Illinois governor chartering flights from China in a 'herculean' effort to
prevent Trump from snatching ‘millions of masks and gloves’: report
Written by Alex Henderson April 15, 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic has gone from bad to worse in the United States, many Democratic governors have been trying to set their differences with President Donald Trump aside and get their states badly needed help from the federal government. One of them is Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. But Pritzker is a realist: clearly, he isn’t counting on Trump to come through for his state — and according to the Chicago Sun-Times, Pritzker is flying millions of medical masks and gloves to the U.S. from China on chartered flights so that the federal government won’t be able to seize them first.
In an official statement, Jordan Abudayyeh (Pritzker’s press secretary) addressed the challenges Illinois is facing in its efforts to obtain a sufficient supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) for health care workers. According to Abudayyeh, “The governor has clearly outlined the challenges this administration has faced as we’ve worked around the clock to purchase PPE for our health care workers and first responders.”
Abudayyeh went on to say, “The supply chain has been likened to the Wild West, and once you have purchased supplies, ensuring they get to the state is another herculean feat. These flights are carrying millions of masks and gloves our workers need. They’re scheduled to land in Illinois in the coming weeks, and the state is working to ensure these much needed supplies are protected and ready for distribution around the state.”
A Sun-Times source described by reporter Frank Main as being “knowledgeable about the flights” told the Chicago newspaper that Pritzker wanted to keep the flights a secret “because we’ve heard reports of Trump trying to take PPE in China and when it gets to the United States.”
https://www.alternet.org/2020/04/illinois-governor-chartering-flights-from-china-in-a-herculean-effort-to-prevent-trump-from-snatching-millions-of-masks-and-gloves-report/
This just pisses me off to no end, the taxpayers in Illinois are picking up the tab on this because of that three year old asshole in the white house, FEMA and fucking little prick Jared Kuscher ...................
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