Trump claims that criticism of the US' testing capacity is 'mostly partisan' despite governors from both parties asking for more resources

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• Trump claimed at a Monday White House coronavirus task force briefing that criticism of the United States' testing capacity for COVID-19 is "partisan," despite governors of both parties asking for more help. 
• The US has improved its testing capacity to be relatively on par with other major countries' per-capita testing rates, and has now tested 4 million people, but major gaps and lack of supplies remain.
• "It's not bipartisan, it's mostly partisan, but more importantly it's incorrect," Trump said when asked why he interprets criticism over the US' issues with testing as a personal attack. 
• But multiple Republican governors have asked the federal government to help them increase capacity.
• "It's not accurate to say there's plenty of testing out there, and the governors should just get it done," Republican Gov. Larry Hogan said on Sunday. "That's not just being straightforward." 
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President Donald Trump claimed at a Monday White House coronavirus task force briefing that criticism of the United States' testing capacity for COVID-19 is "partisan," despite governors from both parties and public health experts calling for more resources. 

The US' testing capacity was hampered for several weeks by major delays, problems and errors in initial coronavirus tests, and a lack of availability of crucial equipment and supplies. And Trump has, at various points, both claimed responsibility for the advances in the US' testing while blaming governors, tweeting, "The States have to step up their TESTING!" on Friday.

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