President Donald Trump on Monday questioned whether politics tinged the findings of a newly released Health and Human Services inspector general report that found hospitals have been most concerned about a shortage of coronavirus testing supplies and long wait times for test results.
After listening to a reporter citing the report during Monday’s White House press briefing, Trump responded, “It’s just wrong. It’s just wrong. Did I hear the word ‘inspector general’? Really?”
The President also questioned the integrity of the leadership in HHS’ Office of the Inspector General saying, “Well where did he come from, the inspector general? What’s his name?”
“We’ve had more testing and had more results than any country anywhere in the world. They’re doing an incredible job,” the President continued.
“So give me the name of the inspector general. Could politics be entered into that?” he concluded.
The report was based on interviews with more than 300 hospitals around the country.
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