IL Gov. Pritzker is planning to obtain millions of masks and gloves from China and bring those supplies back to Illinois on charter jets — but he’s keeping the details secret out of fear the Trump admin might seize the cargo for the federal stockpilehttps://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/4/14/21221459/pritzker-secret-flights-china-illinois-ppe-trump-coronavirus?utm_campaign=chicago.suntimes&utm_content=entry&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter …
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The Governor of Colorado is on the record saying a shipment of PPE he ordered was seized by the feds.https://www.coloradopolitics.com/coronavirus/gov-jared-polis-fema-took-our-ventilators-out-from-under-us/article_29f23eba-76a1-11ea-a065-f7f95e2756a1.html …
That article says nothing of the sort. There's no mention of anything being seized.
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I agree we need to stick with the facts here -- imposing unproven intent to all these daily blunders we're seeing in the world breeds paranoia, which has no upside.
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Buying something that someone else hoped to buy is not seizing it from them. Nor, incidentally, are ventilators PPE.
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You're right. He says PPE he was trying to get was "swept up by FEMA" but that seems to mean he was outbid or his order was cancelled, not that FEMA seized anything en route.
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Also, there are stories like this everywhere. The people who are ordering this stuff don't have the time for lifesaving supplies to be re-routed.
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Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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This article is very unclear what they mean by seizing. Do they mean their PPE was confiscated on arrival in the US? Or that there was PPE they hoped to buy, and weren't able to? Sounds more like the latter. E.g. that story at the end. 20k masks wouldn't be worth confiscating.
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