Matt Gaetz made light of coronavirus by wearing a gas mask. Now one of his constituents has died.

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Source: wash post



March 7, 2020 at 1:18 p.m. CST

Days after Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) wore an enormous gas mask during a House floor vote on an emergency funding package for the coronavirus response, the congressman announced that a resident in his northwestern Florida district had died of covid-19.

Gaetz said in a statement late Friday that he was “extremely saddened to learn of the first fatality in our district,” a resident who lived in Santa Rosa County. His message followed the Florida Department of Health’s announcement late Friday that two residents had died of the disease, pushing the U.S. death toll to 17 as of that night.

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Florida health officials additionally reported two new presumptive positive coronavirus cases, both in Broward County. One is a 75-year-old male and the other a 65-year-old male, according to the health department. Both are in isolation.


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Rep. Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.), one of the most senior House members, rebuked the 37-year-old congressman for his Wednesday display of the over-the-top gas mask.................................

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/07/matt-gaetz-coronavirus-florida/

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umm.. I did not know of Rep rush wearing the hoodie. But seems he was removed but Gaetz was not.

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[IADEMO2004]

1. Karma fuckface. pukeman

[tonekat]

5. Notice his Cro-Magnon Brow

And now for another episode of "Caveman Congressman".

[Grown2Hate]

13. "Your world FRIGHTENS and CONFUSES me. I really don't understand your

'Congress' or... your system of 'checks and balances', because, as I said during the campaign, I'm just a caveman. I fell in some ice and later got thawed out by some scientists. But there is one thing I DO know... we must do EVERYTHING in our power to lower the capital gains tax! Thank you!"

[Cirque du So-What]

8. I wonder...

Fetal alcohol syndrome?

[ChazInAz]

14. I've often thought that.

[Leghorn21]

2. Yeah, he tweeted this morning about how sad he is about this, and 50% of the replies to him

contained those moronic, disrespectful fratboy gas mask photos

I bet he’s hangin with his bros in maralago right now
Hope he’s having a shitty evening at the very least

[bucolic_frolic]

3. The long arm of Karma rarely delivers so quickly

It is heartening for Karma to hint so strongly that past misdeeds are added to present megalomania to render the most embarrassing circumstances.

I tell you the Gods of millennia are joining forces in a maelstrom of unparalleled proportions.

Be on the right side, and add what you can.

[klook]

4. Dick.

I hope he hasn’t influenced many people to treat this as a hoax. Hubris and stupidity can be a deadly combination.

[yaesu]

6. and now he's acting concerned, I didn't think anyone could disgust me more than tRump but

he does. I've blocked a bunch of like minded fascists on twitter because of this "fake news" crap. ABC just reported that some of the elderly in the infected adult care homes are going from being symptom free to dying all within an hours time.

[paleotn]

7. He doesn't care.

I know his type. If his grandmother contracted it, the only thing on his mind would be her will. He's that kind of human detritus.

[ancianita]

9. Blood on his hands. No one in his district will forget this.

[left-of-center2012]

10. How juvenile and immature

But then, he is a Republican.

[BigmanPigman]

11. When I originally saw that on DU I said,

"Wonder if Karma will make one of his constituents get it?". From my keyboard to Karma's ears.

[ribrepin]

12. I was insulted when this bozo pulled his stunt

I live north of Kirkland and don't know anybody who is infected, but I found his stunt insulting to the 10 or 11 who have died.