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Built
around personal relationships, Kushner's task force was run
by his college roommate and Ivanka Trump's
former assistant. Rather than rely on
experienced public officials, the task force prioritized
private tips in a spreadsheet called "VIP Update," which included
two Republican dentists and a FOX News personality. The whole philosophy
of the task force was that the government
can't get things done and they thought
the private market could largely settle
this issue, but it was only once
they had tried and failed that they'd started to blame
other people and say, "Actually, this was your job
the whole time." You have instances where
in cities, they're running out, but the state
still has a stockpile
around personal relationships, Kushner's task force was run
by his college roommate and Ivanka Trump's
former assistant. Rather than rely on
experienced public officials, the task force prioritized
private tips in a spreadsheet called "VIP Update," which included
two Republican dentists and a FOX News personality. The whole philosophy
of the task force was that the government
can't get things done and they thought
the private market could largely settle
this issue, but it was only once
they had tried and failed that they'd started to blame
other people and say, "Actually, this was your job
the whole time." You have instances where
in cities, they're running out, but the state
still has a stockpile
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Built
around personal relationships,
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Kushner's task force was run
by his college roommate
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and Ivanka Trump's
former assistant.
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Rather than rely on
experienced public officials,
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the task force prioritized
private tips in a spreadsheet
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called "VIP Update,"
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which included
two Republican dentists
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and a FOX News personality.
00:00:20.586 --> 00:00:22.955
The whole philosophy
of the task force
00:00:22.988 --> 00:00:25.358
was that the government
can't get things done
00:00:25.392 --> 00:00:26.927
and they thought
the private market
00:00:26.096 --> 00:00:29.229
could largely settle
this issue,
00:00:29.262 --> 00:00:31.498
but it was only once
they had tried and failed
00:00:31.531 --> 00:00:33.467
that they'd started to blame
other people and say,
00:00:33.005 --> 00:00:36.169
"Actually, this was your job
the whole time."
00:00:36.201 --> 00:00:38.338
You have instances where
in cities, they're running out,
00:00:38.037 --> 00:00:39.906
but the state
still has a stockpile.
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Movie Summary
An in-depth look at how the United States government handled the response to the COVID-19 outbreak during the early months of the pandemic.
