HypocrisyHOF.

By no means are these the only bad takes - and I’ll continue to add egregious ones as honorable mentions - but this is meant as a best-of-the-best, and this topic brought some true standouts.

Starting the list of honorable mentions is @BradMossEsq.

He went from accusing @FDRLST of saying doctors are lying about COVID to saying that Trump’s doctors, who signed off in his car ride, must be lying about it.

Always a competitor for the #HypocrisyHOF, @joelockhart goes from saying that Trump doesn’t “believe in science or expertise” and thinks that “the experts don’t matter” to calling some of the top medical experts in the country liars.

And no thread is done without a mention of @kurteichenwald.

From being upset about the US not following best practices from public health experts to a medical team “endangering public health with their lying and obfuscation.”

What happened to ‘listen to the experts,’ Kurt?

They keep coming. An incredible flip on the merits of doctors from @maureendowd.