Trump Complains Democratic Governors Don’t Appreciate Virus Help
- He singles out governors of Michigan and Washington State
- Both said they weren’t getting enough help to combat outbreaks
Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the White House on March 27.
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President Donald Trump complained that two Democratic governors don’t appreciate his administration’s efforts to combat the coronavirus epidemic and said Vice President Mike Pence shouldn’t take their calls.
“I want them to be appreciative. I don’t want them to say things that aren’t true,” Trump said of the governors at a White House news conference Friday. “When they’re not appreciative to me, they’re not appreciative to the Army Corps. They’re not appreciative of FEMA,” he added, referring to the Corps of Engineers and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.