Trump White House called to complain about tweet describing O'Hare airport chaos --

[turbinetree]

— and offered no help: Illinois governor

Published 1 min ago on March 15, 2020
By Tom Boggioni

Appearing on Meet the Press, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzer (D) said the only response he got from the White House about his Twitter accusation about travelers being stuck in O’Hare airport awaiting health checks was a complaint from an unnamed staffer — and no offer of help.

Speaking with host Chuck Todd, the lawmaker called out the White House which caused the mess by not staffing up DGS employees after the president declared a travel halt involving Europe.

“I got a call at about 11:00 last night after that tweet from a White House staffer who yelled at me about the tweet. That is what I got,” he explained. “Now, we’ve been talking to Customs and Border Patrol officials directly on the ground at O’Hare. I’ve been working with the mayor and our senators to make sure we’re getting the federal government to pay attention to this problem because we can’t have it happen all day today.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/trump-white-house-called-to-complain-about-tweet-describing-ohare-airport-chaos-and-offered-no-help-illinois-governor/

[beachbumbob]

1. our Gov Pritzker will take NO SHIT from the idiot in the whitehouse

[babylonsister]

14. It's nice to have an effective governor, I bet.

I live in FL so I wouldn't know.

[beachbumbob]

27. we are florida and trying to get back home this week in our RV before this shit gets real

Priztker hammering got Feds to double up on staff TODAY

[gratuitous]

26. Trump's probably all confused

"The governor of Illinois said that after I pardoned him?!"

[malaise]

2. Time for Don the Con to be removed from office

He has to go

[rzemanfl]

3. Is he of the billionaire Pritzkers? n/t

[jimfields33]

6. Yep

[rzemanfl]

8. Thanks. DU is faster than Google. n/t

[jimfields33]

10. Lol. As a collective we are great!!!

[rzemanfl]

13. My favorite story about that is-

Around a decade ago, I asked "80's singer, white guy, sounded black, facial hair, what was his name?" Within minutes someone responded "Grayson Hugh."

[jimfields33]

18. That's amazing.

[nolabear]

19. My fave example was the Boston Bomber case.

Some DU member literally had us linked I. Real time to the police scanner as they pursued him until they realized they were being listened to by those in the know and switched channels. It was astounding to know far more than the news stations that were covering it.

[rzemanfl]

20. Missed that one. n/t

[turbinetree]

7. Yes he is.........................

Jay Robert "J. B." Pritzker is an American businessman, philanthropist, and politician serving as the 43rd Governor of Illinois. He is a private business owner based in Chicago and a managing partner and co-founder of the Pritzker Group, and a member of the Pritzker family which owns the Hyatt hotel chain.

[rzemanfl]

9. Thanks. n/t

[turbinetree]

21. Your welcome..................

[Tink41]

15. Billionaire or not

Having press conferences everyday to update and keep people informed. Like an Adult, unlike who currently resides as leader of free world. Pritzker has taken into account and made moves to assist trades unions affected by this. Thousands of man hours lost in the last 3 weeks.

[dalton99a]

4. He should identify the White House staffer

[drray23]

5. If I had been a governor and gotten a call like that

From some low level White House staffer yelling at me for their own incompetence, you can be sure I would have told them to fuck off. Hopefully that's what the governor did.

[greenjar_01]

17. Calling them out on the Sundays is the political version of fuck off

[underpants]

11. All they care about is image and perception

Well tough luck, you all royally screwed the pooch and everyone knows it.

[muriel_volestrangler]

22. Who coulda known a man whose career was about image and perception

rather than building successful businesses that don't go bankrupt, get sued, found racist, stiff their suppliers etc. would have been an active hindrance in an emergency???

Well, nearly 66 million Hillary voters knew, of course. Plus the rest of the world (I mean, Putin knew it too - that was rather his point. Choose the doofus, and watch the USA collapse).

[underpants]

23. No follow up

It has always been about the new project for him. The new BIG GREAT THING.

at one point he only controlled 5% of his endeavors. The banks took them back and managed them. This is why the banks stopped lending to him. At least here.

[LessAspin]

12. Nothing.....

to see here.

Link to tweet

[LessAspin]

16. Trump's infectious disease 'Petri Dish'

Chris Hayes with the perfect description of the scene at O'Hare...

Link to tweet

[underpants]

24. Holy crap!

That's white people!

[spanone]

25. Incompetence from the top to bottom. Criminal negligence.

When all he has is reality show, people die.