Pritzker on CNN: Trump ‘does not
understand the word federal,’ as debate
over COVID-19 stockpile rages
Chicago Sun-Times,
by
Lynn Sweet
Original Article
Posted By: AltaD,
4/5/2020 1:38:27 PM
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker ripped President Donald Trump on Sunday over management of the federal stockpile holding undistributed and urgently needed COVID-19 supplies.
Trump – and Jared Kushner, the president’s senior adviser and son-in-law - have been saying the states have no special priority access to the Strategic National Stockpile to obtain desperately needed supplies.
Trump has been reluctant to fully distribute ventilators and other medical equipment from the national stockpile as governors, including Pritzker, are begging for help.(Snip) If they had started in February, building ventilators, getting ready for this pandemic, we would not have the problems that we have today and frankly, very many fewer people would die,” Pritzker said.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 4/5/2020 1:42:52 PM (No. 369504)
Prove you need 'em, Fatso, and you might get a few.
Just like every other Illinois Democrat, Pritzker is a turd.
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What an absolute snot nose. Why didn’t HE start building ventilators and stockpiling supplies in February?
Probably because he was too busy sneering at President Trumps efforts that month.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Smart11344 4/5/2020 1:49:19 PM (No. 369516)
All Pritxker did was RIP one.
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The reality does not apparently support the hysterical "need"...but the experts have spoken, the damage is still growing. In the end the scardy-cat public will be credited with "flattening the curve" allowing hospitals to treat those infected, and the politicians will all be taking bows for what they hath wrought. Americans will proudly don "COVID-19 Strong!" t-shirts and their chests will swell with pride. What a country we are becoming.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
davew 4/5/2020 1:50:31 PM (No. 369519)
People like Pritzker is why there are no paper towels or toilet paper in the stores. They don't have any idea what they have or what they will need the way a competent executive in business would have to know. They play politics and power games but when government is called upon to actually manage a crisis they panic and are worse than useless.
Kuchner was clear that any state that can provide the relevant data will be allocated resources from the finite stockpile of the Federal government. It is not first come first serve and customers are limited to "one item" per purchase so that there is enough to go around. If the media weren't dumb and lazy they would understand this and not promote governmental incompetents like Prizker. Why does this seem to only be a problem with blue state politicians?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
seamusm 4/5/2020 1:56:22 PM (No. 369526)
He didn't give a damn when O'mama had a phone and a pen, now did he?
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
CactusStar 4/5/2020 1:56:58 PM (No. 369527)
That's the sound of the Dem's,
Working on the blame, game,
Omp, Ah, Omp. Ah.
Just another lefty song.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
msjena 4/5/2020 2:01:07 PM (No. 369529)
J.B. never had a real job before he was elected governor. His only experience was spending his inherited billions on a variety of causes. After he graduated from law school, he donated money to the school so it would be named after him. He is the one that doesn’t understand federalism. The states are in charge of health and safety.
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I saw Pritzker on CNN in the headline, yet I still wasted part of my life reading this drivel. pffft
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Keep in mind that Pritzker family were prominent supporters and financial backers of 0bama.
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Apparently the Governor does understand his job as the governor of a state which is part of a republic. Apparently he thinks every other state should take care of him. Guess what nitwit it is your job to be preparing for your own state's disasters and the federal government acts as a backup not a prime supplier of all your needs. Perhaps if you spent less time on your political pals and getting your palms greased by all the unions in that corrupt state you might have time to do the job that your poor taxpayers pay you to do
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
MMC 4/5/2020 2:21:49 PM (No. 369545)
My take: whiney liberal Democrats are queuing up for Federal government handouts.
I have yet to see- with exception of Newsom! Actually take charge of situation in state.
Leadership takes ownership- and works for solutions benefiting constituents
I abhor the self aggrandizement of Democrats-
It is always someone else that creates problem..
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
BarryNo 4/5/2020 2:35:25 PM (No. 369553)
I think someone should start arresting the propagandists driving our National Emergency. This is criminal and may be treasonous, as it is resulting in panic and death. The only thing stopping America from recovering is the panic ginned up by these as&h@ts.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
TJ54 4/5/2020 2:35:32 PM (No. 369555)
Lynn Sweet is an old simpleton and Tubby Pritzker is a joke. So glad I am no longer an Illinois resident
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
griddog1 4/5/2020 2:36:40 PM (No. 369556)
He's good at blaming everyone but himself.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
bighambone 4/5/2020 2:41:44 PM (No. 369564)
There is a difference in a State essentially raiding the Strategic National Stockpile for what they think the might need during a coming pandemic; and States having to justify to the Federal Government an actual need for medical equipment maintained in the Strategic National Stockpile, with those State requests once adjudicated by the Federal Government being dispensed to the States.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
lakerman1 4/5/2020 2:48:18 PM (No. 369572)
Who can forget Lynn sweet and her loving articles about the Kenyan Klown? I believe she would have been willing to service Barack on the White House lawn, if he didn't go for that sort of thing with females.
I don't know what Illinois has been doing with their funds. I do know that Little Andrew Cuomo chose to blow NYS funds on a 750 million dollar solar panel factory in Buffalo - it was a failure, and is closed. And he funded a nano technology center in Syracuse, which is vacant, and a nano technology center in albany, and the director of that operation was indicted.
And about the same time, 2015, Little Andrew's team decided to ration the breathing devices. And he is now taking those devices from Upstate New York and shipping them to NYC.
States have failed to do what they are supposed to do - but it is the President's fault, right?
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
billsv 4/5/2020 2:52:13 PM (No. 369583)
How many ventilators do you have? How many do you need. the IHME model says you need 1350 at the peak on April 17 and about 1000 now. Treat the patients early with hydroxychloroquine and Zpak or Doxycycline (depends on side affects to heart) to really help hem.https://nypost.com/2020/04/04/long-island-doctor-tries-new-hydroxychloroquine-for-covid-19-patients/
The consequences of a patient needing a ventilator are grim. They must be treated early before they would need a ventilator.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
earlybird 4/5/2020 2:55:01 PM (No. 369588)
Used to work with a company that had partnered with the Hyatt Pritzkers to build resort hotels. They really do believe they are the Chosen Ones. This one is the least attractive of all. Penny is no prize. Flaming libs.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
ROLFNader 4/5/2020 3:31:49 PM (No. 369629)
I wonder if J B Prickster had something to do with Blagojevich's extremely long sentence in prison.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Cardsfan 4/5/2020 3:35:50 PM (No. 369635)
For three years it’s been “Trump is Hitler”, he’ll take over the country by executive order, he doesn’t respect the Constitution. Now he’s not doing enough!
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
stablemoney 4/5/2020 3:54:04 PM (No. 369659)
Gov Pritzker is angry because he cannot skip to the front of the line. Sorry Governor, there are people in line ahead of you, all of them better than you.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
HotRod 4/5/2020 4:36:20 PM (No. 369699)
I suppose that Pritzker hoarded toilet paper too. His state is not suffering from lack of supplies.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
oldmagnolia 4/5/2020 4:42:02 PM (No. 369702)
Want to point out that this Pritzker is the brother of obama's pal and secretary of commerce Penny. They also own Hyatt hotels and Princess Cruise lines.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
cheeflo 4/5/2020 4:54:35 PM (No. 369711)
He understands it better than this guy does.
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Far left sun-slimes?
Lynn sweet?
Ha ha ha ha
No thanks
No propaganda on the Lords day, sorry...
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
NYbob 4/5/2020 6:13:34 PM (No. 369799)
If this country wasn't in a near coma from communist control of the media, rat party and culture for the last 50 years, we would have a shot at having a DOJ branch that would devote the required resources to investigate and prosecute corrupt and dangerous slobs like the rat governors of IL and NY. They aren't just idiots grabbing power and money for themselves, they are literally killing American citizens.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
pensom2 4/5/2020 6:31:12 PM (No. 369811)
You folks think Pritzker's a pain in the rear now--just wait until he comes knocking for the feds to bail out Illinois from its overwhelming, $241 billion in pension unfunded liability.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
Krause 4/5/2020 6:51:26 PM (No. 369828)
Those dem governors are so darn smart. That's why their states are so well run. Last run through the midwest states, Illinois had the highest gas prices, by quite a bit, and the worst roads.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Justcurious 4/5/2020 6:54:39 PM (No. 369833)
PT understands that the states (Governors) are primarily responsible for their needs. Only in extraordinary circumstances do the Feds step in. In a practical sense, no government entity can have primary responsibility for 330M people. It appears Pritzker doesn't understand federalism.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
4Justice 4/5/2020 7:38:33 PM (No. 369882)
Right...the President has unlimited supplies in his garage behind the White House which he is just hoarding for the heck of it....Are these idiots for real??
They are saying everything they can to try to make the President look bad. It's ridiculous.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
msjena 4/5/2020 10:32:33 PM (No. 369971)
Pritzker leaned on Abbott, an Illinois company, to give him priority with the rapid results tests. That’s the Democrat way. He doesn’t like having to share resources with other states.
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Based on the latest from the IL Dept. of Public Health, IL does not have a shortage of hospital beds or ventilators.