{"id":862879,"date":"2021-10-09T16:29:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-09T20:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=862879"},"modified":"2021-10-09T16:29:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-09T20:29:20","slug":"trump-covid-testing-czar-defends-handling-of-covid-19-pandemic-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-covid-testing-czar-defends-handling-of-covid-19-pandemic-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump COVID testing czar defends handling of COVID-19 pandemic response"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Ftrump-covid-testing-czar-defends-handling-of-covid-19-pandemic-response%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=862879&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 id=\"attachment_2544875\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2544875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 JUNE 29: Brett Giroir, former Admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps., testifies during a Republican-led forum on the origins of the COVID-19 virus at the U.S. Capitol on June 29, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 1:00 PM PT \u2013 Saturday, October 9, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The former czar of coronavirus testing under President Trump defends the Trump COVID task force\u2019s actions during the pandemic. Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S., media attempts to pin the blame for the crisis on Trump have been incessant. A CNN interview on Friday with the former testing czar, Brett Giroir, was no different.<\/p>\n<p>In the interview, Brianna Keilar tried to use recent turncoat Stephanie Grisham\u2019s words against the whole COVID task force. Grisham, Trump\u2019s press secretary and first lady Melania Trump\u2019s personal secretary before Jan. 6, said Trump didn\u2019t care about the costs of the virus and that the administration failed because of his vanity.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brikeilarcnn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@brikeilarcnn<\/a>: &#8220;Do you think your enabling cost lives [during the pandemic]?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Stephanie Grisham: &#8220;I do \u2026 I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ll ever forgive myself with respect to Covid. I don&#8217;t think I can ever redeem myself.&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kOlAhePQp3\">https:\/\/t.co\/kOlAhePQp3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FaZercXRfk\">pic.twitter.com\/FaZercXRfk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New Day (@NewDay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewDay\/status\/1445356808898547717?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, Giroir disputed her assessment of how his task force handled COVID. He said he doesn\u2019t remember Grisham being involved in any meetings about COVID at all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t remember Stephanie Grisham ever being in the situation room, in the task force, when we debated the issues,\u201d said Giroir. \u201cI know that in that sit room, mostly under the vice president, Dr. Birx, Dr. Fauci, we were all focused on public health and there was no other thoughts than that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wholly unsatisfied that he refused to condemn Trump like Grisham did, Keilar tried to push Giroir even harder, heavily implying that he chose to work under someone who didn\u2019t care about the virus. Again, the Admiral denied the assertions and defended the administration\u2019s handling of the virus.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;There was not much mask-wearing at the [Trump] White House. And \u2026 at rallies. These were things I wish would have been done,&#8221; former WH testing czar Brett Giroir says.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The President was supportive of the public health measures but yes, we could have done better,&#8221; he adds. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tPSa4s3EBD\">pic.twitter.com\/tPSa4s3EBD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New Day (@NewDay) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewDay\/status\/1446451365153234945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s fair to say. The president was very active in the task force right up until the mid-summer and he did what the docs advised, right? Fifteen days to slow the spread. Thirty days more to slow the spread,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Trump leaving the Oval Office and Joe Biden taking his place, the blame for the pandemic has still been placed squarely in Trump\u2019s lap by Democrats and their allies in the media. Since January, over 353,000 Americans have lost their lives to COVID, surpassing the total lost in 2020 during the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/poll-majority-of-unvaccinated-u-s-adults-still-oppose-vaccine\/\">Poll: Majority Of Unvaccinated U.S. Adults Still Oppose Vaccine<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 JUNE 29: Brett Giroir, former Admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps., testifies during a Republican-led forum on the origins of the COVID-19 virus at &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-862879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}