Gov J.B. Pritzker of Illinois has been complaining about the fact that President Trump is helping the state with it’s fight against coronavirus but expecting him to take action, too. The role of the federal government in this fight is not to do everything for the states, it is to fill in the blanks left by the state. Pritzker is a billionaire donor to the Democratic party and I suspect he is playing politics with the lives of people in his state.
Pritzker wants President Trump to provide 100% of the ventilators needed by his state. Someone needs to tell him to get off that fat mass he sits on and to work for the people of Illinois. Trump’s administration has provided 600 ventilators to Illinois along with facilities totaling 3,000 beds for caring for patients. Even far left governors such as Andrew Cuomo of new York and Gavin Newsom have worked well with the president and they have praised his performance.
Gavin Newsom said:
“This is not time to bicker. Let me just be candid with you. I’d be lying to you to say that [Trump] hasn’t been responsive to our needs. He has. And so, as a sort of an offer of objectivity, I have to acknowledge that publicly.”
“The fact is, every time that I’ve called the president, he’s quickly gotten on the line. When we asked to get the support for that [USNS] Mercy ship in Southern California, he was able to direct that in real-time. We’ve got 2,000 of these field medical sites that are up, almost all operational now in the state, because of his support. Those are the facts.”
President Trump also said that he would be open to another round of stimulus checks if he deems that to be necessary.
Also at the briefing Sunday, Rear Adm. John Polowczyk said U.S. operatives were going to facilities in China to inspect all medical equipment being sent to U.S. and make sure it is functional, amid reports that China has sent faulty testing kits and other supplies to several other countries.
Additionally, Dr. Deborah Birx observed that Spain and Italy have provided “really helpful signs” that social distancing was working, and new cases and deaths were declining in both countries.
Trump separately told reporters that an additional 600,000 N95 masks will be arriving to New York City on Monday “to take care of the needs of the public hospital system,” on the request of Mayor Bill de Blasio. Another 200,000 masks will be headed to Long Island after officials there made the request, Trump added.
Some 500 ventilators were on their way to New Jersey, 200 to Louisiana, 300 to Michigan, 600 to Illinois and 100 to Massachusetts, the president said. Louisiana’s Gov. John Bel Edwards said earlier in the day that his state could run out of ventilators by Thursday.