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Politics : President Joe Biden -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neeka who wrote (4596)	12/27/2021 10:34:25 PM
From: Sdgla	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12185

To: Neeka who wrote (4596)	12/29/2021 2:42:04 PM
From: Sam	1 Recommendation Recommended By bentway Respond to of 12185

No, that wasn't Trump's plan. You are either misinformed or lying. Here is an example of the Trump admin's idea of "helping" state governments, as I mentioned in my previous post: Maryland hiding testing kits, purchased from South Korea, from US government: HoganThe Md. National Guard, state police secured the kits at an undisclosed location By Benjamin Siu April 30, 2020, 8:52 PM Maryland authorities were so concerned about the federal government seizing a shipment of COVID-19 tests destined for the state that they made special arrangements to receive and guard the tests until they could be distributed, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan said Thursday. Hogan cited the fate of 3 million N95 masks purchased by the state of Massachusetts --- all of which were confiscated in March by the federal government at the port of New York -- as the main reason for taking extra precautions to secure his state’s order of 500,000 COVID-19 testing kits from South Korea. “That was so important to us that we wanted to make sure that plane took off from Korea safely, landed here in America safely and that we guarded that cargo from whoever might interfere with us getting that to our folks that need it,” he said in an interview with the Washington Post. The tests, worth over $9 million, were directed last week to Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall Airport instead of Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia, and both the Maryland National Guard and Maryland State Police were on hand to receive the shipment and transport the tests to a secure, undisclosed location, he said. “It was like Fort Knox to us,” the Republican governor said in the interview, referring to the secure Army post in Kentucky, where a large portion of U.S. gold bullion is stored. Despite the successful procurement operation, Maryland authorities have not been able to take advantage of their expanded testing capabilities, citing regulatory hurdles and supply shortages, including a dearth of nasal swabs and viral transport media, according to a Washington Post report. Hogan on Wednesday, though, said the state had made “progress with respect to increasing lab capacity and the supply of materials” and described for the first time his plan for using those half-million South Korean COVID-19 tests.more at abcnews.go.com

To: Neeka who wrote (4596)	12/29/2021 2:46:10 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12185

Here is another example of the Trump administration's plan to help the states: Illinois Gov. Pritzker Secretly Bought Medical Supplies From China. And The White House Is Not Happy. Updated Apr 18, 2020, 05:00pm EDT The White House issued a sharp rebuke Saturday to billionaire Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, who reportedly spent over $1.7 million on flights bringing medical supplies from China in secret—out of fear the Trump administration would seize the cargo for the federal stockpile. KEY FACTS Reports first emerged earlier this week that Illinois was “ secretly” getting PPE and other medical supplies shipped from China in order to avoid interference from the federal government. The Chicago-Sun Times first reported Pritzker’s China flight payments, citing a source familiar with the matter who said that the governor didn’t want to release details “because we’ve heard reports of Trump trying to take PPE in China and when it gets to the United States.” continues at forbes.com