While the Trump administration is sending out supplies from the Strategic National Stockpile, that hasn't been nearly enough and a nationwide shortage persists. Last month, President Trump told governors to find their own supplies and that the federal government is not"a shipping clerk."to help alleviate the supply crunch by bringing in more supplies from outside of the U.S. more quickly.
"There were some — a few standouts that we were concerned about, which was Vermont, New Hampshire, Idaho, and Montana," Birx said at a press briefing this week."These were micro-outbreaks that occurred due to ski events, weddings, and nursing homes." That's left Montana scrambling to find basic medical supplies elsewhere. And like many other states, it's forced to pay exorbitant prices to get them. For example, surgical masks that used to cost $1 each are now being sold for five times that."I was happy to bid up to almost five bucks a mask to try to get a supply into Montana," Bullock said."I had one order probably two weeks ago that I was paying six bucks a mask that ended up canceled.
Steve Bullock is destroying the great state of Montana! Steve’s only talking point is orange man bad, when in fact Bullock is bad for Montana.
NPR is wrong. Montana’s Democrat only wants them for Govt employees not citizens
Bullocks full of shit
Still waiting on shipments from China, I guess.
Canadian gov mobilized business and in Ontario (once a manufacturing mecca before NAFTA) has already begun to deliver on Can-made PPE, ramping up will only increase. The US gov has zero competence other than the indomitable Dr.Fauci.
Someone wants to buy 50000 masks?
Yes, no critical need in Montana
This administration and the corrupt GOP are looting the country during a pandemic! If this gets bad enough heads have to roll!
NCcountrygirl10 all governors need to say what they requested and what they actually got then maybe the reporters will grow a spine and confront trump with the facts
It’s need based. Other states need them more. I want hand sanitizer, but I can’t get any. We all want things, but things are scarce goods.
That’s further evidence of the complete lack of national strategy thanks to the VSG (Very Stable Genius)
Speak truth to power.
So glad to see the replies to NPR 'stories' taking a turn to the skeptical. NY governor demands 40000 ventilators. Did that turn out to be a legitimate request or just part of the 'resistance'? Things are improving but you'll see media outlets, and sources who wish they weren't
V.O.T.E.
This story is no longer accurate. SteveDaines confirmed the shipment of the remaining 68,000 face masks last night and they arrived in MT today. - please update. 👇🏼
Then maybe you should have your own stockpile state government and hospitals.
These governors and Mayors have failed their people, now trying to blame the federal govt for their shortcomings!
Trump retaliating ...
Oh and it should be noted: Montana governor is a Democrat and North Dakota governor is a Republican.
If the Obama/Biden administration had restocked the strategic national stockpile after H1N1, your state would have received more supplies.
So, some people aren’t getting masks and are possibly getting sick and maybe dying because a few “opportunist” want to make a bigger profit? If that doesn’t highlight a broken system I don’t know what does.
You might reconsider your support for his majesty lord orange 45..
“North Dakota Nice” in action. 👍🏻
California needs to stop paying so much in taxes to the feds GavinNewsom
We all know who is going to take credit.
All just part of the plan to blame democratic governors for either the failure of the economy or the sky high death toll.
get everyone out there to start making masks.....
Meanwhile the president is patting himself on the back for the great job he thinks he’s doing on managing supplies.
Perhaps he needs to pucker up more. ClusterTrump
so much for being 'United' states. US has turn into trash money hungry leaders who could careless about humanity. because in true Factual ways they care about these fake paper money when the world ends money is worthless. COVIDー19
Isn’t that what the states that aren’t being hit hard doing?.....why didn’t they have their reserves filled? What did they do with that money?
Montana has 384 cases and they want 80,000 masks
Maybe ask South Dakota next time.. We're not the Shipping Clerks and the supply is 'y' in 'our' supply.. BeingNiceToMeGetsSomePile
Obviously he didn’t know that our Country already gave China PPE and didn’t RESTOCK for us!!!
That's because our government sold them to foreign countries like China.
The governor needs to bow down and kiss Trump's butt to get his desired number of masks.
Really Steve what are you gonna do with 80,000 facemasks
Has anyone received anything from the Federal Government? I think the Trumps have made the worlds largest fort made out of Ppe.
T Montana has less the 400 cases.
Clearly the Governor's error was not heaping praise on the Orange Emperor in a timely manner.
Rtreatwilliams Maybe he should tackle someone and brandish his gun. It garner him some notice.
stockpiling for red states
Idiot
So what we are saying is 'Trump doesn't know right from wrong '.......could be a song in there !
Let's see. Bullock is a Democrat. He might have better luck talking to west coast president Newsom.
clustertrump TrumpLiesPeopleDie
Ruthless killings and deaths in the name of Republican politics? We'll just add that to the lies, hate, cheating, racism, cover-ups, downplay, slow response, and pure stupidity the proud Trump administration and supporters defend and encourage. TrumpSupportersGuiltyToo
“The Trump Administration says” is always followed by a lie.
Gdad1 Well tRump has mortgages
You don’t mention how many cases they have in all of Montana. It is 354 cases for the entire state. 6 deaths in total for the entire state. That context is important. Perhaps some of those resources are better used in areas where they have 10 times the numbers of cases or deaths
Bullock is a joke.
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Remember this Montana come November.
16,0000 Americans have died from a virus. 17 million have lost their jobs. Trump is tweeting about ratings, and the stock market. He is not Presidential. He is not humane. He is not manly. Like the virus, He is not even human. As I have written here:
Montana is a dark Red state isn't it?
tRUmp America 2020: about 750 NYC residents are now dying from COVID-19 each day. TrumpBurialPits
did he quid pro quo? There you go.
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