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napi21

(45,806 posts)
Fri May 1, 2020, 10:38 PM May 2020

Senate to be back in session. Can't secure enough tests for all 100! I suyre hope some reporter

asks the orange one WHY they can't get enough testing kits to. test all 100 Senators, since HE said there were enou8gh kits to test anyone who wanted one!

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Senate to be back in session. Can't secure enough tests for all 100! I suyre hope some reporter (Original Post) napi21 May 2020 OP
Borrow the Abbott rapid tests from the WH that evidently hoarded them Freethinker65 May 2020 #1
Pence gets tested every time he turns around. tavernier May 2020 #2

Freethinker65

(11,203 posts)
1. Borrow the Abbott rapid tests from the WH that evidently hoarded them
Fri May 1, 2020, 10:53 PM
May 2020

Hoarded them so Trump/Pence can go maskless (they test everyone prior to meetings, briefings/propaganda rallies, etc.).

Those rapid tests and equipment were supposed to be sent to states to help track the spread, but Trump evidently kept some for his personal use.

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