Posted on 03/26/2020 11:04:15 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
SACRAMENTO - At first, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker tried to play nice. He limited criticisms of the federal government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic and asked for medical supplies through official channels.
But nothing came, so he went on television. The first-term Democrat blasted the Trump administration on Sunday on CNN for failing to help states obtain masks, gloves and other protective gear.
It got President Donald Trump’s attention. After a Twitter feud and some mudslinging (Pritzker compared Trump to a “carnival barker”), the two got on the phone Monday, and Trump promised Illinois 250,000 masks and 300 ventilators.
Facing an unprecedented public health crisis, governors are trying to get what they need from Washington, and fast. But often that means navigating the disorienting politics of dealing with Trump, an unpredictable president with a love for cable news and a penchant for retribution.
Republicans and Democrats alike are testing whether to fight or flatter, whether to back channel requests or go public, all in an attempt to get Trump’s attention and his assurances.
Underlying this political dance is Trump’s tendency to talk about the government as though it’s his own private business. The former real estate mogul often discusses government business like a transaction dependent on relationships or personal advantage, rather than a national obligation.
There’s no evidence that Trump has held up a governor’s request for assistance for personal or political reasons. Still aides say it’s understood that governors who say nice things about the federal response are more likely to be spared public criticism from the White House or threats of withheld assistance.
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Why not try doing your job in a professional manner?
Notice you have no trouble in communication between (R) governors and Trump. It’s always the (D)’s, as it always is.
Please bail us out - we spent our money on illegals
Really there are more parts to the US than just New York and California. You have New Yorkers fleeing to Florida and Arizona and taking the virus with them.
I’m sick of listening to people whine. We are all in this, not just New Yorkers and Californians.
Has Pritzger tried wearing the “Help us. We are dying?” T-shirt?
Trump has been the adult in the room here, reaching out to work with people who were calling him Hitler just three weeks ago.
NO $$$ for HYATT
F the traitor Pricksters
So … it's like a Quid Pro Quo?? it's understood that if you say nice things, you will be spared public criticism???? Can we impeach for that?
Are Dumbocrat governors really this ineffective? Who ever told Quomo and Putzker that the federal government would bail them out after they spent all of their tax money on pork and pixie dust?
The Ass Press wants us to believe that Pritzker the Hutt wasn’t political from the get-go...
Way to work together to help an ailing country AP- attacking the president with a nasty article- way to pull together- jerks!
The bottom line for the Dems is they want the Feds to act like Fascists so they don’t have to.
Every one of them a Nancy Pelosi mask.
Ding ding ding
But wait...a Democrats job is party above everything
Probably have a warehouse full of those in Puerto Rico
“Jelly Belly” doesn’t know the meaning of the word “Professional”. But then, to be fair, there are a lot of words he doesn’t know the meaning of.
Kathleen Ronanyne AND Jonathan Lemire are both Resistance.
‘Why not try doing your job in a professional manner?”
Governors cannot legitimately criticize President Trump about lack of medical supplies in their own state. It’s their own fault that they’re not prepared.
EXACTLY
U.S.S.A. United Socialist States of America lock down citizens, hold rest of republic HOSTAGE.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcsvE1zv1ek
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PROPAGANDISTS are essential.
ENEMIES domestic.
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