By Hope Yen 

AP FACT CHECK: Trump falsely blames governors for virus test

 

April 19, 2020



WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is wrongly casting blame on governors and the Obama administration for shortages in coronavirus testing and declaring victory over what he calls relatively low death rates in the U.S. That's too soon to tell.

A look at his claims over the weekend, also covering the economy:

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TRUMP, on governors urging wider availability of virus tests: "They don't want to use all of the capacity that we've created. We have tremendous capacity. ...They know that. The governors know that. The Democrat governors know that; they're the ones that are complaining." — n...



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