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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.
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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.
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posted on
04/16/2020 8:13:15 AM PDT
by
AT7Saluki
To: AT7Saluki
Half of them will be defective and unusable.
L
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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.)
To: AT7Saluki
Plus...Pritziker gets his “cut”
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posted on
04/16/2020 8:17:00 AM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(Anyone tired of the Chinese Fire Drill (tm) yet???)
To: Lurker
the other half defective and they won’t know it
To: AT7Saluki
If he gets away with that what’s to prevent charter planes from flying back illegals, too?
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posted on
04/16/2020 8:20:27 AM PDT
by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
To: AT7Saluki
Yes check them Italy got some and they had the virus on them.
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posted on
04/16/2020 8:20:52 AM PDT
by
IC Ken
(Stop making stupid people famous)
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.
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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.")
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?
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posted on
04/16/2020 8:22:54 AM PDT
by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
To: AT7Saluki
Violating OPSEC is first choice among democrats.
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posted on
04/16/2020 8:22:56 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
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.
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posted on
04/16/2020 8:23:45 AM PDT
by
Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: AT7Saluki
Sounds like smuggling to me. CBP needs to step in.
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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?)
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.
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posted on
04/16/2020 8:30:18 AM PDT
by
srmanuel
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.
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posted on
04/16/2020 8:30:24 AM PDT
by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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.
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posted on
04/16/2020 8:44:15 AM PDT
by
USS Alaska
(NUKE THE MOOSELIMB, TERRORISTS, NOW!)
To: AT7Saluki
The FAA might have something to say about this.
L
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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.)
To: piasa
If he gets away with that whats 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.
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posted on
04/16/2020 8:49:28 AM PDT
by
usurper
( version)
To: AT7Saluki
LOL - will any of the masks and gloves work?
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posted on
04/16/2020 8:50:43 AM PDT
by
RightGeek
(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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.
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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.")
To: USS Alaska
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posted on
04/16/2020 8:52:26 AM PDT
by
petitfour
(APPEAL TO HEAVEN)
To: AT7Saluki
We track all flights....a couple of F18s would stop this charade quickly....
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posted on
04/16/2020 8:59:27 AM PDT
by
Hogblog
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