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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMedical supplier says FEMA seized 400,000 N95 masks, has them 'just sitting on a loading dock at JFK
The seizures are continuing. This article includes a seizure on 4/19.
[link:https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-delaware-company-says-fema-seized-mask-shipments-amid-coronavirus-20200421-3yz7dks53fbl7jlrjhuq2xokyu-story.html|]
George Gianforcaro, owner of Delaware-based Indutex USA, told the Daily News that the Federal Emergency Management Agency confiscated 400,000 masks in two imported shipments meant for his U.S. customers.
He said the masks, which arrived in separate shipments on April 6 and April 19, are still being held at JFK Airport, apparently stranded in limbo as federal officials work out what to do next.
The product is just sitting on a loading dock at JFK. They want to charge me $3,000 a day to store it there. I said, Ill just come pick it up then. They said, No, its not released. Its un-American. Its horrible, Gianforcaro told The News.
They are slowing down the delivery of protective gear so republican donors can make money distributing the seized gear. In my opinion.
Heres a link
[link:https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/27/republican-fundraiser-company-coronavirus-152184|]
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)LiberalArkie
(15,729 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)In a way, it would be nice if Hannity got it and died. That would be the only patriotic thing that he would ever have done for the country.
Rush.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)The InfoWars pig would also by a good one to meet Satan right now, he has earned it.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)K&R
LOCK THEM UP! dump, et al, not the masks.
BComplex
(8,067 posts)take the masks. That's as illegal as it comes.
Welcome to republican rulership.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)But, it seems no matter what repukes do, there is never a penalty.
This aspect of our govt absolutely must change come January, if not sooner! 👍
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,045 posts)intheflow
(28,504 posts)when 45 will give them out like candy. To red and swing states. Everything they do is a calculated risk to gain them more power.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)Not sure how that would work out though.
DBoon
(22,399 posts)Who performs law enforcement for it?
tblue37
(65,490 posts)oasis
(49,410 posts)iluvtennis
(19,876 posts)onecaliberal
(32,902 posts)crickets
(25,983 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)IF it does happen PEOPLE NEED TO REVOLT!
cstanleytech
(26,320 posts)that catches the virus and dies from it at any facility where masks were located at and or destined for.
Since its a state crime a presidential pardon might not save his golf playing ass.
Rebl2
(13,563 posts)bdamomma
(63,923 posts)than Syria's President/killer Assad who used saran gas on the population.
He's a fucking killer, PERIOD. Just don't show his briefings/shit shows anymore.
rufus dog
(8,419 posts)How hard is it to send a crew down to the airport?
whathehell
(29,095 posts)..This shit is insane
stillcool
(32,626 posts)the cable people don't need to send a crew...just piggy-back. All the work is done for them.
Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)The press did cover it a couple of weeks ago, but theres so much other outrageous behavior that this got dropped. Remember the story of the patriots owner helping Massachusetts smuggle gear in from china
Imagine that. Smuggling in masks so the government wouldnt seize them.
This latest story is a reminder that nothing was done. Republicans in the senate block oversight. Oversight is slow anyway and the DOJ has been captured.
Governors are not yet inclined to take more drastic measures. I understand that. They have enough on their hands and are facing a debt crisis.
I agree that the wider press should be running these stories. Interview the guy the daily news interviewed.
JI7
(89,276 posts)DBoon
(22,399 posts)as part of a regular news program.
TV still matters.
Ferrets are Cool
(21,110 posts)as any. None of this shit would be happening if we had a REAL PRESIDENT.
cstanleytech
(26,320 posts)roamer65
(36,747 posts)Ilsa
(61,698 posts)And WH reporters should ask about this thievery during the daily briefing.
bdamomma
(63,923 posts)keep on saying states have the equipment or testing is available, I would say WHY are supplies being intercepted by FEMA for States use.
WTF, is it going to that 1% or the fucking red states????
dchill
(38,547 posts)Explain later.
Lonestarblue
(10,085 posts)Reporters should read a list of seizures to Trump at his press briefings and then ask why FEMA is taking masks meant for states when Trump himself told states they were responsible for getting their own masks. What FEMA doing with these masks?
This needs to be on the daily news until either it stops or the media finds out how these supplies are being used. Is Trump planning to send them to Russia?
crickets
(25,983 posts)bdamomma
(63,923 posts)is tRump's first love and Putin.
liberalmuse
(18,672 posts)Are they actually trying to cull the herd? It makes you wonder.
bdamomma
(63,923 posts)holding supplies away from those states who need these supplies desperately. Our Drs. and Nurses are in a horrible state of inadequate or no supplies.
Who is profiting off these supplies, or is Russia the next country he's going to give the supplies to? We know that POS sent our supplies to China.
He is a CRIMINAL period.
dlk
(11,578 posts)Thank you GOP!
IADEMO2004
(5,560 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,937 posts)Where are the supplies going that Trump has been confiscating?
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Republican seller has 'relationships with a lot of people.'
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142462680
Republican fundraiser looks to cash in on coronavirus
The fundraiser, Mike Gula, didnt specify his new line of work in the email. But in an interview, he said hed started a new company selling medical equipment thats been in short supply during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Asked how hed managed to procure such equipment when there are shortages in hospitals across the country, Gula said, I have relationships with a lot of people.
bdamomma
(63,923 posts)of nefarious things happening and Americans are dying from it.
bdamomma
(63,923 posts)is a genocide, killing Americans, negligent criminal actions are being assaulted on Americans. Stopping supplies???? WTF is that???
We need to turn the tables, on this sick regime. Flood the WH with e-mails, and say what a fucking ass he is.
How many more Americans are going to die????? for this fucking POS, McConnell and the rest have to go too.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)That's exactly what this is. Those responsible for this should spend the rest of their lives in prison.
Hiawatha Pete
(1,802 posts)KPN
(15,662 posts)to be able to do something as evil and callous as this and no internal whistleblowers. If this is an accurate story, hes got those federal career workers who havent already abandoned their careers scared shitless.
As a retired federal careerist, this strikes me as deeply disturbing no, deeply frightening in that the only reason he can and is doing this is the GOP.
RussBLib
(9,037 posts)Tells me they are in it up to their eyeballs, or,
They are the biggest collection of cowards in American history.
I don't see a middle ground.
KPN
(15,662 posts)in their fervor to hang on to power. In that regard, they are traitors to the country, the Constitution, and we the people in my view. I dont see middle ground on that either.
Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)Quid pro quo is naive. Its good to do favors for friends.
Agree that power is a motivation by itself.
bdamomma
(63,923 posts)is a key cretin in this too, his ass needs to be gone too. They can choke on that money. Domestic terrorists=GOP/ tRump Cultists
dickthegrouch
(3,184 posts)While The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prevents illegal searches and seizures and is one of the most fundamental rights guaranteed to Americans, that seems only to apply to criminal law.
The civil asset forfeiture laws seem quite different, but can a Federal institution invoke civil penalties without due process?
If I were that manufacturer Id be asking my attorneys to blur exactly as many lines as the Feds have in fighting this, by filing both civil and criminal, State and federal, cases against both the individuals and institutions involved in these seizures.
Id also be fighting it in the court of public opinion making a hell of a stink on the 6 oclock news.
SunSeeker
(51,726 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,311 posts)It's how big players thrived in the 1920s
DanieRains
(4,619 posts)Why has Rick Wilson not been knighted?
JDC
(10,135 posts)aggiesal
(8,929 posts)there are 2 styles of masks made by the same manufacturer, Safety-Zone.
We could probably do some investigation and determine if these masks have been reported as confiscated and how
did Republican Fundraiser Mike Gula get his hands on them?
One is style # RS-920-EV-N95
The manufacturer is Safety-Zone and here is their web site for this mask.
http://safety-zone.com/products/respirators/rs-920-ev-n95-2/
The other style is # RS-810
http://safety-zone.com/products/respirators/rs-810
What's interesting is that style RS-810 has an invoice that reads: Cost $45 per case, case pack of 1000, Tax Free
This means that each mask costs 4.5¢ each.
I'll be he charges $5-$10 per.
EndlessWire
(6,570 posts)Obviously. But, who, and why?
1. Provide them to Russia or the Saudis. He told us to get our own, and Jared let it slip that stockpiles of PPEs belong to them. Imports of PPEs at dockside do not constitute hoarding.
2. Someone has told them that the pandemic is going to last a lot longer than they are telling, and they are taking all the masks for the GOP.
So, when did they make the importation of N95 masks illegal?
I never heard of an underground railroad for masks before. Isn't this just insane? Can't anyone ask Trump where they are taking the stolen masks?
Is every person in a red state insane? Aren't they also wondering what Trump is doing here?
Every day I wake up and say, "I hate his guts." I feel awful for it. But I want those assholes gone. Every. Last. One.
PS. What if he is planning a war and needs to give masks to the troops? What if this is some sort of prewar action?
ecstatic
(32,733 posts)Demovictory9
(32,475 posts)Blue Owl
(50,514 posts)Who the goddamn fuck is rendering these life-saving supplies useless in a time of crisis?