Wisconsin GOP: We 'Don't Care' Guv Is Trying to Save Lives

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

There’s plenty of reasons to worry in Wisconsin these days.

While the crucial swing state maintains its standing as a national hotspot for the coronavirus and spiking cases and hospitalizations have alarmed health experts and local officials, Republicans there are continuing to attack Democratic Gov. Tony Evers over the emergency authority he’s relying on to try and combat the virus.

“I don't care if (the governor’s) actions are warranted or not warranted, he is illegally acting,” said state Sen. Chris Kapenga, a Republican who opposes the governor’s mask order and is upset the governor isn’t working with the legislature when Kapenga feels legally he should be.

This maneuvering occurs as Wisconsin’s weekly average for new cases spiked by an alarming 180 percent month over month, according to a tweet earlier this week from the state’s department of health services. Wisconsin’s test positivity rate has also jumped in recent weeks, leaving local officials to grapple with rampant spread of the virus. And after hitting 717 new daily confirmed cases on Sept. 8, according to state data, the numbers have surged to more than 2,000 cases a day repeatedly since then, with a new high of 2,892 cases on October 3. That record was broken Thursday when the state reported 3,132 new cases in a single day.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/wisconsin-gop-dont-care-guv-083721371.html

[secondwind]

1. WOW!!

[58Sunliner]

2. GOP speak-We don't care if they're sick and dying.

[Sprite]

3. Republicans are jerks.

Is it illegal to make you wear a seat belt? Have your child in a car seat? Is it illegal in some states to wear a motorcycle helmet? All that is for public health. Would the republicans not want their surgeon, technicians and nurses to wear masks during a major procedure?

Could go on and on. We are in a freak'n pandemic and they don't care.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. For Those Interested In Visuals...

...here's Worldometer's graphs for Wisconsin.
On the daily charts, click the box on the far right under the x-axis. That turns on the 7 day moving average line.

[hauckeye]

5. If Scott Walker were still governor...

They’d be fine with it. Jerks.