The Claim:
The empty stockpile is Obama's fault.
The Truth:
U.S. exports of masks *to* China rose from $1.4 million in Jan/Feb last year, to $17.6 million in Jan/Feb of this year. Roughly 35 million masks were sold to China.
That's a retail price of about $0.50 per mask.
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Earlier this month, the U.S. Government placed over $110 million in mask orders - with just four companies who haven't held prior government contracts, and don't manufacture masks. These orders were for a total of just under 19 million masks.
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That's a retail price of more than $5.75 per mask.
So our world's greatest deal maker "America first" president blames Obama for leaving the stockpile empty.
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But in January, while staring down the barrel of a pandemic, we sold 35 million masks to China for $17 million, only to pay unvetted middlemen to sell half of them back to us for $110 million.
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One of those orders has been canceled and another has been delayed, because the vendors can't find masks.
And don't even get me started on the $27.2 million in ventilators we exported in February.
Everything Trump tells you is a lie.
END/ #LiarInChief
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