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Tommy Thompson: “We don't have the surge capacity. We don't have the…”

Featuring: Tommy Thompson, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Exclusive: Tommy Thompson on coronavirus outbreak, response

Published | Video Starts at 02:44

And I said, someday a virus is going to come and it's going to paralyze America. And. And that's exactly what's happened today. And we didn't have the surge capacity. We don't have the surge capacity. We don't have the ventilators. We don't have the mask. And I had a plan laid out for Congress to invest in these things, and they didn't do it. They didn't listen to you. They didn't listen to me. (02:44–02:48)

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Asserts that the U.S. lacks sufficient surge capacity, ventilators, and masks.

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