Peter Navarro: Trump's Call To Slow COVID-19 Testing Was 'Tongue In Cheek'

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Peter Navarro: Trump's Call To Slow COVID-19 Testing Was 'Tongue In Cheek'
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“I’m not sure a deadly pandemic that has killed 120,000 Americans is material for a light moment,' CNN's Jake Tapper responded.

“When you do testing to that extent, you’re going to find ... more cases,” Trump said at his campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Saturday. “So I said to my people, ’Slow the testing down, please.’”Navarro laughed. “C’mon now, Jake, you know that was tongue in cheek,” he said, adding, “That’s news for ya, tongue in cheek.”Navarro called it a “light moment for Donald Trump at his rally.”

Tapper pressed on. “I’m not sure that a deadly pandemic where almost 120,000 Americans [lost their lives] are really a good subject for a light moment.”attempts at humorNavarro tried to steer the interview to jobs and the effects of what he called the “China Wuhan virus,” a racist term administration officials have used for the COVID-19 virus. Navarro also tried to discuss former national security adviserNavarro argued without evidence that COVID-19 was a “product of the Chinese Communist Party.

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