The senator from Utah rebutted a White House celebration boasting about its virus testing.
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, criticized the Trump administration during a Senate hearing Tuesday for its rosy portrayal of coronavirus testing in the U.S. since the start of the pandemic.
“Yesterday you celebrated that we had done more tests and more tests per capita even than South Korea,” Romney said. “You ignored the fact that they accomplished theirs at the beginning of the outbreak, while we treaded water during February and March. I find our testing record nothing to celebrate whatsoever.”
During Monday’s press briefing at the White House, banners were hung that read “America Leads the World in Testing,” and Trump boasted that the U.S. has tested “far more” people than any other country. He also repeated a claim that any American who “wants” to be tested for coronavirus can have a test, even though that isn’t the case for most Americans.
South Korea and the U.S. both detected their first cases of the coronavirus on Jan. 20. While South Korea ramped up testing and contact tracing, the Trump administration spent weeks downplaying the virus, and the president stated that he wanted less testing because higher numbers would make him look bad.
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