President Trump was stretching the truth when he claimed that states have enough personal protective equipment and ventilators, according to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan.
On Friday, Trump said that every state was in “good shape” when it came to accessing face masks, gloves, gowns, and ventilators needed to combat the coronavirus. During an interview on ABC on Sunday, however, Hogan said that was not the case.
“We’ve certainly seen an improvement over the past week from the week before. I know that a lot of people in Washington are working very hard. Everybody has gotten more supplies than we had the week before and the day before, and I know there’s people in Washington that are working very hard on this to help the states, but I think to say that everybody’s completely happy and we have everything we need is not quite accurate,” the governor said.
He added, “I mean, everybody still has tremendous needs on personal protective equipment and ventilators and all of these things that you keep hearing about. Everybody’s fighting to find these things all over the nation and all over the world.”
Several governors, including Democrats New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, have said that they have a steady supply of ventilators. Both of those states have received a lot of federal attention because they have two of the worst outbreaks in the nation.
Hogan, a Republican, has been a vocal critic of Trump and was floated as a potential presidential primary opponent, but he did not run.
