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Testing czar says 'none of us lie' after Trump retweets game show host's baseless COVID-19 conspiracy

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Speed Readscompletely transparentA Trump administration official was forced to respond to President Trump's retweet of a game show host who claimed doctors are "lying" about COVID-19.Adm. Brett Giroir, U.S. assistant secretary for health and member of the White House's coronavirus task force, and was asked to weigh in on the baseless conspiracy theory retweeted by Trump. On Monday, Trump from game show host Chuck Woolery claiming that the "CDC, media, Democrats, our doctors," are "lying" about COVID-19 to influence the 2020 presidential election and hurt his campaign."Look, we may occasionally make mistakes based on the information we have, but none of us lie," Giroir said in response to the tweet. "We are completely transparent with the American people."Giroir seemed reluctant to directly criticize Trump's retweet, though, initially saying he's "not a Twitter analyst" and doesn't "spend time looking at any of that on Twitter because who knows what it means and how it's interpreted."In a press briefing on Monday, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany the "intent" of Trump's retweet was to express "displeasure with the CDC, some rogue individuals leaking guidelines prematurely." Brendan Morrow“None of us lie. We are completely transparent with the American people.” -— TODAY (@TODAYshow)

Speed Readscompletely transparentA Trump administration official was forced to respond to President Trump's retweet of a game show host who claimed doctors are "lying" about COVID-19.Adm. Brett Giroir, U.S. assistant secretary for health and member of the White House's coronavirus task force, and was asked to weigh in on the baseless conspiracy theory retweeted by Trump. On Monday, Trump from game show host Chuck Woolery claiming that the "CDC, media, Democrats, our doctors," are "lying" about COVID-19 to influence the 2020 presidential election and hurt his campaign."Look, we may...

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Brendan is a staff writer at The Week. A graduate of Hofstra University with a degree in journalism, he also writes about horror films for Bloody Disgusting and has previously contributed to The Cheat Sheet, Heavy, WhatCulture, and more. He lives in New York City surrounded by Star Wars posters.

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