Symone Sanders assails Trump for talking about slowing down coronavirus testing.
Symone Sanders, senior adviser to Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, slammed into President Donald Trump’s Saturday return rally, saying it set a dangerous example amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Sanders on “Fox News Sunday” decried Trump’s statement during the Tulsa rally that he asked the administration to slow down coronavirus testing to contain optics of a growing outbreak. She also lambasted Trump for holding a rally in a confined, indoor space — creating conditions that health experts say are highly conducive to transmitting the disease.
“The most damning thing from that rally last night, Chris, was, in fact, the president’s admission that he quote unquote said to his people to slow down the testing,” Sanders told host Chris Wallace. “This is an appalling attempt to lessen the numbers only to make them look good.” Continue reading.