A plea for help from one of President Trump’s favorite groups, first responders, has gone unanswered as they fight the coronavirus on the front lines despite a lack of tests and protection equipment.

In an April 8 letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar from the National Sheriffs’ Association, a group often seen at the White House, President Daron Hall implored the administration to find supplies for law enforcement, EMTs and firefighters.

“We need your help: Our men and women – sheriffs’ deputies, officers, firefighters and EMTs – are in harm’s way and in desperate need of scarce lifesaving COVID-19 test kits and personal protection equipment,” he wrote.