Fact check: President Trump made false and misleading claims during his coronavirus briefing Monday, most of them repeats. And Vice President Mike Pence accused a reporter of a misunderstanding about testing that Pence's own words had created weeks earlier
Washington President Donald Trump's Monday coronavirus news conference in the White House Rose Garden was shorter than usual and at least somewhat less acrimonious than many of the briefings he's held over the past month.
But Trump still made false and misleading claims, most of them repeats from past briefings. And Vice President Mike Pence accused a reporter of a misunderstanding about testing that Pence's own words had created weeks earlier.Here are some fact checks from the briefing:Pence's testing promisesPence, Trump and others who spoke at the briefing touted the administration's plan to dramatically increase coronavirus testing in the coming weeks.
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