GOP congressman: Stay-home orders are a plot to hurt Trump's reelection

[turbinetree]

By Oliver Willis -May 6, 2020 5:05 PM

Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) admitted he believes in a conspiracy that sounds 'absolutely crazy' that coronavirus lockdowns are a ploy to hurt Donald Trump's reelection chances.

Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) baselessly accused "many people" of working to "intentionally stall the economy" with lockdowns put in place to arrest the spread of coronavirus. Graves claimed that the policies have been designed to undermine "the president's efforts in the reelection." He singled out Democratic Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards as someone purportedly engaged in the conspiracy.

Louisiana currently has nearly 30,000 residents infected with the coronavirus, and over 2,040 people have died there. Medical experts such as Dr. Anthony Fauci have warned against rushing to reopen businesses, noting that to do so prematurely could lead to a new surge in infections and deaths.

From the May 6 edition of WBRP Baton Rouge's "Mornings with Brian Haldane":

https://americanindependent.com/garret-graves-coronavirus-lockdowns-donald-trump-2020-election-house-gop-louisiana-covid-19/

So let's remind everyone that you voted to keep an imbecile in power.......that has caused over 71,000 deaths .......enough said.......

[Iliyah]

1. Another one that does not care about American lives . .

the party of pro-life my arse.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. If he wants to go out and mingle, that's fine with me.

Maybe he should visit a few meat packing plants while he's at it.

[WVreaper]

3. It's always political.

There are some people in this country that would just like to prevent more deaths.

[John Fante]

4. Europe and Asia must be part of this intricate plot as well. Idiot.

Whenever a right-winger's warped sense of reality clashes with objective reality, moronic conspiracy theories are born.

[Eliot Rosewater]

5. He should get in the loop, just the opposite is what is happening.

On April 23rd in a 3 way phone call, Putin/Rump/McConnell discussed how best to make sure democracy fails in November.

They concluded the worse the virus is, the harder it is to physically vote, the better for them.

So shelter in place orders will work for them as people will be afraid to go out and vote and the USPS and each state will struggle with absentee situation.

AT the end of the meeting Putin reminded both men that they owe him money and that he has the goods on them.

I may have the wrong date for the phone call, but this is what happens even if it is thru non direct contact. They are traitors.

[Celerity]

11. the timing is the key there, and also a split message

they have already started saying any increase in mail-in-voting is a priori fraud

Trump will start (at least try) a civil war if he loses by one close state and that state (say MI or WI or even FL) had a HUGE amount (millions) of mail in ballots and then he fails in court cases

the Rethugs will try and block it as much as possible, including trying to cripple the USPS so it cannot facilitate the mail-ins

then, after flogging people back to work to try and force the economy to artificially appear better/semi normal

they will ramp up insane fear COVID-19 redux about a month out from the election, and completely try and blame the Dems

focus the fear on the Dem voters in swing states

and, at the same time, extoll, command, rant, scream for the MAGATs to do their duty and cannon-fodder-like flood the voting booths on election day

multivariate pincer-movement, on a time delayed, choreographed event horizon

they are going to try and steal it all via a combo of COVID, voter suppression, election fraud, and gerrymandering, all at Olympian levels

flip 5 to 6 Dem Senate seats (AL, NM, NH, MI, VA, MN , and IF they can make Chicago a killing field, maybe even snag IL from Durbin, which would, nightmarishly, put them at 60) defend all of theirs, roll back and flip 60+ House Seats, plus install Rump for Act 2 of the march to dictatorship

[Eliot Rosewater]

12. Yes, for them the more of us dead and fearful of voting, the better.

some of us talking about this right now will die DIRECTLY because of the actions and inaction of rump and the GOP and anyone NOT voting and voting FOR Joe, is guilty as well.

[Celerity]

13. kill off as many in the hard blue states to affect the census (and the thus gerymandering and the

number of electoral votes a state gets)

then, (even in the Red states, GA is a perfect example) let the virus run riot and kill off as many blacks and other people of colour as possible

and hijack all the PPE as much as possible to help do this, plus make a quick buck, PLUS

have a network via the various Rethug state and local parties to hand out 50 million masks for election day and also, because they have stolen so many, prevent the Dem voters (who remember are already paranoid as fuck for good reason) from easily getting PPE

that's what I see atm

[MiniMe]

6. Go talk to Boris Johnson

He was a non believer until...he got it.

[underpants]

7. Couldn't be aaaaany other reason. Nope Dear Leader must be under attack

Everything revolves around Dear Leader.
Dear Leader must be protected. If Dear Leader needs us to we’ll defend him. However his wisdom tells him is the best way, we will do.

[Hekate]

8. Okay idiot, you & your family get right out there & go to a church revival & a county fair & ...

...the shopping mall. All that good shit. The whole damn family.

Don't forget to visit a meatpacking plant to cheer the workers on!

Report back next month.

[LastDemocratInSC]

9. Nothing and nobody can hurt his chances more than he does with his behavior.

He has only 2 real problems to correct: His substance and his style.

[gratuitous]

10. Dang! The jig is up, comrades

Our nefarious scheme to create viruses through evolution and make them communicable has been exposed at last! Quick, everybody to the escape pods! We'll have to find another planet with an even stupider dominant species. 15 billion years of work, down the drain.

[crickets]

14. Thanks for a good laugh. nt