BOSTON, MA: April 2, 2020: The New England Patriots plane arrives at Boston Logan Airport carrying critically needed personal protective equipment from China in Boston, Massachusetts.(Staff photo by Nicolaus Czarnecki/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
The political tug-of-war between the state and President Trump over coronavirus-fighting medical supplies erupted into full view with the delivery of 1.2 million protective face masks on the New England Patriots’ plane from China.
Gov. Charlie Baker, who came up with the idea to get the Patriots’ team plane involved, praised the Krafts, two other governors and even numerous Chinese officials and government agencies for getting the respirator masks to front-line health care workers.
“This was a total team effort,” Baker said.
But there was one critical teammate that didn’t get any praise — the federal government
