FEMA Diverted Masks From Veterans Hospitals, VA Official Says | Talking Points Memo

The Federal Emergency Management Agency diverted masks from veterans hospitals and into the government’s emergency stockpile, the executive in charge of the Department of Veterans Affairs claimed Saturday.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1306001

I’d love to know more about the system for prioritizing deliveries ahead of hospitals actively treating Covid patients.
In fact, I’m sure there’re a lot of folks here in NY who’d love to learn about it. That, and the 5,000,000 test a day/week or whatever.

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“Hoss Pittull? No…I don’t know him…”

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And he apparently doesn’t know the right people, anyway, regardless of his self-perceived ‘need.’

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“Nobody loves vets more than me!”

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The face masks are needed by podiatrists checking for bone spurs.

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I wish there were a system. Instead, it’s just Jared and his fool of a father-in-law.

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So much so, it doesn’t matter if they’re living or dead, alive or dying…

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Trump heard the VA hospitals had POW’s and he does not like those that get caught.

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Cadet Bone Spurs doesn’t give a damn about veterans.

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against a Long Island man accused of price-gouging and hoarding supplies.

Listen, just because Queens is technically part of LI, it doesn’t mean you can call the Murderer-in-Chief – born and bred in Queens – “a Long Island man.”

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Or anybody but himself for that matter

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Well, he might gave a damn about Ivanka. Although I’m not sure that “having the hots for” and “giving a damn” are the same thing.

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This article dosen’t say where but I know my appointments here in Jersey have all been pushed back,can’t say its for the reasons stated in the article,but I think it’s more of a priority situation which I can understand.

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Fools everywhere are insulted by being compared to the Murderer-in-Chief.

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“And in an interview with The Washington Post, FEMA’s Executive in Charge Richard Stone pointed the finger at FEMA.”

TPM’s article needs an edit.

The WP article reads

“Richard Stone, executive in charge of the sprawling Veterans Health Administration.”

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And is the military still generally viewed as “Pro-Trump?”

If so, why?

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Masks going into the National Emergency Stockpile eh? Sounds like political patronage to me. "Be nice to “the donald” and he will let you have a couple masks. But do not speak to him about testing any veterans. That is not daddy trump’s problem.

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And under no circumstances mention hydroxychloroquine, Lysol or Clorox cuz daddy trump said from the beginning that all of those “cures” were just a joke. And get that quacking duck outta here.

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Because the Demon-rats are all commies, and the Stable Genius has restored the US’s “swagger” after cowering in the corner during the Reign of Error of the Scary Black Man.

At least, I think he was cowering in the corner.

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You haven’t been paying attention. Jared Kushner has been cornering all the PPE and testing supplies, diverting it to private distributors who then sell it to the highest bidder among the states.

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