Eric Boehlert: Traitorous GOP now the fifth column in America's war on Covid

[babylonsister]

https://pressrun.media/p/traitorous-gop-emerges-as-the-fifth

Traitorous GOP now the fifth column in America's war on Covid
Can democracy survive?
Eric Boehlert
2 hr ago

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Waging war on the country’s well-being and embracing the chaotic goals of its enemies, the GOP, fueled by the right-wing media, has set its sights on anarchy. They’re doing it in the name of partisan warfare, and they’re doing it after Trump lied nonstop about the pandemic all last year.

With GOP-run states like Florida and Texas consumed with tens of thousands of new Covid cases each day, and facing a “public health catastrophe” while their Republican governors double down on wrongheaded policies, America grapples with a very real crisis: What if one of our two major political parties wants America to fail? What if the GOP is willing to drag down the entire country by launching an internal, guerilla war? In other words, what if Republicans want the pandemic to continue without pause, no matter how high the death toll climbs?

“If we work together, unify as a country, vaccinate everyone who is interested and unvaccinated, and put our masks on to prevent disease, we could really control this in a matter of weeks,” CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky told CNN last week. And yes, that’s the common sense view, urging a collective, positive response when a country faces a crisis.

But that’s not possible today because the Republican Party, either directly or indirectly, is sabotaging the Covid recovery by fearmongering about a miraculously safe vaccine and equating mask-wearing with tyranny. Anti-science Republicans seem determined to spread the virus among their own voters, which seems inconceivable.

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GOP governors, who tout themselves as “pro-life,” are now doing what Trump did last year — giving the stand down order for a virus invasion and not caring how many people die. Politically, it might work in the short term, as the Beltway press tends to blame the Biden administration for so many (right-wing) Americans refusing to get vaccinated.

Long term, are Republicans and Fox News committed to being the entrenched opposition to America’s war on Covid?

[Irish_Dem]

1. Finally, people are beginning to see that the GOP is at war with America.

We are in an civil war and the civilian casualties continue at an alarming rate.

[bottomofthehill]

2. They are a death cult

Drink the purple cool aid

[Irish_Dem]

5. Apparently they think killing off their base is a winning strategy.

Besides being morally bankrupt, it doesn't seem like a smart political move either.

[bottomofthehill]

6. It just makes me sad.

I have family in Florida, I worry about them daily. I am just having a hard time understanding the selfishness and stupid nature of people. Not protecting themselves, their family’s, their neighbors their children, what the duck is wrong…….

[Irish_Dem]

7. Yes, we know they don't care about other people. But to kill themselves and their kids, unreal.

I hope your family stays safe.

[tinrobot]

4. A fifth column that attacks itself.