Florida CFO Sends Letter to Chinese Ambassador, Demanding That China Pay for Causing Pandemic

Florida CFO Sends Letter to Chinese Ambassador, Demanding That China Pay for Causing Pandemic
Clearwater Beach remains closed in Clearwater, Florida on April 22, 2020. Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images
Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
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Florida’s chief financial officer has sent a letter to the Chinese regime demanding it pay for the harm suffered by the state’s residents as a result of the CCP virus pandemic.

The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) “incompetent and fraudulent actions in response to the early outbreak of COVID-19 are a direct and proximate cause to untold human suffering and economic harm to the State of Florida,” CFO Jimmy Patronis said in a “demand letter“ to Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai on April 23.
Cathy He
Cathy He
EDITOR
Cathy He is the politics editor at the Washington D.C. bureau. She was previously an editor for U.S.-China and a reporter covering U.S.-China relations.
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