Pelosi Demands Answers About Trump’s Comments on Coronavirus Testing

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is demanding answers after President Donald Trump said that he told officials to slow down coronavirus testing during his rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

White House officials say Trump made the comments in jest, but Pelosi does not seem to be buying that explanation.

“Testing, tracing, treatment and social distancing are the only tools we have to stop the spread of the coronavirus, but President Trump orders his Administration to slow down the testing that saves lives,” Pelosi said in a statement on Sunday.

She continued, “The President’s efforts to slow down desperately needed testing to hide the true extent of the virus mean more Americans will lose their lives. This Tuesday, members of the Trump Administration’s coronavirus task force will testify before the Energy & Commerce committee.”

“The American people are owed answers about why President Trump wants less testing when experts say much more is needed,” Pelosi added.

Finally, she called Trump, “ethically unfit and intellectually unprepared to lead.”

During his rally on Saturday, Trump said, “When you do testing to that extent you’re going to find more people, you’re going to find more cases.”

“So I said to my people, slow the testing down, please. They test, and they test, we got tests, and people don’t know what’s going on,” he added.

White House officials quickly pushed back against criticism and said that Trump was making a joke when he made those comments.