President Trump is pushing for the the U.S. to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic. But state leaders say coronavirus testing lags too far behind.
Even as President Trump on Sunday continued to tout the nation’s capacity for adequate coronavirus testing, several governors took to the airwaves to vehemently challenge his assessment and to complain that the federal government has been laggardly in helping provide support for health systems and local economies.
“We are fighting a biological war,” Northam said on CNN’s “State of the Union,” adding that governors have been left “to fight that war without the supplies we need.”U.S.
“Mr. President, are you going to save New York City or are you telling New York City to drop dead?” Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York asked Sunday, calling on the president to offer more federal help to his city. “The president is right when he gets up there and says the models had many more people dying,” Cuomo said Sunday, adding the state will ramp up “aggressive” antibody testing in the coming weeks. “This is a great success story ... [but] don’t go backwards.”
Hogan said he had “repeatedly made this argument to the leaders in Washington on behalf of the rest of the governors in America.” Trump’s tweets run counter to the warnings of his own public health experts that large gatherings can led to the spread of the virus.Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, appearing on ABC’s “This Week,” said the president’s comments have amounted to fomenting insurrection.
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