"Inexcusable, Lives are at Stake": Trump Administration Is Outbidding Governors for Coronavirus Life-Saving Supplies After Telling Them They Are on Their Own
March 21, 2020
By CanyonWren
Now, Trump’s federal government is competing with those very governors/states for the supplies.
President Donald Trump’s directive for governors to buy their own medical supplies to fight the coronavirus has run into a big problem -- the federal government.
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker told Trump during a video conference on Thursday that his state three times lost out to the federal government on purchases of critical supplies, creating an awkward moment during the made-for-TV event at Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Washington.
“I’ve got a feeling that if someone has the chance to sell to you and to sell to me, I am going to lose on every one of those,” a sheepish-sounding Baker told Trump, who chuckled at the remark.
The president replied he still wants governors to seek out their own medical equipment, like protective gear for doctors and nurses as well as respirators, but acknowledged the federal government has greater buying power than any state.
“Prices are always a component of that also. And maybe that’s why you lost to the feds, OK, that’s probably why,” Trump said.
So benign, so “everything is normal” sounding. This is not fucking normal.
What is the federal government doing with all the supplies? Will Trump distribute them to all states/territories?
We have two mortal enemies right now: the Covid-19 and Donald J. Trump/GOP.
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