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spanone

(135,844 posts)
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 11:09 AM Mar 2020

trump is pitting state against state to purchase medical equipment - Per Gov. Cuomo

Gov. Cuomo just said they are having to compete against other states to purchase masks and ventilators....and the producers are price gouging

FUCKING UNBELIEVABLE

CUOMO IS ON CNN GIVING A PRESS CONFERENCE

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trump is pitting state against state to purchase medical equipment - Per Gov. Cuomo (Original Post) spanone Mar 2020 OP
He said he loves chaos. SummerSnow Mar 2020 #1
He's getting it. spanone Mar 2020 #2
Gov. Pritzker said the same. Freethinker65 Mar 2020 #3
Rump basically said he isn't a shipping clerk. True. He's not a president, either. nt Buns_of_Fire Mar 2020 #4
Trump hasn't issued any directives on price-gouging, Ilsa Mar 2020 #5
Pathetic 'president'. He hasn't used the Defense Production Act. spanone Mar 2020 #6
He's manipulating our country like we're pawns in a game show, FFS! Talitha Mar 2020 #7
Not only state against state MissMillie Mar 2020 #8
⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧ spanone Mar 2020 #9
He is an evil fuck. fleur-de-lisa Mar 2020 #10
Enriching the kakistocracy and his friends malaise Mar 2020 #11
👍🏼 spanone Mar 2020 #12

Freethinker65

(10,023 posts)
3. Gov. Pritzker said the same.
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 11:12 AM
Mar 2020

Not too many Trump supporters, or even bots, trying to defend the indefensible on this.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
5. Trump hasn't issued any directives on price-gouging,
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 11:20 AM
Mar 2020

Forcing corporations to limit purchase counts by customers, etc.

MissMillie

(38,560 posts)
8. Not only state against state
Sun Mar 22, 2020, 11:43 AM
Mar 2020

But state governments against the Federal government.

Our governor put several bids in for equipment and was outbid by the Federal Government.

"Go get your own" turned into "you're on your own."

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