The party of grotesque selfishness
Both “Fox & Friends” host Brian Kilmeade and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos say life is full of risks so send your kids back to school no matter what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say. President Trump has been jetting around, greeting visitors and talking to his supporters (albeit fewer than planned) without wearing a mask in public until Saturday. His cult naturally adopted his contempt for this basic health measure. It was only when the pandemic socked red states that many Republican officials became terribly dismayed that “some people” had politicized masks.
The disdain for science coupled with lack of concern for fellow human beings was evident in Republicans’ statements about the Jacksonville, Fla., convention. The New York Times reports:
Art Wittich, 62, an R.N.C. member from Montana, said he had a “duty” to travel to Charlotte and Jacksonville to nominate and support Mr. Trump.
What about the risks imposed on Florida’s retirees who will be more likely to contract the virus if thousands flood into the state; on airline travelers exposed to delegates often contemptuous of mask-wearing; on employees of the hotels and venues they will frequent; on those with autoimmune diseases; and on first responders who will have to turn out by the hundreds if not the thousands to secure the event? Oh, no never mind.
As for their own health and safety, however, a growing list of elected Republicans are not showing up. Risks are for the little people, the people who have no choice but to show up for work or encounter super-spreaders in their communities.
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