In the State of Washington, in January 2020, the novel coronavirus gained its first foothold in America. But there was a second battleground in January and February.

That battle was reportedly brought upon the country by Obama-era bureaucrats in the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)… who shut down private lab and private physician efforts to test for the virus in the state of Washington.

The private industry tests, both the physical tests and the swabbing of patients’ throats/nose, did not meet Federal Regulations, the Obama bureaucrats said.

This caused a delay in identifying the beginning of the pandemic in America and resulted in damage.

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Those regulations and the bureaucrats attached to them grew in number and power during the Obama – Biden Administration.

President Trump brings in the private sector

The president clearly understands what Ronald Reagan said: “Government can’t solve the problem. Government is the problem!”

On March 12, the president in a Rose Garden briefing stood with leaders of private laboratories and private health care product providers such as Walgreens, Target, and so on… and in declaring a National Emergency, President Trump removed those regulatory barriers to testing.

Within weeks many millions of tests will be available every month.

Democrats, the same people who caused the mess, are now spinning lies

A new Democrat lie was presented to the nation through the mouth of Joe Biden in mid-March 2020.