Trump hasn’t ordered to Slow Coronavirus Testing: McEnany

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US President Donald Trump’s top spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany insisted that President hasn’t ordered anyone in his administration to slow coronavirus testing, in spite of saying he did just that during a Saturday evening campaign rally. She said, “No, he has not. Any suggestion that testing has been slowed is not rooted in fact”. McEnany said Trump was joking and criticizing the media for not reporting that the United States leads the world in testing. But it was still unclear as Trump spoke in Tulsa that he was joking, and she denied that he was making light of a virus that has killed more than 120,000 people in the United States.

President Trump said, “Then, I closed it down to Europe early, closed it down because I saw what was happening. And by the way, most people said, don’t do it, don’t do it. We saved hundreds of thousands of lives and all we do is get hit on like we’re terrible. And what we’ve done with the ventilators and with the medical equipment and with testing, you know, testing is a double-edged sword. We’ve tested now 25 million people. It’s probably 20 million people more than anybody else. Germany’s done a lot, South Korea’s done a lot. They call me, they say the job you’re doing, here’s the bad part, when you test when you do testing to that extent, you’re going to find more people, you’re going to find more cases. So, I said to my people slow the testing down, please. They test and they test”.

Trump and his top aides, including McEnany, did again on Monday. But have contended that more testing means local officials find more Covid-19 cases. It is noteworthy that those people are still sick with a disease Democrats, including presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden, say the Trump administration was slow to respond to. But some top Democratic governors in states that have seen sharp declines in Covid-19 cases and deaths, like New Jersey, said testing was a big key in dealing with the virus in their areas. On Monday, Democrat Governor, Phil Murphy informed CNN that it was testing as much as any other state that helps his administration be able to open nail salons and other similar shops on Monday.