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iluvtennis

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17. BYD is huge, well respected company in China. My company worked with BYD's

Reply to Steelrolled (Reply #13)

Wed May 13, 2020, 10:38 PM

May 2020

energy storage division on a couple of projects. We worked with their engineers in Shenzhen and Los ngeles. We had no issues with them. BYD has North American Headquarters in Los Angeles.

So, in this case, I think trump's admin just said the masks didn't meet safety standard so that Jared/the crime family could confiscate the masks.

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Something fishy here. I can't imagine Newsome/CA purchasing masks that weren't safety iluvtennis May 2020 #9

Much more likely the Chinese supplier knowingly they shipped crap Steelrolled May 2020 #13

BYD is huge, well respected company in China. My company worked with BYD's iluvtennis May 2020 #17

Bullshit. BlueIdaho May 2020 #10

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