The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday contradicted a number of false claims pushed by Donald Trump about the current COVID-19 outbreak.
CDC Director Robert Redfield was testifying before the House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies about his agency’s budget request for the 2021 fiscal year.
During the hearing, Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL) read a list of statements Trump had made about the outbreak and the administration’s response efforts in recent weeks, asking Redfield whether he agreed with any of them. Continue reading.