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As coronavirus testing shortages and delays became a national concern, Trump used March 4 to claim the Obama administration had created the problem. But the available record says the CDC had a test, the rollout was bungled in the Trump era, and the administration was now trying to recast a self-inflicted crisis as inherited damage.
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As coronavirus testing shortages and delays became a national concern, Trump used March 4 to claim the Obama administration had created the problem. But the available record says the CDC had a test, the rollout was bungled in the Trump era, and the administration was now trying to recast a self-inflicted crisis as inherited damage.
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