Top Trump fundraiser sought to cash in on valuable 3M masks

[groundloop]

Source: CBS News

In early April, as U.S. supplies of N95 surgical masks were dwindling, President Trump took aim at 3M, America's biggest mask maker.

Mr. Trump invoked the Defense Production Act, which authorized the head of FEMA to "acquire" any and all 3M N95s. The move set off a week of negotiations leading 3M and the White House to strike a deal to distribute more N95 masks in the U.S.

Four days later, Eric Beach, who had no experience in supplying medical goods, formed Colt International, Inc. touting connections with 3M. Beach is also the co-founder of the Great America PAC, which has raised more than $40 million for Mr. Trump. The PAC has produced attack ads against the president's opponents, including rival Joe Biden.

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3M said it has seen a surge of middlemen trying to cash in on the pandemic by falsely claiming affiliation with the company to drum up business. The manufacturer told CBS News it had no professional relationship with Beach's company Colt International.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-eric-beach-3m-masks/

[KS Toronado]

1. Read somewhere that Beach was buying from 3M about $1 a mask and selling for $5

must be nice to have friends in high places

[DENVERPOPS]

2. Today's RepubliCON party

These current RepubliCONs are by far, the most thoroughly corrupted political party in the history of our nation........

We don't need to wait for the election, the RepubliCONs have already become a Corporate Fascist Tyranny, with absolutely NO respect for the U.S. Constitution, or the Rule of Law...............

[ProfessorGAC]

4. But, The Overhead!!!

"Those boxes coming in, then we have to put them in another box, and put a label on!!!
That's gotta be $3.90 a /mask!! We're only making ng 10¢ per mask! We're practically giving them away"

The above is a prediction for a quote they will use if confronted.

[KS Toronado]

5. Pretty accurate prediction, I'd add "The ungodly postage the post office charges"

[ProfessorGAC]

6. That Wouldn't Work

The cult leader said USPS should triple their rates, because they don't charge enough.
This guy would never say PINO was wrong!

[Locrian]

3. you know all those...

dystopian science fiction stories about the truly sick and twisted officials, governments, corporations, etc that prey on the citizens?
Yeah, we're pretty much there.