Kelli Ward Urges 'Reopen' Protesters To Masquerade As Health Care Workers

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Kelli Ward Urges ‘Reopen’ Protesters To Masquerade As Health Care Workers

By Kate Riga

April 27, 2020 11:27 a.m.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/kelli-ward-arizona-republicans-reopen-covid-protests


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“If anyone’s status as a health care professional should be questioned it’s Dr. Kelli Ward’s, considering her unwillingness to promote the advice of health experts,” said Matt Grodsky, spokesman for the party. “Irresponsible, shameful tweets like this do nothing to help people afflicted with the virus or the health care heroes who are working to save lives.”



#ProblemSolved #WeAreAllHeroic #1A #JustWearScrubs 😷 pic.twitter.com/fqFDvqs3nT

— Dr. Kelli Ward 🇺🇸 (@kelliwardaz) April 25, 2020

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Earlier last week, Ward also falsely accused the counter-protesting health care workers of being phonies. But even if they are real doctors and nurses, she said, “when they appeared at rallies they were actors playing parts.” She hashtagged that tweet with “Propaganda” and “FakeOutrage.”

Even before the COVID-19 epidemic, Ward was no stranger to half-baked conspiracy theories.

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Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey’s (R) stay-at-home order is scheduled to expire on April 30. He’s been less aggressive than some GOP governors in his efforts to reopen the state, only definitively green-lighting elective surgeries on May 1. He said that he’s still looking at the data to determine whether he’ll extend the stay-at-home order, or start relaxing some of the restrictions.

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[CurtEastPoint]

1. AND SHE IS A DOCTOR! Remember the vile depths to which these GD Repubes will sink.

[Phoenix61]

4. Proof that education doesn't always cure stupidity. nt

[samsingh]

2. Do these imbeciles just hate Americans?

[Ilsa]

3. Maybe someone playing dress-up will take care of her

in the hospital next time she gets sick.

[Phoenix61]

5. +1

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7. May I recommend ...

[crickets]

13. Sounds fair. nt

[C_U_L8R]

6. Everything is a deception with this assholes.

At least it looks likely they will truly fuck off and die.

[Hortensis]

10. Yes. They can't get elected anywhere without massive lies,

and it seems to have molded their brains so that deceit is their default mode.

[no_hypocrisy]

8. And why would a doctor, a nurse, EMT, medical assistant, etc. PROTEST quarantines?

We just had a doctor in NYC commit suicide from the PTSD of watching so many COVID patients die despite her best efforts to save them.

I would imagine the Ward followers who "dress up" would be like a sore thumb sticking out.

[raging moderate]

9. Practicing medicine without a license?

If they are dressed as health care professionals, won't people expect them to step up in an emergency? I have heard real doctors and nurses say that people are always coming up to them for advice.

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11. Or practicing license without medicine?

[Sugarcoated]

12. The legit nurses will stand out

They won't be the unhinged ones waving signs

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14. Good point. They'll be the ones not unhinged.

[PBass]

15. STOLEN VALOR - that's what she is calling for.

These useless fakers will masquerade as HEROES, trying to fool people into believing their irresponsible "REOPEN" rhetoric.

"Social Distancing" is working, in the states that have adopted it. As a result, Covid-19 patients have not completely overrun the hospitals, but that doesn't mean the danger is over. Wanna see a big uptick in infections and deaths? Listen to these phonies and reopen everything

[marble falls]

16. What an important point. I knew I was missing something. Thanks.