L.A. Times Reports Democrat Jerry Brown Cut California’s Ventilator Stockpile, Mobile Hospitals

Can we just go ahead and build a wall around this third world state of America we call California?

California Democrats are so busy funding abortion and illegals but mismanage the essentials.

Super.

Breitbart reported:

The Los Angeles Times reported Friday that former California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) sold or gave away the state’s stockpile of ventilators and mobile hospital units, which had been created by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R).

The reason: the last recession, which hollowed out state finances in Schwarzenegger’s final years in office, meant Brown had to cut spending.

Individual states are so eager to blame Trump for a shortage of necessary supplies, when in reality, it is the fault of the state authority figures for lacking them and failing to restore them accordingly.

Now, many California hospitals are being forced to ration their inadequate supply of N95 masks, and hospitals are rushing to rent ventilators in anticipation of a severe shortage as COVID-19 caseloads grow.

At its height, the state’s stockpile held more than 50 million N95 respirators, but without continued funding, that supply dwindled. Some were used during California’s wildfires and not replaced, and others went past their expiration date. As the coronavirus arrived in California, that supply was down to 21 million.

What exactly happened to the 2,400 ventilators isn’t clear. Several dealers who buy and sell used medical equipment said they recall many of California’s ventilators ended up being resold by hospitals and nursing homes to other dealers, who then likely shipped them out of the United States.

Shoot, even Jerry Brown joked about building a wall around California in 2016, contingent on Trump winning the election.

… it’s been a few years, what’s the hold up? You could have been collecting the poo off the streets, hardening and shaping them accordingly, and voilà, there’s your self-funded wall.

Congratulations.