Posted on 04/02/2020 8:34:25 PM PDT by Revel
The head of Florida's Division of Emergency Management has accused U.S. mask manufacturer 3M of shipping the critical protective equipment to foreign countries who outbid U.S. buyers -- even as hospitals and state officials desperately scramble to secure N95 protective masks for healthcare workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic.
Jared Moskowitz told "Tucker Carlson Tonight" Thursday that he discovered that 3M distributors were prioritizing foreign buyers after they refused to sell him the essential equipment.
"For the last several weeks, we have had a boiler room chasing down 3M authorized distributors [and] brokers representing that they sell the N95 masks, only get to warehouses that are completely empty," Moskowitz said. "[We are] being told that our shipments are on cargo planes and the flights don't even appear. We are chasing ghosts. I just decided to turn up the heat and tell people what is actually happening in the N95 mask space."
Moskowitz claimed to have reached out to many 3M authorized distributors in the United States to confirm his suspicions, and said he was shocked to find American companies quietly partnering with foreign buyers at a time of national crisis.
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What is going unsaid here is the it is the bureaucracy that is causing this issue. They are saying that other countries are getting preference because they are paying cash. My guess is that they are getting promises from state governments that cant process the purchases in short order.
Not saying it is right but cash talks BS walks.
“I hope he is pissed enough to cause others to pay really, really close attention.”
one would think so, particularly after he DPAed GM first,who instantly caved ... but one never knows just how arrogant and ignorant some of those CEOs really are ...
Of course 3M’s CEO has already come out on the morning show saying the allegation is “Absurd”. Excuses to follow at 6.
I don’t like the way Trump tweets these things but I can’t remember when he did and was wrong.
Yup! :-)
Other countries are coming with 'cash'... that comment was on Tucker last night. Anyone wonder what that might mean? /s
3M is selling to all critical industries.
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