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ffr

(22,671 posts) Tue Mar 24, 2020, 11:10 AM Mar 2020

Texas Lt. Gov. Gets Roasted After He Suggests The Elderly Should Die For The Economy

There's your rePutican Death Panel, out in the open for all to see.

You’ll be surprised to discover that Texas Lieutenant Gov. Dan Patrick’s (R) bold suggestion that grandma ought to let herself die from COVID-19 for the sake of the job market isn’t going over so well with most people.

Shortly after Patrick made the startling comments during a Fox News interview on Monday night, Twitter shredded the lieutenant governor over his morbid argument for rolling back social distancing measures that aim to protect the elderly and other vulnerable populations from contracting the coronavirus.

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- TPM

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Texas Lt. Gov. Gets Roasted After He Suggests The Elderly Should Die For The Economy (Original Post) ffr Mar 2020 OP

Oh FFS greytdemocrat Mar 2020 #1

He didn't have to, it's implied. ffr Mar 2020 #3

Between the lines, that asshole's saying that a white nationalist America is worth dying for. VOX Mar 2020 #2

greytdemocrat

(3,299 posts)

1. Oh FFS

Reply to ffr (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2020, 12:17 PM

Mar 2020

I saw that interview, he never said that.

ffr

(22,671 posts)

3. He didn't have to, it's implied.

Reply to greytdemocrat (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 24, 2020, 02:48 PM

Mar 2020

Listen to the interview again. He's advocating for the country to return to business as usual and that seniors will take care of themselves for the good of the country, whatever outcome that may be.

VOX

(22,976 posts)

2. Between the lines, that asshole's saying that a white nationalist America is worth dying for.

Reply to ffr (Original post)

Tue Mar 24, 2020, 12:31 PM

Mar 2020

But he’s full of shit, and in reality is likely terrified (unless he’s so into the Jesus-cult he thinks resurrection awaits).

Show me the microbes, Danny Boy.

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