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Vice President Pence claims coronavirus testing has not slowed down

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Vice President Pence claims coronavirus testing has not slowed down
Vice President Pence claims coronavirus testing has not slowed down

Vice President Pence assures that coronavirus testing has not been slowed down, but Senator Tammy Baldwin thinks the Trump Administration has not delivered enough supplies.

PRESIDENT TRUMP KEEPS TWEETINGABOUT ALL THE CORONAVIRUSTESTING IN THE UNITED STATES.BUT OVER THE WEEKEND HE SEEMEDTO SUGGEST HE WANTED TESTINGTO SLOW DOWN DESPITE THE FACTTHE VIRUS CONTINUES TO SPREADAND SPIKE IN SOME PARTS OF THECOUNTRY.

I ASKED VICEPRESIDENT PENCE ABOUT THATTODAY.

You chair thePresident's Coronavirus TaskForce: Has he asked you toslow down the testing process?Oh, no.

- the president hasmade it clear very early onthat we were to form aseamless partnership ship withgovernors around the countryat this point I think we havedone 27 million test acrossAmericaSENATOR TAMMY BALDWINTHINKS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATIONHAS NOT DELIVERED ENOUGHTESTING SUPPLIES FOR HARD HITPLACES LIKE NURSING HOMES.

SHEWANTS THE PRESIDENT TO USE THEDEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT TOINCREASE SUPPLIES AND IMPROVEACCESS.2:19 We're facing lots ofchallenges as we struggle toreopen the economy and we willcontinue too as we open thingslike k-12 schools and highereducation.A BIGGER BATCH OF TESTS HASADDED FEWER THAN 300 NEW CASESOF CORONAVIRUS ACROSSWISCONSIN.

FIVE ADDITIONALDEATHS WERE ALSO REPORT

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