FACT CHECK: N.Y. Governor Slams Trump Ventilator Claim As 'Ignorant' And 'Uninformed'

A medical staff member checks on a ventilator in an intensive care unit. President Trump and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo are locked in a dispute about New York's need for ventilators amid the coronavirus.A medical staff member checks on a ventilator in an intensive care unit. President Trump and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo are locked in a dispute about New York's need for ventilators amid the coronavirus.

"We sent thousands of ventilators to New York, and they didn't know about it at the time they were complaining," Trump said."They were going there in large numbers." An aghast New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo had this reply to Trump's accusation:"That is incorrect and grossly uninformed."Cuomo said the state now has only about half of the ventilators it will need during the worst phase of the outbreak. In about 21 days, Cuomo said, New York will need 30,000 ventilators for critically ill coronavirus patients.

"The hospitals don't need them yet," Cuomo told CNN."The hospitals aren't at their apex. The hospitals have enough ventilators today. But the numbers are going up. So the point is, 'They're in a stockpile, you must not need them' is just ignorant. Of course you don't need them today. You need them when you hit the apex, which is 30,000. We're not there yet.

Except for those thousands of ventilations that Cuomo had hoarded and wouldn’t use. Still wants to steal from upstate hospitals for NYC. This is bullshit. If you believe a word he says then he has a bridge in Brooklyn that he will sell you ........

False, while he said that he immediately followed it up by admitting that they did have ventilators in their own NY stockpile that are not being used because the hospitals don't need them yet.

NY's OWN analysis (PREDICTED they would not have enough ventilators. Having taken NO ACTION to mitigate his PREDICTION, NYGovCuomo blame shifts and asks the feds to stock the stockpile HE SHOULD HAVE STOCKED IN THE FIRST PLACE; ACCORDING TO HIS PLAN.

Both Cuomo and DeBlasio ARE Trump bashers even with ALL THE HELP THEY HAVE RECEIVED ALREADY! SAD 😭

At this point is anyone and I mean anyone who doesn't know how this man is? The fact the his supporters choose to ignore the moral quality of their leader doesn't mean they don't know who he is, I know a lot of Trump supporters, they know who he is, they just have priorities

NPR gets our tax money to lie for Democrats. What did Cuomo say RIGHT AFTER that? We saw the whole video.

Ask Governor Cuomo to provide the orders of ventilators while he's been in office. His administration failed to plan. This isn't a federal issue, it's a state issue and he's just passing on accepting responsibility.

galileaperez79 I just don’t know what to believe at this point lol

governorandrecuomo

And your fact check wasn’t anything but I said he said BS.

Where's the fact check?

You are only telling part of the story... This is a fake news headline...

But to his defense, realDonaldTrump mentioned it only 10 times in five minutes. TrumpVirus

NPR is full of crap...Cuomo said he has ventilators in storage and doesn’t need more for 21 days when the “peak comes” (like he knows when that is)...WTH

bogan_patrick Trump lied. Trump always lies. He is a horrible excuse for a human being. He has no room in his tiny heart, or empty head, for anything other than jealousy, insecurities, and greed. realDonaldTrump TreasonousTrump PutinsPuppet

You can not rely on NPR, CNN, MSNBC, or Fox for you news. All of them are bias. You must watch developments live or watch CSPAN or YouTube recording. Many of the important facts of this ventilator story has been left out. NPR is not a source to be trusted anymore. A sad reality.

Sounds like everyone is fault finding and loosing as a result of it instead of fact finding and winning. Attack the president and start quarreling during an international crisis. Great job NPR 👏👏👏👹

Wake up, New Yorker, it is time to support andrew to be a new president of US.

Mention that Cuomo refused to buy 15,000 excess ventilators in 2015 recommended to prepare NY for epidemics and preferred to establish a death triage system. NO? Why not

Cuomo wasted millions of dollars on solar projects instead of preparing New York. Why don't you report on that?!

So what’s your fact check NPR coz Trump was right. Cuomo got busted keeping them in a stockpile talking abt they don’t need it yet. WTH?

Why is NPR supported by taxpayer dollars? Time to cut NPR off the public teat.

NPR is not qualified to 'fact check' anyone or anything.

I believe NYGovCuomo far more than realDonaldTrump

Please say “falsely claimed” it needs to be in the title

Fact check, 4000 ventilators found in warehouse , ignored by governor while hospitals lack ventilators. Don't let NPR deceive you with their fake fact check headline.

Cuomo went on to say the ventilators are in storage because NY hospitals currently have enough? If true why do they keep saying they're short ventilators? *Shouldn't Cuomo give the hospitals the ventilators he admits are in storage

It is not a matter of uninformed. Every utterance out of that orange pie hole of realDonaldTrump's is a blatant fabrication without regard for fact. Why call it anything else?

This story is dishonest. Your bias is showing - again.

Hacks. You should retract this because EVERYONE has seen the ENTIRE video

Never just read the headlines from the media's quotes. Watch the entire video.

Here’s what he really said

Keep it concise and move on. Real hard for New Yorkers, but well done Cuomo.

Cuomo was 16,000 ventilators short in 2015 (for a pendemic) when he had only 2,000 N95 masks in stock. That shows poor decision-making on his part. He should be buying at least 6,000 per year to keep up, even with a 95 mask 5 year shelf life.

No time for such disagreement . To win this venom, each one apply in complete solidarity. The virus will not get out by talk, but by national unity.

Surprise surprise. 🎊🍾🎉

Has there ever been a worse time for Donald Trump to be President?

Everything trump says is incorrect and grossly uninformed.

Why is this number so high this year? How many untested COVID patients have died?

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