Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney defended the administration’s response to the growing coronavirus epidemic and blamed the media for hyping the issue to damage President Trump.

Appearing as the first speaker at the Conservative Political Action Conference Friday, Mulvaney said that the administration has been working a counter-virus plan for six weeks, including meetings on Capitol Hill and flight bans from Asia.

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