He’s using it to support Republican politicians. The most obvious example is Colorado. This is wrong. It should be based on need. Everything is political to Trump.
President Trump has made a show of giving vulnerable Republican lawmakers the equipment their states need to fight the virus, and some Democrats are crying foul https://t.co/lq1h3xK2hR
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) April 16, 2020
Distributing life saving equipment based on electoral politics is really dark. https://t.co/OHL9eamuWw
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) April 8, 2020
How is this not impeachable, or even criminal? How? https://t.co/E0mbe3xIyW
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) April 5, 2020
After states were told to procure their own ventilators, Colorado ordered 500, but FEMA cancelled the order to buy them itself. THEN Trump says CO can have 100 “at the request of Sen. Gardner”, a politically endangered Republican. Fmr. Gov. @Hickenlooper joins me @TheLastWord 10p
— Ali Velshi (@AliVelshi) April 11, 2020
This is some fucked up shit right here. https://t.co/CJWdzbVXmq
— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) April 11, 2020
Trump's tweet about "immediately sending 100 Ventilators to Colorado at the request of Senator Gardner!" seemed innocuous on its face. But the backstory illustrates how he's turned live-saving medical gear into a form of patronage. https://t.co/IVA8BHDyxY
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 10, 2020
First it was Colorado's Cory Gardner. Now, another vulnerable GOP senator gets to brag to her constituents that she secured ventilators from the president: https://t.co/Z0QD7H3Vaj
— Blake News (@blakehounshell) April 10, 2020
Sad! 