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That included participating in Pence’s infamous Wall Street Journal op-ed in June downplaying the idea of a coronavirus second wave — even as the outbreak was indeed resurging across the country.

At the time, the president was publicly downplaying the virus’s impact.

Rather than level with the American people back in February and March about the severity of what was coming our way, he downplayed coronavirus, called it a “hoax” and ridiculously said it would “go away like a miracle.”

For years, the league had downplayed or outright denied the link between football and brain injury.

It also wants the updated law to retain the general prohibition on content monitoring obligations — and downplays the potential of AI to offer any “third way” there.

Hagel sought to downplay any rift in a statement to Defense Department employees.

Even people from the “nicest” parts of the country try to downplay that “niceness.”

Instead, she fouled out by trying to defend Obama and downplay the deportation crisis.

There have also been accusations that the U.S. network sought to downplay climate change in the shows.

The controversy did, however, motivate publishers to downplay evolution in their public school textbooks.