GOP Cut $600 Million To CDC But Louie Gohmert Thinks The Answer To Ebola Is Ending Political Correct

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The GOP has cut about $600 million in funds for the Center for Disease Control since 2010, but Rep. Louie Gohmert (Batshit Insane Republican-Texas) thinks the real disease is political correctness. The Republicans in Congress did however, ultimately approve $88 million in funding to fight the Ebola virus requested by the White House.

With regards to President Obama sending 3,000 troops to Africa to head off the Ebola virus the Congressman told Fox News that, “The military is not trained to go catch Ebola and die,” and that, “political correctness is going to get people killed in all of these areas.”

The President ordered the troops to help end the spread of the disease by opening 17 treatment facilities mostly concentrated in the impoverished country of Liberia. There the US military will lead a command center and international relief efforts training up to 500 Liberian health workers a week.

President Obama contends there is no imminent threat to America from Ebola and that any cases that arise could be isolated quickly, but Gohmert says the answer is to end travel between the US and African countries where the disease is prevalent. The rightwing media has even exploited the epidemic to suggest that “Ebola people” could be sneaking across the southern border even though the CDC says there is no evidence that is happening.

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[arcane1]

1. Potentially stupid question: why send the military?

I've never heard of the military "training health workers" before

[Lochloosa]

2. The military is highly trained in this area. They have to be.

Highly trained in case of biological attacks.

[arcane1]

10. Ah, good point! I hadn't considered that.

Thanks!

[NickB79]

9. Field hospitals/MASH units

No one does emergency medical care in harsh conditions like the US military.

[arcane1]

11. Ah, I hadn't thought of THAT either!

I knew I should've given more thought to my post

[shenmue]

3. Jackass

I wish saying dumb stuff like that were grounds for instant expulsion from office.

[1StrongBlackMan]

4. I saw a bumper sticker on a car ...

that read: "It's not left vs right ... It's Big government vs You."

I wanted to catch up to the driver to ask, "What part of the CDC is against you?"

[Dont call me Shirley]

5. Louis is such a hoot, his insane remarks always make me chuckle at how nutty he really is.

[Louisiana1976]

8. Louie is two tacos short of a combination plate.

[Dont call me Shirley]

13. ...

[dmr]

6. Gohmert a Democrat? Go look at the link.

Arghhh ....

Shades of Fox News.

If Gohmert had any brains ... Big Money would've never bought this idiot.

[n2doc]

7. Completely missed that

Shame on them. Will correct here

[meow2u3]

12. Louie Gohmert IS the Ebola of American politics

Nuff said.