'We cannot wait until people start really dying in large numbers,' the progressive Democrat from New York warned.
"Companies are donating what they can. That is great. That is not enough," Ocasio-Cortez pointed out."And the fact that the president has not really invoked the Defense Production Act for the purpose of emergency manufacture is going to cost lives."
Trump has said he is willing to invoke the Defense Production Act, but has not yet done so. His administration has said that many companies have already stepped up to ramp up, or transition to, producing essential products. As a result, the administration has said it has not yet been necessary to require companies to produce the medical supplies and equipment.
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez addresses supporters during a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders on March 8 in Ann Arbor, MichiganNew York City's Mayor De Blasio also took aim at Trump in Sunday remarks to NBC News"If the president doesn't act, people will die who could have lived otherwise," he said.
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