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RandySF

(58,799 posts)
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 11:15 PM Apr 2020

Trump Let Contract With Ventilator Firm Lapse

“President Trump has repeatedly assured Americans that the federal government is holding 10,000 ventilators in reserve to ship to the hardest-hit hospitals around the nation as they struggle to keep the most critically ill patients alive,” the New York Times reports.

“But what federal officials have neglected to mention is that an additional 2,109 lifesaving devices are unavailable after the contract to maintain the government’s stockpile lapsed late last summer, and a contracting dispute meant that a new firm did not begin its work until late January. By then, the coronavirus crisis was already underway.”



https://politicalwire.com/2020/04/01/trump-let-contract-with-ventilator-firm-lapse/

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Trump Let Contract With Ventilator Firm Lapse (Original Post) RandySF Apr 2020 OP
Some people thought letting Trump run the government like he ran the businesses he Flaleftist Apr 2020 #1
If it's asked 'why', I bet shithead says something like 'that's why I fired Mulvaney' lol ... mr_lebowski Apr 2020 #2

Flaleftist

(3,473 posts)
1. Some people thought letting Trump run the government like he ran the businesses he
Wed Apr 1, 2020, 11:20 PM
Apr 2020

drove into bankruptcy would be a good idea.

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