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‘I’m accurately quoted’: CDC director sets the record straight after Trump’s tantrum about coverage

Dr. Robert R. Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, joined by President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, along with members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, addresses his remarks at a coronavirus update briefing Wednesday, April 8, 2020, in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by D. Myles Cullen)
Bob Brigham
April 22, 2020

President Donald Trump's daily coronavirus briefing got off to a bizarre start on Wednesday when the leader of the free world began by complaining about media coverage of his response.

In particular, Trump complained about CDC Director Robert Redfield being misquoted.

Redfield took to the lectern to attempt to clarify his remarks, and eventually admitted that he had been correctly quoted.

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