March 23, 2020

2020-03-23T18:11:20-04:00

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President Trump, joined by members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, held a briefing on the federal government’s response to the pandemic. While the president talked about the importance of social distancing guidelines, he also speculated that the impact on the economy could be worse than the pandemic. “We cannot let the cure be worse than the problem itself,” said the president, while hinting that the country could try to relax some of the guidelines “sooner than people would think.” Attorney General William Barr also spoke about an executive order that would allow the Justice Department to prosecute price gouging and hoarding of critical health and medical supplies.

President Trump, joined by members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, held a briefing on the federal government’s response to the pandemic. While the… read more