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Source: The Daily Beast
As the U.S. death toll reached 1,500, the president says he told the head of the White Houses coronavirus task force not to bother calling state governors in some hot spot areas.
Shortly after the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus pandemic reached 1,500 on Friday, President Donald Trump took to the podium at a White House press briefing and complained that certain states governors are not appreciative enough of the federal governments helpso much so that he said hed told Vice President Mike Pence, the leader of the coronavirus task force, to skip calling governors of some hard-hit areas.
Trump singled out the Democratic leaders of Washington and Michigan, noting that he had advised Pence not to call them as the healthcare crisis plagues their states and people fall sick and die.
He calls all the governors, Trump said. I tell him, I mean, I'm a different type of person. I say Mike, don't call the governor of Washington, you're wasting your time with him. Don't call the woman in Michigan.
If they don't treat you right, I don't call, Trump said. Michigans health department is reporting 3,657 COVID-19 cases and 92 deaths. In Washington, there have been 3,700 cases, according to the state, and 175 deaths.
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