Fauci: I Was Never Told To Slow Down COVID Testing

June 23, 2020 Trump Administration, Trump Lies

USA Today reports:

Dr. Anthony Fauci told House lawmakers on Tuesday that despite President Donald Trump’s claim that he had asked officials to “slow the testing down,” he had never been given such a directive. “To my knowledge, none of us have ever been told to slow down on testing. That just is a fact,” he said. “In fact, we will be doing more testing.”

Fauci was joined by Robert Redfield, the director of the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention; Stephen Hahn, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration; and Brett Giroir, assistant secretary for HHS. Redfield, Hahn and Giroir each said they also had never heard any request from the White House to slow down testing.

As you can see below, the Trump campaign has retweeted Fauci’s denial despite Trump himself saying today that he wasn’t kidding about slowing testing.

Dr. Anthony Fauci: “I know for sure, to my knowledge, none of us have ever been told to slow down on testing. That just is a fact.” pic.twitter.com/yp7GP4kBZ9

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We did a great job on CoronaVirus, including the very early ban on China, Ventilator production, and Testing, which is by far the most, and best, in the World. We saved millions of U.S. lives.! Yet the Fake News refuses to acknowledge this in a positive way. But they do give….

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 23, 2020

Because he told the truth and you made up shit about bleach, Hyrdroxy, testing, the numbers of infected, where disease was coming from, with a little casual racism thrown in for good measure. He was reliable. You were/are garbage.

— JeremyNewberger (@jeremynewberger) June 23, 2020

The “fake news” doesn’t give Fauci a 72 percent approval rating. The public does! That’s how polls work!

Here’s the poll: https://t.co/vc3w3rne9G

— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) June 23, 2020