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Trump Downplays Need for Ventilators, Trashes Democratic Governors During Insane ‘Hannity’ Interview: WATCH

March 27, 2020 by John Wright Leave a Comment

During an unhinged interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Thursday night, President Donald Trump suggested that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is exaggerating the state’s need for ventilators to provide lifesaving care to coronavirus patients.

On Hannity, Trump says he doesn't believe NY Gov. Guomo actually needs the ventilators he's asking for.

TRUMP: "I don't believe you need 40,000 or 30,000 ventilators." pic.twitter.com/tm6jXmPtdC

— Pod Save America (@PodSaveAmerica) March 27, 2020

“I am getting along with Governor Cuomo,” Trump told Hannity. “I think that a lot of things are being said that are more — I don’t think certain things will materialize. A lot of equipment is being asked for but I don’t think they’ll need. …

“I have a feeling that a lot of the numbers that are being said in some areas are just bigger than they’re going to be,” Trump added. “I don’t believe you need 40,000 or 30,000 ventilators. You know, you go into major hospitals sometimes and they’ll have two ventilators. And now all of a sudden they’re saying, ‘Can we order 30,000 ventilators?’”

Trump also used the interview to trash other Democratic governors who have criticized the federal government’s to the crisis, including Washington’s Jay Inslee and Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer.

Trump bashes Gov. Inslee and Gov. Whitmer (whose name he can't remember), then suggests he might not approve a disaster declaration requested by Michigan because Whitmer has complained about the federal response pic.twitter.com/iaencGQUgG

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 27, 2020

“We have people like Governor Inslee. He should be doing more. He shouldn’t be relying on the federal government,” Trump said. “That’s the state of Washington. He was a failed presidential candidate and he is always complaining.

“And the governor of Michigan, she’s not stepping up,” Trump said. “I don’t know if she knows what’s going on, but all she does is sit there and blame the federal government. She doesn’t get it done, and we send her a lot. Now she wants a declaration of emergency and we’ll have to make a decision on that.

“We have had some trouble with the state of Washington, and he ran for president, didn’t exactly do well, he got zero and we had a big problem with a woman governor, you know who I’m talking about, from Michigan. Though we can’t — we don’t like to see the complaints,” he said.

In related news, the White House is backing away from a deal with General Motors and Ventec Life Systems to build 80,000 ventilators over concerns about the cost of the project, according to a report from the New York Times.

Watch Trump’s full interview with Hannity, and check out a few reactions to his comments, below.

TRUMP JUST NOW: "I don't believe you need 40,000 or 30,000 ventilators."

Make no mistake: Many Americans are going to die because of Trump. pic.twitter.com/58OBpZotRv

— CAP Action (@CAPAction) March 27, 2020

New York City received more 911 calls yesterday than they did on 9/11 and Trump says he doesn't believe that they need ventilators https://t.co/iRwnTWizA6

— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) March 27, 2020

Kind of like he thought we’d be down to zero cases right now…
Should we blame this sort of BS he says on his arrogance or stupidity?

— KalliJo (@kallijo68) March 27, 2020

pic.twitter.com/9uAqJl04zb

— Baligubadle (@Baligubadle1) March 27, 2020

This guy can’t make material for negative campaign ads quick enough. https://t.co/rTpOcun8Ja

— Paul Scheer (@paulscheer) March 27, 2020

Filed Under: towleroad Tagged With: Andrew Cuomo, coronavirus, Covid-19, Donald Trump, FOX News, Gretchen Whitmer, Jay Inslee, Michigan, New York, Sean Hannity

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