Trump To Jon Karl: ‘You’re A Third Rate Reporter … You Will Never Make It’

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Scott Morefield
Reporter
April 06, 2020 8:27 PM ET


President Donald Trump called ABC News chief White House correspondent Jon Karl a “third rate reporter” during Monday’s coronavirus task force press conference.

Before the interaction between Trump and Karl, Assistant Secretary for Health Brett Giroir had just finished addressing an internal government report, authored by HHS Principal Deputy Inspector General Christi Grimm, that claimed U.S. hospitals still have a shortage of coronavirus tests and that results have been delayed.

A career bureaucrat who began government service in 1999, according to her online biography Grimm was promoted to her current position in January 2020.

“I don’t know that person,” Giroir said, referring to Grimm. “I’ll tell you one thing that I have a problem with. If there was such a problem that she knew about or he knew about on March 23 or 24th, why did I find out about the test from them on the news media at 8 0-clock this morning? If there was a problem I think you’re ethically obliged to tell me where that is so we can interact with it like I do every single day.”

“But that’s a discussion for the future,” he continued. “I think testing is really in a good position right now and I’d be happy to expand on some of the really good tests that are coming up.”

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