# Jared Kushner and Federal stockpiles
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-and-federal-stockpiles/851021
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [April 4, 2020, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-and-federal-stockpiles/851021 "2020-04-04T02:05:11Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-and-federal-stockpiles/851021/41 "2020-04-04T21:03:59Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#):
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> His main success, however, was being born to rich parents.
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> He’s like his father-in-law. He was born on third base and acts like he hit a triple.
Kevin Smith once said, about show business, that you fail upwards. I think we can apply that to politics and Trumpism, as well.
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### Author:  [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-and-federal-stockpiles/851021/42 "2020-04-04T21:05:37Z")
> [@kitap](#):
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> They’re going to dole it out to places that support Trump. Every other place can just die.
I’ve heard that it may be strategically distributed to swing states as the election nears.
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### Author:  [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-and-federal-stockpiles/851021/43 "2020-04-04T21:33:00Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#):
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> A touch? Donald Trump is the King Midas of incestuous lust:
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> [Don’t Forget: Donald Trump Wants to Bang His Daughter](http://www.cc.com/video-clips/73fxht/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-don-t-forget--donald-trump-wants-to-bang-his-daughter)
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> [Again, Don’t Forget: Donald Trump Wants to Bang His Daughter](http://www.cc.com/video-clips/qa0jdp/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-again--don-t-forget--donald-trump-wants-to-bang-his-daughter)
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> Stranger
We’re in the pit. Don’t pull any punches, you can say “fuck”. Donald Trump wants to FUCK his daughter. #daughterfucker
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### Author:  [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-and-federal-stockpiles/851021/44 "2020-04-04T21:41:09Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#):
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> We’re in the pit. Don’t pull any punches, you can say “fuck”. Donald Trump wants to FUCK his daughter. #daughterfucker
I was just referencing the titles of the videos. Of course Donald Trump doesn’t just want to fuck his daughter; he wants Ivanka to piss all over him while spanking him with a magazine that has his face on his cover. Paying a porn star who looks vaguely like his daughter to do that just wasn’t really satisfying enough.
Stranger
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### Author:  [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-and-federal-stockpiles/851021/45 "2020-04-05T00:37:55Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#):
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> …In the meantime, get back in line with the other peons, or you will be tasered.
“A _tasering!_. A _tasering!”_
“Yes! And when you’ve given us _all_ a good tasering…the _oral sex!”_
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### Author:  [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-and-federal-stockpiles/851021/46 "2020-04-06T12:13:16Z")
Why does Donald seemingly believe that Jared has superhuman abilities? Because Jared is the one guy in the planet (that we know of) that gets to do the one thing that Donald cannot but would love to do: fuck the living shit out of Ivanka.
He doesn’t know shit about any subject you can name. Things I have more trust in than Kushner’s abilities: Flint tap water, gas station sushi, Tom Brady inflating my tires, Taco Bell bathrooms, and Bill Cosby mixing me a drink.
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### Author:  [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2020, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-and-federal-stockpiles/851021/47 "2020-04-06T12:25:20Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#):
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> Why does Donald seemingly believe that Jared has superhuman abilities? Because Jared is the one guy in the planet (that we know of) that gets to do the one thing that Donald cannot but would love to do: fuck the living shit out of Ivanka.
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> He doesn’t know shit about any subject you can name. Things I have more trust in than Kushner’s abilities: Flint tap water, gas station sushi, Tom Brady inflating my tires, Taco Bell bathrooms, and Bill Cosby mixing me a drink.
😃 You got me at “gas station sushi”! God, thanks… I needed that laugh. (Woke up my dog.)
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### Author:  [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2020, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-and-federal-stockpiles/851021/48 "2020-04-06T12:26:20Z")
Just throwing this question out there: is **UltraVires** a worse lawyer than Kushner is a policy maker, or vice versa?
I say Kushner is worse. His incompetence is leading to more deaths.
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### Author:  [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-and-federal-stockpiles/851021/49 "2020-04-06T13:22:26Z")
Isn’t that more because of the venues they each act in and not because of the quality of their work?
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### Author:  [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-and-federal-stockpiles/851021/50 "2020-04-06T14:00:34Z")
> [@RitterSport](#):
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> Fuck you and your bullshit “token” comment, you misogynistic asshole.
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> Anyway, I think my favorite part was when Kushner said that the Federal stockpile was for federal use. The HHS website said it was specifically for the states. So, does Kushner issue a correction? Of course not! He’s a slimy asshole. Instead, they changed the HHS website, because we were always at war with Eastasia.
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> Here’s one of many cites:
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> [After Kushner says 'it's our stockpile,' HHS website changed to echo his comments on federal crisis role - ABC News](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/kushner-stockpile-hhs-website-changed-echo-comments-federal/story?id=69936411)
Serious question; did anyone follow up on his statement? (“You also have a situation where in some states, FEMA allocated ventilators to the states and you have instances where in cities they’re running out, but the state still has a stockpile and the notion of the federal stockpile was, it’s supposed to be our stockpile. It’s not supposed to be state stockpiles that they then use.”)
Who is “our” referring to? What is the stockpile for if not for use by the states?
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### Author:  [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-and-federal-stockpiles/851021/51 "2020-04-06T14:25:38Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> Serious question; did anyone follow up on his statement? (“You also have a situation where in some states, FEMA allocated ventilators to the states and you have instances where in cities they’re running out, but the state still has a stockpile and the notion of the federal stockpile was, it’s supposed to be our stockpile. It’s not supposed to be state stockpiles that they then use.”)
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> Who is “our” referring to? What is the stockpile for if not for use by the states?
It’s the Royal We (Our) as in _l’etat c’est moi_. They are favors to be bestowed on the favored.
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### Author:  [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-and-federal-stockpiles/851021/52 "2020-04-06T14:34:45Z")
Thank you for that speculation, but I wanted to know if someone actually pressed Kushner to find out what he meant.
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### Author:  [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-and-federal-stockpiles/851021/53 "2020-04-06T15:37:55Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> Thank you for that speculation, but I wanted to know if someone actually pressed Kushner to find out what he meant.
Someone asked that “nasty” question: [Coronavirus: Trump hits out at ‘nasty’ question](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-coronavirus-jared-kushner-stockpile-question-a9447366.html). Haven’t heard much from Kushner himself.
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### Author:  [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-and-federal-stockpiles/851021/54 "2020-04-06T15:56:19Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> Who is “our” referring to? What is the stockpile for if not for use by the states?
It is for the states whose governors have properly fȇted him, and not for states where governors have defied him like California with Weak Gavin Newsom or Michgan with Nasty Gretchen Whitmer, and certainly not for New York with Awful Andrew Cuomo. Florida, on the other hand, is getting everything they ask for because what we need right now is to fill the swamp.
Stranger
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### Author:  [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-and-federal-stockpiles/851021/55 "2020-04-06T16:14:36Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#):
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> Serious question; did anyone follow up on his statement? (“You also have a situation where in some states, FEMA allocated ventilators to the states and you have instances where in cities they’re running out, but the state still has a stockpile and the notion of the federal stockpile was, it’s supposed to be our stockpile. It’s not supposed to be state stockpiles that they then use.”)
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> Who is “our” referring to? What is the stockpile for if not for use by the states?
That’s what I want to know. It sure sounds like he’s saying it’s MINE MINE MINE. Not sure if any reporter has followed up on this. Kushie would probably refuse to answer. Are they planning to use it for DC only? I have a feeling they aren’t going to send any of it to Guam or PR.
trump is very determined that the states are on their own and the Fed is not meant to help them. So then “our” stockpile isn’t for the states is the way I take it.
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### Author:  [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-and-federal-stockpiles/851021/56 "2020-04-06T16:24:03Z")
To quote Trump’s recently pardoned brother in arms,
“I’ve got this thing [ventilators], and it’s fucking golden. I’m just not giving it up for fucking nothing.”
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### Author:  [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-and-federal-stockpiles/851021/57 "2020-04-06T16:31:27Z")
> [@Skypist](#):
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> That’s what I want to know. It sure sounds like he’s saying it’s MINE MINE MINE. Not sure if any reporter has followed up on this. Kushie would probably refuse to answer. Are they planning to use it for DC only? I have a feeling they aren’t going to send any of it to Guam or PR.
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> trump is very determined that the states are on their own and the Fed is not meant to help them. So then “our” stockpile isn’t for the states is the way I take it.
I think the calculation that Trump d’Orange and his dildo son-in-law came up with was that if the administration cannot supply a sufficient number of respirators to the states, it becomes the administration’s fault for having an insufficient stock pile on hand and being ill prepared. However, if it was never meant for the states, then the states should have been better prepared and the callous bastards get to wash their hands of the responsibility. That is the reason they have left the sourcing of the PPE’s and everything else to the states. Because they knew they’d be blamed when they failed to respond. I think they are counting on making this the states’ problem as giving them their plausible deniability.
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### Author:  [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-and-federal-stockpiles/851021/58 "2020-04-06T18:22:45Z")
> [@China\_Guy](#):
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> We can only hope that when trump is out of office, the corruption probes follow their logical conclusion to a court of law, then the slimy little toad will get his day in court.
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> I can’t find the quote, but the slimy little toad has only accomplished three things in life:
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> 1. was born in a wealthy family
> 2. married well
> 3. knows how to handle trump
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> Everything else has turned to shite.
The quote you are looking for is this NYT [article](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/opinion/jared-kushner-coronavirus.html?searchResultPosition=1)(possibly paywalled). You remembered it well: it’s catchy and true.
The more we will know about him, the more we will love to hate him. It’s in the family. In both of them. And I hope we will learn more and more about them all after this presidency. 😃
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### Author:  [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-and-federal-stockpiles/851021/59 "2020-04-06T18:30:02Z")
> [@Broomstick](#):
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> So… if all the shitty stockpiled stuff is being dumped on the states, and states are reporting they’re being outbid for new stuff by the Feds…
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> … where is all the good PPE and medical equipment going?
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> I’m beginning to think it’s all in a bunker somewhere for the Correct People to use while the world outside turns into a blasted wasteland. Or so the Oligarchs/Trumps/Kunshers/etc. think.
Milo Minderbinder has got his hand in there somewhere, I am sure.
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### Author:  [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)
#### Post date: [April 6, 2020, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-and-federal-stockpiles/851021/60 "2020-04-06T18:41:20Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#):
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> Milo Minderbinder has got his hand in there somewhere, I am sure.
“The syndicate makes the profit. And everybody has a share.”
Stranger
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