As Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan negotiated receipt of 500,000 coronavirus tests from South Korea this spring, a domestic test distributor tried to sell the state a million or more federally authorized tests at less than two-thirds the price, according to emails between the distributor and a state health official.
Hogan (R) announced his acquisition in April as an “exponential, game-changing step forward” in the state’s coronavirus-fighting efforts. He has repeatedly described the purchase as an example of how Maryland took the initiative in responding to the pandemic in the face of inaction by the Trump administration.
In an essay adapted from his forthcoming book, “Still Standing,” that was published in The Washington Post on Thursday, Hogan wrote that he and his Korean-born wife, Yumi, arranged to buy the tests from South Korea because Maryland had “nowhere else to turn.”
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Yumi's relative's company.
ReplyDeleteHow did you find this story? The WaPo deleted it yesterday at noon and now denies that it exists.
ReplyDeleteAre we using the tests yet, or are they still locked up to keep the Federal govt from stealing them??
ReplyDeleteEVERYTIME this BOOB opens his mouth. It's a LIE Come on. We ALL knew from the beginning Hogan was a lying POS. He took Maryland taxpayers money to buy from a foreign country at a higher price. I wonder how much money he got sitting in a South Korean bank??
ReplyDeleteOne word, kickback.
ReplyDeletePoor Lockdown Larry it has already started the leftist media that adored you when you were bashing Trump has turned on you because they see you as a threat. Tisk, tisk, what a pity. That's ok, I am sure Mitt Romney will by your book, he wrote on too
ReplyDeleteOh boy..you clowms will jump in and drone on before learning any of the details, including those in this story
ReplyDeleteWell Einstein. Why don't you inform us?? But you won't. Because you're full of shit. Just like Hogan.
DeleteProof that Hogan, aka Hitler, cannot efficiently manage any government agency. Hogan is just another tax and spend Democrat without accountability.
ReplyDeleteWas this some of the money he stole from the Maryland State Employees Retirement Fund.
Buying non FDA approved test is totally incompetent as a Governor
Bye, bye Larry Hog.
ReplyDeleteMore Maryland tax dollars being squandered by an incompetent fool. How much longer do we have to wait to vote this idiot out of office/
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ReplyDeleteMore Maryland tax dollars being squandered by an incompetent fool. How much longer do we have to wait to vote this idiot out of office/
July 18, 2020 at 11:15 PM
Unless he runs for another position, he is done in 2022. There's a 2 term limit on Governor in Md.