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Trump to trigger Defense Production Act in coronavirus fight, says Schumer
The Hill ^ | 03 20 2020 | Nathaniel Weixel

Posted on 03/20/2020 9:05:04 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

President Trump said he will trigger emergency war powers to accelerate the production of medical supplies to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

Trump told Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) he would use the Defense Production Act in a phone call this morning, according to Schumer's office.

THAT IS ALL.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


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KEYWORDS: defenseproduction; schumer; trump
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1 posted on 03/20/2020 9:05:04 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

To end the toilet paper shortage?


2 posted on 03/20/2020 9:06:56 AM PDT by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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To: yesthatjallen

To build the wall.


3 posted on 03/20/2020 9:08:40 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Be careful what you wish for Chuck U Schumer.


4 posted on 03/20/2020 9:09:01 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: Berosus

Did y’all here:

Tom Brady clinched the deal with the Tampa Bay Bucs when TB threw in 24 rolls of TP !


5 posted on 03/20/2020 9:09:02 AM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: yesthatjallen

Reporting yesterday had a similar tone, but basically gave Pelosi the credit. As I see it, the order of events goes like this:

1) President Trump announces that he will trigger the Defense Production Act.
2) Nancy Pelosi orders the President to trigger the Defense Production Act.
3_ Chuck Schumer proudly announces that the President will trigger the Defense Production Act.

The media seems to think the Democrats deserve a lot of credit for this.


6 posted on 03/20/2020 9:10:56 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: yesthatjallen

It’ll be a while before I take Schumer’s word for anything.

Like about forever.

I’ll wait and see that President Trump has to say for himself.


7 posted on 03/20/2020 9:17:24 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: yesthatjallen

It’ll be a while before I take Schumer’s word for anything.

Like about forever.

I’ll wait and see that President Trump has to say for himself.


8 posted on 03/20/2020 9:17:25 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: yesthatjallen

Libs are a virus....the Demavirus.
The vile, demonic Botoxian and Chuck, the Shmuck are two classic examples. Anyone that would believe a single word from these two lying demons is as insane as they are.


9 posted on 03/20/2020 9:20:37 AM PDT by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be a liberal when one is dumber than a box of rocks...)
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To: yesthatjallen

Thought the Feds would be buying up more hollow points to facilitate permanent sheltering in place.


10 posted on 03/20/2020 9:22:19 AM PDT by grumpygresh (Civil disobedience by jury nullification.)
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To: Berosus
Maybe they can go out and salvage some of the TP folks have stockpiled - saw a photo on Facebook where some asshat had filled his two-car garage, front to back and side to side as high as the door opening with TP.

A friend runs a coffee shop and says he ordered 2 cases of TP for his business the other day and was told by the distributor to not hold his breath - they can't deliver what they can't get.

11 posted on 03/20/2020 9:23:47 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: yesthatjallen

3, 2, 1 ... until Schemer accuses Trump of being Hitler.


12 posted on 03/20/2020 9:25:54 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: Berosus

To product antibiotics and other medicines China’s threatening to ‘hold back’ if we don’t dance to their effing ugly corrupt thuggy tune.


13 posted on 03/20/2020 9:28:35 AM PDT by GOPJ ( http://www.tinyurl.com/cvirusmap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfeZlKu8M7A)
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To: metmom

Yep. Will wait to see what he says.


14 posted on 03/20/2020 9:29:59 AM PDT by matt04
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To: trebb; grumpygresh; lgjhn23; ClearCase_guy

To product antibiotics and other medicines China’s threatening to ‘hold back’ if we don’t dance to their effing ugly corrupt thuggy tune.

Good for Trump.

We don’t need to be dependent on China... Dems put us in this spot... for fun and profit and Trump’s gonna pull us out of the Chinese trap. Thank God for Trump and his team.


15 posted on 03/20/2020 9:32:34 AM PDT by GOPJ ( http://www.tinyurl.com/cvirusmap https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfeZlKu8M7A)
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To: conservative98

Chucky loves him some more government control. Like the true Marxist he is.


16 posted on 03/20/2020 9:35:28 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: GOPJ
Yep - kind of ironic when Trump initially stated he wanted to start bringing manufacturing back, the Dems scoffed and then tried to get in the way...now Pelosi is "demanding" he do what he promised and what she tried to stop.

I can also see Biden's initial reaction when Trump shut down travel to China, on Jan 31, calling it knee-jerk and xenophobic, being aired all over the place when the final showdown leading to 3 Nov gets underway...

17 posted on 03/20/2020 9:55:39 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

As they, the Dems, try to block everything the President does. They only get credit if they get out of the way and shut up.


18 posted on 03/20/2020 10:03:28 AM PDT by madison10
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To: trebb

“ saw a photo on Facebook ”.....say no more.


19 posted on 03/20/2020 10:12:15 AM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man, a subject.")
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To: yesthatjallen

He did it yesterday. Schumer wants credit...


20 posted on 03/20/2020 10:15:48 AM PDT by richardtavor
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