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Pritzker says secret charter flights to China needed to keep feds from seizing medical supplies
The Center Square ^ | 4/15/20 | Kevin Bessler

Posted on 04/16/2020 8:13:15 AM PDT by AT7Saluki

Gov. J.B. Pritzker defended his decision Wednesday to arrange for two charter flights to transport millions of masks and gloves from China to Illinois to bolster the state's limited supply of personal protective equipment as it responds to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The flights, which cost about $1.7 million, were listed in a new state comptroller portal that tracks state spending on the public health crisis.

Details of the fights are being kept secret out of fear President Donald Trump's administration might seize the cargo, Pritzker said.

“It is true that the federal government seems to be interrupting supplies that are being sent elsewhere in the nation, so I wanted to make sure we received what we ordered,” the governor said Wednesday.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: 2020election; chicago; china; corruption; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; election2020; flight; gloves; illinois; jbpritzker; masks; mediawingofthednc; partisanmediashills; ppe; presstitutes; prickpritzker; pritzker; smearmachine; smuggling
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Illinois (Crook county) elected a gem.
1 posted on 04/16/2020 8:13:15 AM PDT by AT7Saluki
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To: AT7Saluki

Half of them will be defective and unusable.

L


2 posted on 04/16/2020 8:14:16 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: AT7Saluki

Plus...Pritziker gets his “cut”


3 posted on 04/16/2020 8:17:00 AM PDT by goodnesswins (Anyone tired of the Chinese Fire Drill (tm) yet???)
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To: Lurker

the other half defective and they won’t know it


4 posted on 04/16/2020 8:17:02 AM PDT by rigelkentaurus
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To: AT7Saluki

If he gets away with that what’s to prevent charter planes from flying back illegals, too?


5 posted on 04/16/2020 8:20:27 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: AT7Saluki

Yes check them Italy got some and they had the virus on them.


6 posted on 04/16/2020 8:20:52 AM PDT by IC Ken (Stop making stupid people famous)
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To: AT7Saluki
Given our readiness and response time in manufacturing out the outbreak of WW2, it's hard to believe we're like blind men stumbling in the dark trying to find PPE.

Trillions to our enemies? But no money to make PPE?

This is like a Greek Tragedy.

7 posted on 04/16/2020 8:21:23 AM PDT by LouAvul ("Little by little, the look of the country changes because of the men we admire.")
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To: AT7Saluki
Gov. J.B. Pritzker defended his decision Wednesday to arrange for two charter flights to transport millions of masks and gloves from China to Illinois to bolster the state's limited supply of personal protective equipment

Which begs the question, "Why was Gov. Pritzker's state so short of supplies?

8 posted on 04/16/2020 8:22:54 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: AT7Saluki

Violating OPSEC is first choice among democrats.


9 posted on 04/16/2020 8:22:56 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: LouAvul

Given our readiness and response time in manufacturing out the outbreak of WW2, it’s hard to believe we’re like blind men stumbling in the dark trying to find PPE.
Trillions to our enemies? But no money to make PPE?

****

Our manufacturing capability in just about every aspect has been shipped overseas to China lock, stock and barrel.

This was not an accident.
This was not an unintended consequence.


10 posted on 04/16/2020 8:23:45 AM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: AT7Saluki

Sounds like smuggling to me. CBP needs to step in.


11 posted on 04/16/2020 8:29:18 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: AT7Saluki

Ask yourself, why is that only Illinois is having this issue, NY, CA, LA, and Michigan all have similar or worse outbreaks and they somehow got the needed supplies.

We know Illinois is corrupt beyond comprehension, but this Governor in particular is making a political statement and grandstanding in the most despicable way.


12 posted on 04/16/2020 8:30:18 AM PDT by srmanuel
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To: LouAvul

I knew a guy who worked in Chicago as a project manager... the job? He worked for a company that was disassembling Illinois factories and sending the machinery to China. The only concern of the government and union leaders a/k/a mob involved in the takedown was demanding their cut.


13 posted on 04/16/2020 8:30:24 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: AT7Saluki
Details of the fights are being kept secret out of fear President Donald Trump's administration might seize the cargo, Pritzker said.

He worried that Trump will seize his coke stash coming in from overseas.

14 posted on 04/16/2020 8:44:15 AM PDT by USS Alaska (NUKE THE MOOSELIMB, TERRORISTS, NOW!)
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To: AT7Saluki

The FAA might have something to say about this.

L


15 posted on 04/16/2020 8:48:51 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: piasa
If he gets away with that what’s to prevent charter planes from flying back illegals, too?

I don't care who chartered the plane or where its going, it still has to be inspected by Customs and Border Protection when it lands in the US.

Failure to do so could result in the seizure of the aircraft and its content.

16 posted on 04/16/2020 8:49:28 AM PDT by usurper ( version)
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To: AT7Saluki

LOL - will any of the masks and gloves work?


17 posted on 04/16/2020 8:50:43 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: piasa; Grimmy
Like I said, a Greek Tragedy.

Seriously, if liberals aren't awakened to the insanity of liberal politicians by now (anti-gunners; open borders; globalism), I doubt the United States will last for another fifty years.

18 posted on 04/16/2020 8:52:08 AM PDT by LouAvul ("Little by little, the look of the country changes because of the men we admire.")
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To: USS Alaska

Maybe Fentanyl


19 posted on 04/16/2020 8:52:26 AM PDT by petitfour (APPEAL TO HEAVEN)
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To: AT7Saluki

We track all flights....a couple of F18s would stop this charade quickly....


20 posted on 04/16/2020 8:59:27 AM PDT by Hogblog
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