Tuesday on "Good Morning America," White House coronavirus testing czar Admiral Brett Giroir repeatedly shot down anchor George Stephanopoulos' suggestions for over-the-top requirements for testing and offered hope instead.
Stephanopoulos began by claiming that the U.S. needs to quadruple the number of tests administered before the country could reopen:
"There's a strong consensus we'll need lots of testing to reopen. But critics are saying the White House guidelines don't go far enough. That you need mandates and a national strategy, more funding. Here's what Senator Patty Murray had to say over night. She says 'Your plan doesn't set specific minimum goals, offer a time frame, identify ways to fix our broken supply chain or offer any details whatsoever on expanding lab capacity or achieving needed manufacturing capacity.' What is your response to Senator Murray?"
Giroir responded by saying that Murray "doesn't understand" that the federal government has a specific plan for each state.
When Stephanopoulos tried again by parroting Chris Christie's cries for the federal government to do more, Giroir again hit back by dismissing Christie's criticism as ignorant, saying, "You know, I'm in the middle of this. Everyone who is commenting is really on the periphery."