Some governors weren’t encouraged by the surgeon general’s 'do your part' message
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Together with another Sunday show comment, Adams caught the attention of state and local leaders, fueling the ongoing conflict over resources between the Trump administration and the states. On Meet the Press, the surgeon general said that states have to “be Rosie the Riveter” and must “do your part.
In another interview on State of the Union, Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker called Trump’s response incompetent, saying that he “does not understand the word ‘federal,’” referring to the president’s instructions for states to seek out their own resources. “If he were right, why would we ever need a Federal Emergency Management Agency?” Pritzker asked. “It’s because individual states can’t possibly do what the federal government can do. We don’t have a Defense Production Act.
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