WASHINGTON (WHP) \u2014 President Donald Trump took a shot at Gov. Josh Shapiro as Pennsylvania continues to grapple with its ongoing measles outbreak. <\/p>\n
“They’ve got a bad governor in Pennsylvania, people just don’t know it,” Trump said Friday afternoon. “He’s close to incompetent.”<\/p>\n
As of Thursday, the CDC reported <\/a>that Pennsylvania has had more measles cases than any other state this year. <\/p>\n READ MORE | Over 700 measles cases, 4 measles-associated deaths reported in Pennsylvania<\/a><\/p>\n Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said part of the reason why is because Shapiro has reportedly refused help from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).<\/p>\n Kennedy said the CDC has been able to “end the outbreaks” in states like South Dakota and Texas.<\/p>\n “One of the problems with Pennsylvania is that the governor has, until very recently, refused to cooperate with CDC,” Kennedy said. “When I offered them to Governor Shapiro, he said, ‘No, we don’t need your help.'”<\/p>\n Shapiro has accused Kennedy of spreading “conspiracy theories”<\/a> after the CDC didn’t add four reported measles-associated deaths to its nationwide statistics. <\/p>\n “RFK chose to sow doubt, play politics, direct the CDC not to acknowledge these deaths, and even accuse me of fabricating these tragedies,” Shapiro wrote on social media earlier this month.<\/a><\/p>\n