Trust me Cory, we will be seen as heroes...

According to Trump and his administration — They have maintained that FEMA’s authority would be used as a ‘back-up’ or supporting role for States

and that State Governors should acquire what they need for their own states. Fine.

Colorado’s Governor Jared Polis reported that after he secured 500 ventilators last week, FEMA came in and took the ventilators away from the state’s purchase.

Colorado was making a deal with a manufacturer for an order of much-needed ventilators when the Federal Emergency Management Agency swooped in and took it themselves, Gov. Jared Polis told CNN on Friday night… “We can’t compete against our own federal government,” Polis said. “So either work with us, or don’t do anything at all. But this middle ground where they’re buying stuff out from under us and not telling us what we’re going to get, that’s really challenging to manage our hospital surge and our safety of our health care workers in that kind of environment.”

So at first this looks like a screw up or mix up between the Federal government and the State, but then Cory Gardner went on Fox to praise the efforts of Trump to get Colorado 100 ventilators, without mentioning losing the other 400 ventilators our Governor had secured…

(Hat tip to Colorado Pols for their continuing coverage)

x ICYMI Ã¢ÂÂ¡Ã¯Â¸ÂI joined @AmericasNewsroom this morning to discuss the 100 ventilators Colorado will soon receive to combat #COVID19 and the steps weÃ¢ÂÂre taking to help small businesses through this pandemic. pic.twitter.com/0pa6x9eEh0 — Cory Gardner (@SenCoryGardner) April 8, 2020

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