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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she has 'serious questions' about the national strategic stockpile needed to fight the coronavirus

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FILE PHOTO: Lori Lightfoot speaks after being sworn in as Chicago's 56th mayor by Judge Susan E. Cox during an inauguration ceremony at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. May 20, 2019. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski/File PhotoReuters

  • Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot raised questions about the national strategic stockpile of personal protection equipment and ventilators in a Tuesday interview with Insider. 
  • "I have serious questions as to whether or not there is a robust stockpile at the federal level," she said, noting that many states' requests of the Trump administration "have not never even come close to being fulfilled."
  • The mayor said her administration had prepared for the possibility of a pandemic by participating in a "mock exercise" last August in which city officials made plans to address a fictional virus that originated in China and was set to ravage Chicago. 
  • Lightfoot said she's "fearful" Trump's response to the crisis will "come back to haunt us." 
  • But the mayor's response to the crisis has also incorporated humor. On Monday, she released a humorous video in which she acts out a series of characters urging Chicagoans to "stay home and save lives."
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot pleaded for stronger presidential leadership amid the coronavirus pandemic in a Tuesday interview with Insider.

She also raised questions about the national stockpile of personal protective equipment and ventilators.

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