What did Donald Trump claim about the pandemic on 6 Mar 2020?
Donald Trump, President of the United States ·
Anybody that wants a test can get a test. That's what the bottom line is.
Not true. Six days later Anthony Fauci told Congress the U.S. testing system was not set up to let anybody get a test easily, and called that a failing.
Six days later NIAID director Anthony Fauci told Congress that the U.S. testing system was not set up to let anybody get a test easily, and called this a failing (House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing record, March 12, 2020).
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The claim
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- Exchange with reporters after touring the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia.
The record
Primary source (sworn testimony)