‘You’re Wasting Everyone’s Time!’ CNN’s Brianna Keilar Scolds Peter Navarro on Coronavirus Response
White House trade advisor Peter Navarro found himself on the receiving end of a buzzsaw Thursday afternoon when CNN anchor Brianna Keilar relentlessly grilled him on the Trump administration’s lack of preparedness for the coronavirus pandemic while explicitly telling him he was “wasting everyone’s time.”
With casualties from the deadly coronavirus surging across the nation and hospitals running out of needed supplies as they become overrun with patients, Keilar confronted Navarro over the administration’s inability to provide ventilators and masks to localities and states in dire need.
“You’re wasting everyone’s time with this,” the CNN host fired back. “It’s 2020. The president was elected in 2016. Can you get to a million ventilators?”
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