Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) is “infuriated” by President Donald Trump’s failure to help states obtain the COVID-19 testing materials and personal protective equipment (PPE) they need to combat the outbreak, the governor said on Wednesday.
Inslee told CNN that the states are now “scrambling around the world” to find those resources thanks to the federal government, which “would not accept the responsibility to help purchase this material.”
“And most importantly, they would not help to manufacture it,” he added.
The Democratic governor blasted Trump for delaying the Defense Production Act (DPA), which only presidents can invoke in times of crisis.
“[Governors] do not have authority to do that,” Inslee said. “So we’ve had to rely on the president making this decision and as I’ve indicated, he refused to do so for weeks and weeks.”
Has the tweetstorm started yet??
Trump is very definite in promoting chaos. His kind of grift thrives on it.
I wish he would’ve also pointed that once the states/hospitals secure the needed supplies the fucking Feds step in and steal it!
Had I said just three months ago that this would be happening I would’ve been called deliriously conspiratorial. Yet here we are.
‘We’re sorry, the president that was elected in 2016 is not in working order. Please hang up and vote again.’
I’m glad he’s infuriated. Compare him to Gov. Abbott, who’s ok with Texans dying for bidness prosperity.
He seems to enjoy hurting anyone that does not realize how wonderful he is thanks to the money his father left him.
Without that money he would be selling flood damaged new cars as mint.