{"id":1266286,"date":"2022-02-02T16:08:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T21:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1266286"},"modified":"2022-02-02T16:08:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T21:08:23","slug":"white-house-defends-mailing-americans-coronavirus-tests-made-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-defends-mailing-americans-coronavirus-tests-made-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Defends Mailing Americans Coronavirus Tests Made in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-defends-mailing-americans-coronavirus-tests-made-in-china%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1266286&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/AP22033645166128-640x335.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The White House on Wednesday defended spending over $1 billion in taxpayer funds to purchase coronavirus tests made in China and sending them to the American people.<\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary Jen Psaki said during the daily briefing that demand for tests was too great to prevent setting up government contracts with China to acquire tests.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe also needed to meet a need that we had in this country for more tests and a shortage in tests, and the understandable demand from people across this country to get tests and make them free and accessible which required us purchasing some of those tests from China in order to meet that demand,\u201d Psaki said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>China\u2019s Andon Health Co., Ltd. signed a $1.28 billion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/healthcare-pharmaceuticals\/chinas-andon-health-supply-at-home-covid-19-tests-us-2022-01-14\/\">contract<\/a> with the United States Army Contracting Command to acquire over 250 million coronavirus self-test kits to send to Americans.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s state-run <em>Global Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202201\/1245987.shtml\">celebrated<\/a> China\u2019s contribution to the United States as a propaganda victory, as shares of Andon Health stocks spiked after Biden\u2019s announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Psaki said the Biden administration would continue to support American-made tests but that the volume was not enough.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/bidens-plan-ship-americans-billion-free-covid-tests\/story?id=82245949\">decision<\/a> to purchase over a billion coronavirus tests to send to Americans drew <a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2022\/01\/27\/pharmacies-governors-say-biden-test-program-is-depleting-supply\/\">criticism<\/a> from some governors, who noted the federal government was making it more difficult for states to acquire their own testing.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration\u2019s decision to purchase tests from China also angered Republicans, including Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenator Scott thinks it is unacceptable that the Biden administration would spend American taxpayer dollars on COVID tests from Communist China, which just goes directly to supporting General Secretary Xi and his genocidal regime, instead of supporting American manufacturers and jobs,\u201d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/rick-scott-biden-admin-china-genocidal-regime-made-china-covid-tests\">statement<\/a> from Scott\u2019s office to Fox News read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House on Wednesday defended spending over $1 billion in taxpayer funds to purchase coronavirus tests made in China and sending them to the American people. 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