Gov. JB Pritzker tweeted that Trump and Pence needed to “do something NOW” to stop dangerous airport overcrowding. The response? An angry call from a Trump White House staffer
These crowds are waiting to get through customs which is under federal jurisdiction“Here’s what I got,” Pritzker said. “I got call at about 11 o’clock last night after that tweet from a White House staffer who yelled at me about the tweet.”
Pritzker said his administration was now talking directly with Customs and Border Protection officials on the ground at O’Hare to try to prevent more hours-long waits and slow the spread of coronavirus. “I’ve been working with the mayor and our senators to make sure we’re getting the federal government to pay attention to this problem,” he said, “because we can’t have it happen all day today.”
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