And he's STILL buying “masks” from dubious chinese “manafacturer”, BYD. (Reposting from other day)
Thursday, July 23, 2020 California is set to spend as much as $315 million on more face masks for the state. On Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom announced the deal with a Chinese based manufacturer BYD, which aims to protect social workers and first responders.
BYD:
Calif. Gov. Newsom Signs Billion Dollar Deal To Buy Faulty Chinese Masks Pearson Sharp’s Report https://youtu.be/9TggeM7YlKM
Back on April 18, 2020:
California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed a billion-dollar contract to import respirators from a Chinese company widely known for making faulty products.
BYD, which primarily manufactures electric vehicles, has no history whatsoever of making respirators or masks. According to health and safety experts, the company is notorious for supplying broken or faulty equipment to the United States, has deep ties to the Communist Party, and is suspected of using forced labor.
On February 7th, the company registered with the Chinese government to begin producing its own version of the N95 masks. The FDA previously denied them approval over quality concerns.
However, none of that stopped California’s governor from eagerly signing the contract to send 200 million of the questionable masks to hospitals across the state every month.
Industry watchdogs have called out BYD for years and warned that customers should be wary, including Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.). The lawmaker signed legislation banning the use of federal funds to buy buses from BYD. President Trump agreed and signed the ban into law in December.
Garamendi warned with this new contract, BYD could flood the market with “substandard devices,” which could very well end up costing lives.
The governor’s office hasn’t commented on whether or not they’re aware of BYD’s troubled track record, which included the sale of hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of faulty battery-powered buses to the city of Los Angeles.
The same Chinese masks Newsom purchased have already been rejected by countries in Europe, including the Netherlands. The country has recalled some 600,000 of the masks for being substandard or completely defective.
https://www.oann.com/calif-gov-newsom-signs-billion-dollar-contract-to-buy-masks-from-chinese-manufacturer-with-troubled-record/