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COREY GARDENER. GOVERNOR, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

GOVERNOR, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. THIS STORY IS KIND OF HARD TO

THIS STORY IS KIND OF HARD TO BELIEVE BECAUSE IT WAS HARD TO

BELIEVE BECAUSE IT WAS HARD TO BELIEVE FOR MOST AMERICANS WHEN

BELIEVE FOR MOST AMERICANS WHEN THEY WOULD LISTEN TO THOSE PRESS

THEY WOULD LISTEN TO THOSE PRESS BRIEFINGS WITH THE PRESIDENT WHO

BRIEFINGS WITH THE PRESIDENT WHO SAID BASICALLY EVERYBODY IS IN

SAID BASICALLY EVERYBODY IS IN IT FOR THEMSELVES, JARED KUSHNER

IT FOR THEMSELVES, JARED KUSHNER SAID WE HAVE A STOCKPILE AND THE

SAID WE HAVE A STOCKPILE AND THE STATE HAVES TO DEAL WITH THEIR

STATE HAVES TO DEAL WITH THEIR STUFF SO COLORADO TOOK THE

STUFF SO COLORADO TOOK THE PRESIDENT AT FACE VALUE AND

PRESIDENT AT FACE VALUE AND ORDERED ITS OWN VENTILATORS.

ORDERED ITS OWN VENTILATORS. >> YEAH, WELL, IT’S HARD TO

>> YEAH, WELL, IT’S HARD TO IMAGINE THAT THIS IS THE REALITY

IMAGINE THAT THIS IS THE REALITY THAT WE FACE.

THAT WE FACE. GIVE GOVERNOR POLIS A LOT OF

GIVE GOVERNOR POLIS A LOT OF CREDIT AND COLORADO IS GRATEFUL

CREDIT AND COLORADO IS GRATEFUL FOR THE 100 VENTILATORS WE GOT

FOR THE 100 VENTILATORS WE GOT BUT WHAT IS THE PROCESS BY WHICH

BUT WHAT IS THE PROCESS BY WHICH YOU GET MEASURED?

YOU GET MEASURED? WHEN I WAS GOVERNOR, WE HAD THE

WHEN I WAS GOVERNOR, WE HAD THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS CAREFUL

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS CAREFUL AND MADE SURE THAT POPULATION

AND MADE SURE THAT POPULATION AND INFECTION RATES AND, YOU

AND INFECTION RATES AND, YOU KNOW, OVERALL NEED WOULD BE THE

KNOW, OVERALL NEED WOULD BE THE CRITERIA BY WHICH, YOU KNOW,

CRITERIA BY WHICH, YOU KNOW, NECESSARY SUPPLIES THAT YOU

NECESSARY SUPPLIES THAT YOU DON’T HAVE ENOUGH OF, THAT’S HOW

DON’T HAVE ENOUGH OF, THAT’S HOW THEY WOULD BE CIRCULATED AND

THEY WOULD BE CIRCULATED AND DISTRIBUTED.

DISTRIBUTED. THAT’S OBVIOUSLY NOT HAPPENING

THAT’S OBVIOUSLY NOT HAPPENING IF YOU’RE USING THEM AS

IF YOU’RE USING THEM AS POLITICAL FAVORS.

POLITICAL FAVORS. >> GOVERNOR, TALK TO ME ABOUT

>> GOVERNOR, TALK TO ME ABOUT HOW YOU THINK THIS WENT DOWN

HOW YOU THINK THIS WENT DOWN BECAUSE GOVERNOR POLIS ORDERS

BECAUSE GOVERNOR POLIS ORDERS THESE THROUGH A PRIVATE COMPANY

THESE THROUGH A PRIVATE COMPANY AND FEMA TAKES THE ORDER FOR

AND FEMA TAKES THE ORDER FOR ITSELF AND APPARENTLY, COREY

ITSELF AND APPARENTLY, COREY GARDENER HAS MADE A REQUEST FOR

GARDENER HAS MADE A REQUEST FOR SOME AND THE PRESIDENT NOW AS A

SOME AND THE PRESIDENT NOW AS A COURTESY TO COREY GARDENER LETS

COURTESY TO COREY GARDENER LETS THIS GO.

THIS GO. THIS HAS "THE DENVER POST" HOT.

THIS HAS "THE DENVER POST" HOT. THE EDITORIAL ISN’T CRITICAL OF

THE EDITORIAL ISN’T CRITICAL OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S HANDLING BUT A FAVOR TO SENATOR

HANDLING BUT A FAVOR TO SENATOR COREY GARDENER.

COREY GARDENER. >> WELL, THEY WERE OUTRAGED AND

>> WELL, THEY WERE OUTRAGED AND WEREN’T THE ONLY ONES.

WEREN’T THE ONLY ONES. I HAD MORE PEOPLE TALK TO ME IN

I HAD MORE PEOPLE TALK TO ME IN THE LAST 24 HOURS ABOUT THIS

THE LAST 24 HOURS ABOUT THIS ISSUE THAN ANYTHING I’VE HEARD

ISSUE THAN ANYTHING I’VE HEARD CERTAINLY IN THIS ENTIRE CRISIS.

CERTAINLY IN THIS ENTIRE CRISIS. THE VERY FACT THAT PEOPLE’S

THE VERY FACT THAT PEOPLE’S LIVES ARE AT STAKE WHERE

LIVES ARE AT STAKE WHERE DOCTORS, YOU JUST SAW SAW AA DOC

DOCTORS, YOU JUST SAW SAW AA DOC WORRIED ABOUT HER OWN CHILD.

WORRIED ABOUT HER OWN CHILD. WHERE IS THE PPE?

WHERE IS THE PPE? PEOPLE HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO

PEOPLE HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO EXPECT.

EXPECT. WE’RE NOT AS GOVERNMENT WE ARE

WE’RE NOT AS GOVERNMENT WE ARE NOT DELIVERING AND AT THE END

NOT DELIVERING AND AT THE END IT’S REFLECTING VERY WELL UPON

IT’S REFLECTING VERY WELL UPON GOVERNORS, GOVERNOR POLIS,

GOVERNORS, GOVERNOR POLIS, INSLEE IN WASHINGTON, GOVERNOR

INSLEE IN WASHINGTON, GOVERNOR CUOMO IN NEW YORK, THEY ARE

CUOMO IN NEW YORK, THEY ARE STEPPING UP AND MAKING THE HARD

STEPPING UP AND MAKING THE HARD DECISIONS, GOING OUT INTO OPEN

DECISIONS, GOING OUT INTO OPEN MARKETS TO NOT COMPETE WITH EACH

MARKETS TO NOT COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER.

OTHER. GOVERNOR NEWSOM IS TRYING TO

GOVERNOR NEWSOM IS TRYING TO CREATE A CONSORTIUM.

CREATE A CONSORTIUM. IT’S DISTRIBUTED FAIRLY, THE

IT’S DISTRIBUTED FAIRLY, THE VENTILATORS AND FACE MASKS, ALL

VENTILATORS AND FACE MASKS, ALL THIS INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY

THIS INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY FOR A MEDICAL RESPONSE MAKES

FOR A MEDICAL RESPONSE MAKES SURE IT’S FAIR TO EVERY STATE.

SURE IT’S FAIR TO EVERY STATE. >> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT WHAT

>> I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT WHAT THE DENVER POST CONTINUED

THE DENVER POST CONTINUED REPORTING ON.

REPORTING ON. COLORADO SUCCESSFULLY PUSHED

COLORADO SUCCESSFULLY PUSHED BACK THE EXPECTED PEAK IN

BACK THE EXPECTED PEAK IN CORONAVIRUS UNTIL AT LEAST NEXT

CORONAVIRUS UNTIL AT LEAST NEXT MONTH, AN IMPORTANT SHIFT TO

MONTH, AN IMPORTANT SHIFT TO GIVE HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CARE

GIVE HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CARE OFFICIALS MORE TIME TO SERVE

OFFICIALS MORE TIME TO SERVE COVID-19 PATIENTS A TOP PICK

COVID-19 PATIENTS A TOP PICK LICK HEALTH --

LICK HEALTH -- PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIAL SAID.

PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIAL SAID. YOU DO HAVE A LOT OF CASES.

YOU DO HAVE A LOT OF CASES. >> WE HAVE A LOT OF CASES AND I

>> WE HAVE A LOT OF CASES AND I THINK THE MAYOR TOOK EARLY

THINK THE MAYOR TOOK EARLY ACTION AND THAT LEADERSHIP

ACTION AND THAT LEADERSHIP TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY, RIGHT

TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY, RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING IS WHAT

FROM THE BEGINNING IS WHAT COLORADO NEEDS AND THE COUNTRY.

COLORADO NEEDS AND THE COUNTRY. WE ARE CLEARLY FLATTENING THE

WE ARE CLEARLY FLATTENING THE PEAK AND BECAUSE OF PRESSURE, WE

PEAK AND BECAUSE OF PRESSURE, WE WON’T HAVE THE ONE-TIME

WON’T HAVE THE ONE-TIME PRESSURE.

PRESSURE. THAT’S THE WORST NIGHTMARE IF

THAT’S THE WORST NIGHTMARE IF YOU TALK TO ANY DOCTOR OR

YOU TALK TO ANY DOCTOR OR EXECUTIVE OF A HOSPITAL THEY END

EXECUTIVE OF A HOSPITAL THEY END UP WITH PEOPLE IN CRITICAL

UP WITH PEOPLE IN CRITICAL CONDITION AND NO PLACE TO PUT

CONDITION AND NO PLACE TO PUT THEM, NO INTENSIVE CARE UNITS

THEM, NO INTENSIVE CARE UNITS WITH ENOUGH BEDS TO SERVICE

WITH ENOUGH BEDS TO SERVICE EVERYONE WHO IS NEEDED AND THEN

EVERYONE WHO IS NEEDED AND THEN YOU HAVE TO DECIDE WHO GETS CARE

YOU HAVE TO DECIDE WHO GETS CARE AND WHO DOESN’T.

AND WHO DOESN’T. THE WORST SITUATION FOR ANY

THE WORST SITUATION FOR ANY MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL.

MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE?

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE? THE GOVERNOR HAS TAKEN SWIFT

THE GOVERNOR HAS TAKEN SWIFT ACTION IN COLORADO AND THAT

ACTION IN COLORADO AND THAT SEEMS TO BE HELPING BUT COLORADO

SEEMS TO BE HELPING BUT COLORADO IS A TEST CASE FOR WHAT THE

IS A TEST CASE FOR WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID, STATES SHOULD

PRESIDENT SAID, STATES SHOULD HANDLE THEIR OWN MATTERS WHEN IT

HANDLE THEIR OWN MATTERS WHEN IT COMES TO STOCKPILES AND

COMES TO STOCKPILES AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THAT’S NOT THE UNDERSTANDING

THAT’S NOT THE UNDERSTANDING THAT MOST AMERICAN CITIZENS HAD

THAT MOST AMERICAN CITIZENS HAD ABOUT THE WAY THINGS GO BUT

ABOUT THE WAY THINGS GO BUT WE’RE LEARNING.

WE’RE LEARNING. THIS IS AN INSTANCE WHERE THIS

THIS IS AN INSTANCE WHERE THIS HASN’T WORKED EXACTLY.

HASN’T WORKED EXACTLY. >> THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME

>> THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT THE PRESIDENT SAID ONE

THAT THE PRESIDENT SAID ONE THING AND 48 HOURS REVERSED

THING AND 48 HOURS REVERSED HIMSELF WHICH IN A CRISIS IS ONE

HIMSELF WHICH IN A CRISIS IS ONE OF THE WORST THINGS YOU CAN DO

OF THE WORST THINGS YOU CAN DO BECAUSE PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE

BECAUSE PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE CONFIDENCE AND TRUST AND HAVE TO

CONFIDENCE AND TRUST AND HAVE TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE HEARING IS

KNOW WHAT THEY ARE HEARING IS FACT BASED AND CAN RELY ON IT.

FACT BASED AND CAN RELY ON IT. WE ARE GRATEFUL WE HAVE 100

WE ARE GRATEFUL WE HAVE 100 VENTILATORS.

VENTILATORS. I MEAN, AT SOME POINT WE WANT TO

I MEAN, AT SOME POINT WE WANT TO TRANSITION BACK INTO AN ECONOMY

TRANSITION BACK INTO AN ECONOMY TO GROW AGAIN AND IF PEOPLE

TO GROW AGAIN AND IF PEOPLE DON’T HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT, YOU

DON’T HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY ARE GOING INTO

KNOW, WHERE THEY ARE GOING INTO A RETAIL STORE OR COFFEE SHOP,

A RETAIL STORE OR COFFEE SHOP, IF THEY DON’T KNOW THEY ARE SAFE

IF THEY DON’T KNOW THEY ARE SAFE GOING OUT, THEY’RE NOT GOING TO

GOING OUT, THEY’RE NOT GOING TO GO OUT BUT CERTAINLY NOT GO OUT

GO OUT BUT CERTAINLY NOT GO OUT IN NUMBERS.

IN NUMBERS. WE DON’T EVEN HAVE A FRACTION OF

WE DON’T EVEN HAVE A FRACTION OF THE TESTING CAPACITY WE NEED TO

THE TESTING CAPACITY WE NEED TO BEGIN MOVING BACK INTO, YOU

BEGIN MOVING BACK INTO, YOU KNOW, A TRANSITION BACK INTO AN

KNOW, A TRANSITION BACK INTO AN ECONOMY.

ECONOMY. I THINK THAT -- ALL OF THESE

I THINK THAT -- ALL OF THESE THINGS, IT’S THE FACE MASKS.

THINGS, IT’S THE FACE MASKS. HOW DO WE HAVE FOOD WORKERS MAKE

HOW DO WE HAVE FOOD WORKERS MAKE SURE THEY GOT FACE MASKS SO THEY

SURE THEY GOT FACE MASKS SO THEY CAN HANDLE FOOD SAFETY.