Trump: “We inherited a stockpile where the cupboards are bare.” This is not true. https://t.co/hdUsDOaHHA
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) April 13, 2020
Trump now repeating the “I inherited the broken system/empty cupboard” line about the National Medical Stockpile. Never mentions he’s had 38 months to refill it.
— Paul Farhi (@farhip) April 6, 2020
Jared Kushner said the national stockpile is “not supposed to be state stockpiles.” Here are the facts about how the stockpile is intended to help the states: https://t.co/4PPBoF7A4h pic.twitter.com/PunfzTxmPB
— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) April 6, 2020
and if anyone desires to read about what @lawhawk states, pls see following:https://t.co/Vgokr4HfVZ
— Hobbes (@shadowcaver) April 5, 2020
So, you know that story making the rounds that Obama depleted the pandemic prevention stockpile and didn't replenish it?
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) April 5, 2020
I'm sure you've seen that make the rounds.
from the thread above: “Turns out that the stockpile wasn’t replenished due to the Tea Party blocking Obama’s funding requests, coupled with sequestration and Budget Control Act that prevented a full replenishment.”
“Trump angrily defended the approach in his Friday news conference, his early sunny demeanor darkening as he was pressed on expected death rates and his son-in-law Jared Kushner’s comments suggesting the national stockpile is not intended for states” https://t.co/PWcKG0WdcA
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) April 4, 2020
Trump is now trying to blame Obama for the fact he didn't replenish the national stockpile of ventilators or masks during his first three years in office pic.twitter.com/RYKNJjTr1I
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 13, 2020
Susan Rice: "When the Obama Administration left office, we left the National Strategic Stockpile fully stocked." pic.twitter.com/yKOzFcRenc
— The Hill (@thehill) April 14, 2020
Sad! 