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<blockquote data-quote="fishtm2001" data-source="post: 4465990" data-attributes="member: 54375"><a href="https://www.motherjones.com/advertising/" target="_blank">Advertise with Mother Jones</a><img src="https://www.motherjones.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20200425-trump-face-2000.jpg?w=990" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Michael Reynolds/ZumaFor indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to <a href="https://www.motherjones.com/newsletters/?mj_oac=Article_Top_Covid" target="_blank">Mother Jones&#039; newsletters</a>.President Donald Trump was up early Saturday morning taking credit for sending a few ventilators to Colorado and thanking all the people in the state who allegedly sent him “thank you” notes for his benevolence. He also tagged Sen. Cory Gardner, a Republican up for a tough reelection race this year, who he has previously credited for helping with the ventilator acquisition.But as the <a href="https://www.denverpost.com/2020/04/09/coronavirus-editorial-trump-gardner-polis-supplies/" target="_blank">Denver Post has pointed out</a>, thanks to Trump, the state actually got 400 fewer ventilators than it would have if the administration hadn’t meddled in its procurement process.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fishtm2001, post: 4465990, member: 54375"] [URL='https://www.motherjones.com/advertising/']Advertise with [I]Mother Jones[/I][/URL] [IMG]https://www.motherjones.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20200425-trump-face-2000.jpg?w=990[/IMG] Michael Reynolds/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to [URL='https://www.motherjones.com/newsletters/?mj_oac=Article_Top_Covid']Mother Jones' newsletters[/URL]. President Donald Trump was up early Saturday morning taking credit for sending a few ventilators to Colorado and thanking all the people in the state who allegedly sent him “thank you” notes for his benevolence. He also tagged Sen. Cory Gardner, a Republican up for a tough reelection race this year, who he has previously credited for helping with the ventilator acquisition. But as the [URL='https://www.denverpost.com/2020/04/09/coronavirus-editorial-trump-gardner-polis-supplies/'][I]Denver Post[/I] has pointed out[/URL], thanks to Trump, the state actually got 400 fewer ventilators than it would have if the administration hadn’t meddled in its procurement process. [/QUOTE]

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