Lockdown Larry
Posted on 11/22/2020 4:42:36 PM PST by conservative98
Coronavirus tests ordered by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan in April from South Korea turn out to have been flawed, and were never used.
The media celebrated Maryland’s Republican governor as a hero in April — and a contrast to President Donald Trump — after he directed his state to buy 500,000 coronavirus tests from South Korea, greeting the delivery in person at the airport.
The New York Times reported that Hogan had decided to act after being “frustrated” by the Trump administration’s alleged lack of progress on testing. Hogan also enjoyed glowing coverage from NPR. The Associated Press hailed his South Korea-born wife as a “rock star” for her reported role in securing the tests.
But it later emerged that the tests were not being used, and that Hogan had paid for the same tests that U.S. manufacturers were offering for 20%-30% less.
On Friday, the Washington Post reported that the tests were a failure — and one that Hogan tried to cover up:
"Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) spent $9.46 million in state funding to import 500,000 coronavirus tests from South Korea that turned out to be flawed and weren’t used, emails, documents and interviews show.
As it became clear that the much-touted tests could not help detect which Maryland residents had contracted the novel coronavirus, the Hogan administration quietly paid the same South Korean company $2.5 million for 500,000 replacement tests."
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Hogan and his top health and procurement officials withheld the tests’ flaws from the legislature, state spending authorities and the public, according to a review of public testimony and hundreds of pages of emails and other records.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Report: Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, Anti-Trump Hero, Paid for Flawed Coronavirus Tests from South Korea https://t.co/PHV7euutVb via @BreitbartNews. This RINO will never make the grade. Hogan is just as bad as the flawed tests he paid big money for!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 22, 2020
Fat rat bastard rino.
*spit!*
Uncle Fester - bump for later....
Hogan will be first of many evil/rotten governors doing this B$!
“On Friday, the Washington Post reported that the tests were a failure — and one that Hogan tried to cover up:
“Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) spent $9.46 million in state funding to import 500,000 coronavirus tests from South Korea that turned out to be flawed and weren’t used, emails, documents and interviews show.
As it became clear that the much-touted tests could not help detect which Maryland residents had contracted the novel coronavirus, the Hogan administration quietly paid the same South Korean company $2.5 million for 500,000 replacement tests.”
…
Hogan and his top health and procurement officials withheld the tests’ flaws from the legislature, state spending authorities and the public, according to a review of public testimony and hundreds of pages of emails and other records.
Larry Hogan’s latest is crowing about some major award his wife got for wasting taxpayer money with no oversight of the legislature.
He’s an embarrassment and needs to be investigated. But the Karen’s around here just love him because he cares or something.
They are actually begging for a full shutdown. Begging.
Old old news
Asian wife-pretty smart. Frumpy fella. How does he get the women’s vote? Do they feel sorry for him?
Hogan’s Zeroes.
Who was the low bidder on that contract?
Hogan is a 1st class backstabbing douchebag!
Mail order bride or spy!
Its okay. Lockdown Larry will just raise the tolls on the ICC and I-95 to pay for it.
Larry is trying to climb the ladder and position himself for a run for the Presidency in 2024.... SCREW THAT!
Got to admit she’s cute!
Or possibly a recently released felon who he met on an inmate dating website? #lifeafterlockup
He is such a fat buffoon.
Neither of these toadstools can stand up to what the democrat media plans to dish on any Republican candidate.
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