“We’ve gotten very little help from the federal government,” Pritzker said on CNN. “It’s fine. I’ve given up on any promises that had been made. I hope something will get delivered from the federal government, but I don’t expect it anymore.”
Pritzker has pleaded with the federal government for additional aid as Illinois deals with a burgeoning number of coronavirus case.
He and Trump have engaged in a prolonged back-and-forth that has been characterized by a fierce disagreement over the White House’s efforts to combat the virus’s spread.
“There’s no way that we can stockpile in anticipation of a pandemic that no one anticipated, and yet the federal government is responsible for doing precisely that,” Pritzker said earlier this month.
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