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workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
Fri Mar 1, 2019, 11:01 PM Mar 2019

Arizona state lawmaker: Mandatory vaccines are 'communist'

BY AVERY ANAPOL - 03/01/19 09:35 AM EST

An Arizona state lawmaker said this week that state-mandated vaccines are a “communist” value.

State Rep. Kelly Townsend (R), in a lengthy Facebook post on Thursday, warned that measles outbreaks are going to result in Arizonans having to “give up our liberty, the very sovereignty of our body.”

“I read yesterday that the idea is being floated that if not enough people get vaccinated, then we are going to force them to,” she wrote. “The idea that we force someone to give up their liberty for the sake of the collective is not based on American values but rather, Communist.”

The post came as Gov. Doug Ducey (R) said the state is “pro-vaccination” and said he would not sign any bills that expanded vaccine exemptions passed by the state’s House Health and Human Services Committee.

That proposed policy change comes amid multiple measles outbreaks and reported cases in at least 10 states.

Townsend claimed that her daughter has been “injured” by vaccines and urged Arizonans to “educate” their families about “the fundamentals of liberty.”

Townsend signed her Facebook post: “Live free or die.”


https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/432168-arizona-republican-mandatory-vaccines-are-communist
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Arizona state lawmaker: Mandatory vaccines are 'communist' (Original Post) workinclasszero Mar 2019 OP
Idiots who think everything Decent is Communist.. Tribalceltic Mar 2019 #1
next, they will argue that driving licences are socialist, along with auto insurance SummerSnow Mar 2019 #2
Maybe Arizonans will luck out atreides1 Mar 2019 #3
Give me liberty and give me death. defacto7 Mar 2019 #4
Apparently, Florida Bull Mar 2019 #5
Meanwhile in a bit of irony.... quickesst Mar 2019 #6

Florida Bull

(103 posts)
5. Apparently,
Sat Mar 2, 2019, 12:30 AM
Mar 2019

She does not understand what Communism is.

Does she think seat belt and DUI-related laws are Communist? Maybe, people pulled over by police for speeding can now call the speed limit Communist?

quickesst

(6,280 posts)
6. Meanwhile in a bit of irony....
Sat Mar 2, 2019, 02:26 AM
Mar 2019

.... Mississippi leads the nation in least exemptions and highest number of vaccinated kindergartners. 97.3%

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