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Illinois Gov. Pritzker Secretly Bought Medical Supplies From China. And The White House Is Not Happy.

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BETAThis is a BETA experience. You may opt-out by&nbsp;Apr 18, 2020,New!Got it!The White House issued a sharp rebuke Saturday to Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, who spent over $1.7 million on flights bringing medical supplies from China in secret—out of fear the Trump administration would seize the cargo for the federal stockpile.Reports first emerged earlier this week that Illinois was “” getting PPE and other medical supplies shipped from China in order to avoid interference from the federal government.The Chicago-Sun Times Pritzker’s China flight payments, citing a source familiar with the matter who said that the governor didn’t want to release details “because we’ve heard reports of Trump trying to take PPE in China and when it gets to the United States.”In an that tracks all of the state’s coronavirus-related spending, released by the Illinois State Comptroller on Tuesday, there are two payments of $888,275 each, listed as “aircraft charter flight to Shanghai, China for COVID-19 response.”“We’ve had to search the entire globe to find what we need. Shipping is very difficult,” Pritzker reporters at a briefing on Wednesday, after his office confirmed the original reports a day earlier.He said that because “the federal government seems to be interrupting supplies that are being sent elsewhere in the nation” he “wanted to make sure that we received what we ordered,” and also told CNN that he had&nbsp; “” on receiving help from the Trump administration.White House deputy press secretary Judd Deere responded, RealClearPolitics that Pritzker, “through ignorance or incompetence or a propensity to politicize everything,” was wrong, and that the administration had been providing Illinois with resources.&nbsp;(Forbes)(Forbes)(Forbes)(Forbes)(Chicago Sun-Times)&nbsp;or&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;

BETAThis is a BETA experience. You may opt-out by&nbsp;Apr 18, 2020,New!Got it!The White House issued a sharp rebuke Saturday to Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, who spent over $1.7 million on flights bringing medical supplies from China in secret—out of fear the Trump administration would seize the cargo for the federal stockpile.Reports first emerged earlier this week that Illinois was “” getting PPE and other medical supplies shipped from China in order to avoid interference from the federal government.The Chicago-Sun Times Pritzker’s China flight payments, citing a source familiar with...

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