A Congressman skipped the coronavirus relief vote -- he went home to tell seniors to blame the media
Published 4 hours ago on March 20, 2020
By Pro Publica
Alaska’s lone member of the U.S. House, Rep. Don Young, skipped a vote early Saturday on a federal coronavirus relief package. Turns out, he was in Alaska, where hours earlier he had told a gathering of senior citizens that dangers posed by the coronavirus pandemic — the “beer virus,” he called it — have been overblown because of media-fueled hysteria.
Young isn’t the only politician to downplay the threat posed by the virus. Over the weekend, the governor of Oklahoma tweeted a photo of himself eating dinner with his children at a busy Oklahoma City restaurant. He deleted the tweet and subsequently has advised the state’s residents not to congregate in groups of 10 or more and to pick up food at restaurants instead of eating in.
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Monday told residents, “For crying out loud, go to the grocery stores. If you want to go to Bob Evans and eat, go to Bob Evans and eat.” He subsequently decided to ban eating at restaurants.
And Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, “Getting coronavirus is not a death sentence except for maybe no more than 3.4 percent of our population (and) I think probably far less.” He said he wants people to keep the virus in perspective.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/03/a-congressman-skipped-the-coronavirus-relief-vote-he-went-home-to-tell-seniors-to-blame-the-media-instead/
Ron fucking Johnson...........................if people die in your state because of your malfeasance, right along with the asshole from Alaska, and also the asshole from West Virginia, maybe they should be charged with Manslaughter............ after all they are in essence ripping off the tax payer and getting paid to be completely incompetent and having no fucking empathy ...................
November 3, 2020 cannot get here fast enough...............