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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSpeaker Pelosi: "The POTUS must immediately USE the powers of the Defense Production Act"
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Aaron Blake ✔@AaronBlake
Trump said yesterday that he was only invoking the Defense Production Act so he could use it later in a worst-case scenario.
Pelosi is urging him to use it now.
8:36 AM - Mar 19, 2020
Start building the ventilators, masks and PPE NOW, FFS!!
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Speaker Pelosi: "The POTUS must immediately USE the powers of the Defense Production Act" (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Mar 2020
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Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)1. He just wants to use it so he can call himself a war time president....
lark
(23,097 posts)2. WTF, why isn't this being addressed NOW!
Wait, I know! drumpf first has to set up a way for him to profit, then production will become paramount.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)3. This needs to begin today
Each day = the chance to save more lives. It's maddening!
Profit always comes first with them.
spanone
(135,828 posts)5. Reality show hosts rarely step up to the plate.