Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said on Monday that more than 400,000 people worldwide could ultimately die due to the “Chinese dictatorship" mishandling the coronavirus outbreak, as the death toll from the virus continues to grow.
“This is directly the fault of the dictatorship which as early as November had its first cases and in the middle of December began to realize that there was an epidemic in Wuhan and lied to the entire planet until very late January and has never allowed any of the Western scientists or doctors to come into Wuhan and find out what happened,” Gingrich told “Fox & Friends.”
Gingrich's comments came after President Trump bashed the World Health Organization [WHO] on Sunday, saying the group mishandled the coronavirus pandemic by giving deference to China, during his Fox News Town Hall with Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, focused on reopening America during the public health crisis.
Trump said the WHO passed along “wrong” information and was China-centric. Trump noted that the United States “foolishly” has been paying the group $450 million a year whereas China has been paying $38 million a year.
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04.26.2024