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JudyM

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32. At that point in time they should've checked our stockpile because it was foreseeable that it would

Reply to AtheistCrusader (Reply #27)

Fri Apr 3, 2020, 02:07 PM

Apr 2020

hit us too.

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US exported millions in masks, ventilators, other PPE ahead of coronavirus crisis here [View all] Duppers Apr 2020 OP

The Republican way. Texaswitchy Apr 2020 #1

Exactly! Duppers Apr 2020 #3

Who got the money? MontanaMama Apr 2020 #2

The corporations & companies Duppers Apr 2020 #4

Yeah...but which companies? MontanaMama Apr 2020 #6

+ 1 EarthFirst Apr 2020 #14

We NEED to know this. 2naSalit Apr 2020 #25

How much lined dJT's pockets? marieo1 Apr 2020 #29

Remember "officially" we had only 15 cases heading to zero back then. IllinoisBirdWatcher Apr 2020 #5

Trump wanted to be Turbineguy Apr 2020 #7

PRESS STATEMENT MICHAEL R. POMPEO, SECRETARY OF STATE FEBRUARY 7, 2020 mpcamb Apr 2020 #8

Mebbe it would've been smart to think ahead and make sure we had enough here too? JudyM Apr 2020 #12

You used a word unknown to this bunch of incompetents: smart. Lonestarblue Apr 2020 #18

Bingo!!! Duppers Apr 2020 #22

Please see post #21 below. Duppers Apr 2020 #23

I don't think it was a bad thing to sell so much to China when they really needed it, tanyev Apr 2020 #9

Precisely. Duppers Apr 2020 #17

THAT is the crime. Not the fact that these items were sold/donated to China. They're human beings AtheistCrusader Apr 2020 #27

At that point in time they should've checked our stockpile because it was foreseeable that it would JudyM Apr 2020 #32

They convinced themselves we wouldn't need it. AtheistCrusader Apr 2020 #36

Russians wanted the govt run like a business, so that's what tRump is doing ffr Apr 2020 #10

That's where the need was at the time. They didn't expect it here. IronLionZion Apr 2020 #11

Might be time to cage the "free" market. rickyhall Apr 2020 #13

Yes Timewas Apr 2020 #15

Dumbest administration ever. cayugafalls Apr 2020 #16

The PRESIDENT is Profiteering from all of this....!!!!!! ashredux Apr 2020 #19

Nice to see our companies didn't hoard supplies from a country with a pandemic mathematic Apr 2020 #20

We had a pandemic coming Duppers Apr 2020 #21

China is coming back online and shipping PPE products. AtheistCrusader Apr 2020 #28

Why is tRump et al trying to limit imports? Duppers Apr 2020 #31

Because Trump is a raging jackass. AtheistCrusader Apr 2020 #35

Yes! 👍 Duppers Apr 2020 #38

What does he gain Sucha NastyWoman Apr 2020 #24

The crown he thinks he deserves. 2naSalit Apr 2020 #26

K & R for exposure. SunSeeker Apr 2020 #30

And they are STILL doing it as we speak!!!!! flying_wahini Apr 2020 #33

Criminal Negligence... dlk Apr 2020 #34

Help! So much contradictory info... Duppers Apr 2020 #37

Not just "ahead of." We're still doing it. That is, distributors are still auctioning it off pnwmom Apr 2020 #39

This has been the most incompetent adminstration I've ever witnessed in my life n/t OhioChick Apr 2020 #40