Trump dodges question on whether he ordered slowdown of coronavirus testing

Published June 22, 2020 5:11pm ET



President Trump repeatedly dodged a question about whether he asked officials to “slow down” coronavirus testing.

Trump, in a Monday interview with Joe St. George, a Washington correspondent for Scripps, was pressed on his claim during a weekend rally that he urged testing to be slowed down. The reporter asked if it meant somebody watching the interview would not be getting a test.

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