Pritzker Says States Are Competing for Supplies

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker told CNN that inaction by the federal government has forced state governments to compete “against each other” for coronavirus supplies.

Said Pritzker: “We’re all competing against each other. This should have been a coordinated effort by the federal government and the National Defense Authorization that the president has to essentially push this manufacturing, really hasn’t gone into effect in any way… It’s a wild West out there. And, indeed, we are overpaying, I would say, for because of that competition.”