'Slow the Testing Down.' WH Said Joke. He Said He Doesn't Kid. The TikTok Rally Story Got More Coverage.

Said at the Tulsa rally. WH called it a joke. Trump: 'I don't kid.' The core admission — the president may have deliberately suppressed pandemic testing data — competed for oxygen against the TikTok rally attendance story. The TikTok story won. Testing data was driving every public health decision in America.