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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Replying to @crampell @tylercowen
I can believe Trump et al capable of just about anything, but I asked an expert and he said he's heard of zero actual instances of feds seizing PPE. So the only story here is "IL governor has unjustified fear," which is not much of a story.
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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 …
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That article says nothing of the sort. There's no mention of anything being seized.
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Replying to @paulg @sethbannon and
Can you read?pic.twitter.com/Yd0hwEE4ic
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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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