It could be because he is misrepresenting the content of the article. Quoting: "funding for the CDC’s global disease outbreak prevention efforts had been reduc

It could be because he is misrepresenting the content of the article. Quoting: "funding for the CDC’s global disease outbreak prevention efforts had been reduced by 80%, including funding for the agency’s efforts in China. But that was the result of the anticipated depletion of previously allotted funding, not a direct cut by the Trump administration. Since January 2019, actual funding (vs. requested/proposed funding) is controlled by the House leadership of the opposition party.