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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. Scottsdale City Councilman Guy Phillips is doing damage control after he says comments he made at an anti-mask rally he was leading were taken out of context.
"I can't breathe! I can't breathe!" Phillips said at the start of his remarks before pulling off a black face mask and speaking, to a crowd of a few hundred anti-mask supporters outside Scottsdale City Council Wednesday morning.
[link:https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/scottsdale-councilman-apologizes-for-i-cant-breathe-comment-at-anti-mask-rally/75-e6237f6f-644b-405d-82a6-ef55eb7cfaf2|
Laelth
(32,017 posts)Go ahead and resign.
-Laelth
StarryNite
(9,446 posts)It's not the first time he's said something disgusting.
fleur-de-lisa
(14,624 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,855 posts)What a jerk!
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,719 posts)That's a rhetorical question, of course; these brainwashed sheep are protesting because Trump doesn't like masks and therefore they shouldn't either. That's the only reason they need.
I have been amusing myself in a dark, cynical way when reading these accounts of weapons-grade idiocy, by substituting the word "pants" whenever I see "masks." So:
"I can't breathe! I can't breathe!" Phillips said at the start of his remarks before pulling off his black pants and speaking to a crowd of a few hundred anti-pants supporters outside Scottsdale City Council Wednesday morning...
Phillips said he felt awful about the situation and that his intent was to show how restrictive he felt pants were.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,492 posts)That is, anyone wearing a mask must be a Democrat.........
They want individual freedom to not wear a mask and to get sick and die from COVID-19.......
KY
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Coventina
(27,121 posts)The anti-mask stance will help him with one portion of the voters.
The bigoted stance will help with another.
I can tell you this much: I won't vote for him.
StarryNite
(9,446 posts)I wish I was so I could help vote him out.
Our new AZ Covid numbers are out this morning. We're up to 10.9% positive on testing.
Coventina
(27,121 posts)KY_EnviroGuy
(14,492 posts)Nowhere in his web pages do I see where he declares a party affiliation but I assume he's a Rethug.
KY
Coventina
(27,121 posts)But, yeah, they are ALL Rethugs in Scottsdale.
There is one, lone Dem on the City Council, currently. She is not currently up for re-election.
ALL the current candidates that are running currently (incumbents or not) are Rethugs.
StarryNite
(9,446 posts)Even AZ rethug gov Doug Ducey condemned Phillips' remarks.
"Just flat out wrong. Despicable doesnt go far enough. The final words of George Floyd should NEVER be invoked like this. Anyone who mocks the murder of a fellow human has no place in public office. Period," Ducey tweeted.
spanone
(135,841 posts)BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Along with forfeiture of any state pension dollars earned.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)school buses" rally.
StarryNite
(9,446 posts)And another pro rally for texting while driving.
jayfish
(10,039 posts)This is one of those times.