FACT CHECK: Trump Says Call With Governors Had 'No Contention.' Reports Say Otherwise

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President Trump on Thursday boasted about a 'terrific meeting' he had with governors about coronavirus coordination efforts. But it wasn't drama-free. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee reportedly clashed with the president over his leadership during the crisis.

Washington is among the states rushing to secure hospitals beds, masks, ventilators and other critical supplies as the number of those infected with the coronavirus starts to overwhelm hospitals.

During the White House briefing, Trump did obliquely reference his clash with Inslee, but downplayed it, saying:"Maybe one person was a little tiny bit of a raising of a voice, a little wise guy." On the Brady comparison, Trump said Inslee was not criticizing Trump's ability to quarterback a nation during a global pandemic. Instead, Trump heard the Brady comment as flattering.

"Yeah, he meant that in a positive way. We need Tom Brady," Trump said."We're gonna do great. He meant it very positively." After the press conference, Inslee responded on Twitter, saying he would have mentioned Seattle Seahawks star quarterback Russell Wilson, but"no one can be" Wilson.

 

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Coming from the Jay 🐍 Plummer of Governors, that means nothing. This dude is not even a practice squad Gov. It will be nice come November to see him become Jay 🐍 OUTSlee.

Emergency response starts local and expands to state and federal as emergencies are declared. The USA is a republic of sovereign states so authority for each jurisdiction is at the local and state level, Fed help us now authorized but Governors need to call their own shots

jastoharb I 💚 GovInslee

As expected from our grotesque embarrassment of an 'only I' president. Where are the tests, the ventilators, the masks and other PPE?

WineScoutJAS Doesn’t he mean Russell Wilson?

Pass the Defense Production Act!

Trump is more Ryan Leaf than Tom Brady 😏

Problem: Trump is incapable of responsibly leading the USA. More than ever, he daily proves that he is not fit to be president. JoeBiden 2020! 🇺🇸

Highest approval rating yet

We need a Tom Brady but have a Ryan Leaf...

Power hungry leftist governors upset that the President doesn’t want to act like a tyrant.

We got Cleo Lemon as a quarterback, he ain’t no Brady.

Trump is more like Ryan Leaf.

i'm a little teapot cracked and stout fill me up and i slip right out.

What happened to NPR? Remember when we listened to NPR for straight news? Who changed NPR?

We need a Russell Wilson ... cmon Jay.

Trump is more like Jonny Manziel than Tom Brady.

This whole discussion is missing the point. The fact that govt is absent in COVID response is a feature not a bug. GOP dogma is that govt is bad and must be destroyed. That's exactly what's playing out here. The COVID response is exactly the GOP playbook. Incompetence by design.

RepublicanHolocaustCrimesAgainstHumanity TrumpGenocide 45DoesNotCareIfYouDie

Does Trump live on another plane of reality? Leaving the states to fend for themselves in a global pandemic is beyond non presidential.

pricklyeater Trump wants all the credit with none of the responsibility.

Taxasaurus sighting

love u jay

I think his response was to tell us he'd talked to Tom Brady the other day(why?) and he's a good guy.

NPR. No Possible Contention. And I’m paying these cretens.

For all 2500 cases in washington? You cant handle in Inslee?

For anyone who trusts a single thing NPR has to say, I have a ski condo to sell you. It is in Aruba.

We need him to be someone other than himself......ain’t gonna happen. His heels are set! 8 more months.

Bad npr stay out of this. I want news not political sqaubbles.

All these governors (minus Mississippi’s) seem to be doing a really good job with handeling the pandemic throughout their prospective states. Now only if we had a federal government that could help them out...

That’s my governor, Jay “The Snake” Inslee saying it like it is. 🔥🔥🔥

WOW I definitely wouldn't want this guy as my Gov. scary

He wants President Trump to be governor and President....

Today: “Look, it’s a very bad situation. We haven’t seen anything like it, but the end result is we’ve got to get back to work, and I think we can start by opening up certain parts of the country.”

AlZeidenfeld

Tom Brady How about Russell Wilson

I wish tom brady was President, at least he works hard and is intelligent.

and now donny claims he is the tom brady of the response. maybe last years tom brady.

say one good thing about Trump, NPR. I dare you.

NPR...did you get your funding from the COVID-19 bill?

I am so proud of our governor, at least someone in government has a backbone.

Facts , related to science.

Do you mean Tr*mp...he...LIED? Gasp! That can’t be true. What a shock. It seems so unlike him.

By boasted, you could be parsimonious and just say 'lied.'

They call him the King of Bullshit Mountain/ If we want it we can have the Crown.

Trump couldn’t tell the truth if American lives depended on it....oh, wait a minute....it does! And he still won’t. It’s a mental illness

Look at the word Could!

You need to pay-back the $75M in pork finding or start being more objective and less partisan, you paid hacks !!

$75 million to you anti-Americans instead of those who REALLY need it for the health crisis? You pigs. I hope the President eventually gets you completely defunded!

Just another lie

Trump has said before that a few Governors are in disagreement with him. This guy is one. The real question is did the nurses at Kirkland kill those people on purpose?

FAKE NEWS MEDIA is the virus!!!

trump is letting people die by not using the Defense Production Act He needs to be removed and replaced with a competent person.

By leadership, Inslee means lack thereof by trump. This is the biggest blunder in history by any president in our history. Trump will be forever remembered for this. TrumpLiesPeopleDie

Glad we have a governor with a backbone here in Washington state!

Defund NPR completely. NPR hates Americans.

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