Trump Trying To Get Supplies To MA 'As Rapidly As Possible'

Update: Gov. Charlie Baker said Monday afternoon Massachusetts has received medical supplies from the national strategic stockpile and is awaiting 1,000 ventilators. Read the latest.

President Donald Trump said he is trying to direct medical supplies to Massachusetts as state leaders said the federal government is undercutting their efforts.

Trump was asked during his Sunday night coronavirus briefing about a weekend report that some states, like Florida, have received 100 percent of their requests from the national stockpile filled, while Democratic-leaning states, like Massachusetts, have only received 17 percent.

"Massachusetts, we’re dealing with the governor very strongly, and trying to get things to Massachusetts as rapidly as possible," Trump said, adding the story was falsely reported and that he the governors were "happy."

That's not a word that could be used to describe Gov. Charlie Baker last week when talking about supplies like masks and ventilators. He had to stop himself from cursing when answering a question Thursday.

"I’m telling you, we’re killing ourselves trying to make it happen," Baker said.

Marylou Sudders, who runs the state's coronavirus response center, talked about items that Massachusetts thought it had landed before the federal government cut them off.

Baker told Trump in a call with other governors earlier this month the states are always going to lose out on supplies if they have to bid against the federal government.

"Price is always a component," Trump said. "Maybe that's why you lost to the feds."

As of Sunday afternoon, the coronavirus death toll in Massachusetts was 48 and there were 4,955 positive cases.