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tenderfoot

(8,425 posts)
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 11:20 PM Aug 2021

Marc Bernier a prominent anti-vaxxer and conservative radio show host has died.

Marc Bernier, a talk radio host in Daytona Beach for 30 years, died after a three-week battle with COVID-19, WNDB and Southern Stone Communications announced on Twitter Saturday night.

Bernier, 65, of Ormond Beach, has been remembered in recent days as a conservative who sought out and aired others' points of view while airing a morning comment, three-hour afternoon show, weekend shows and specials, such as remote town halls and political debates. He interviewed countless governors, senators, mayors, sheriffs, journalists, historians and authors. He also was an outspoken opponent of vaccinations.

Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood, a longtime guest on Marc Bernier's WNDB radio show, said a representative of the station confirmed to him that Bernier died Saturday night sometime after 6 p.m.

https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/local/volusia/2021/08/28/marc-bernier-30-year-daytona-beach-talk-host-dies-after-covid-battle/5639816001/

This was his last tweet:


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Marc Bernier a prominent anti-vaxxer and conservative radio show host has died. (Original Post) tenderfoot Aug 2021 OP
Dying to "own the libs" NameAlreadyTaken Aug 2021 #1
Obligatory at this point... Grokenstein Aug 2021 #2
Hah hah TheRealNorth Aug 2021 #18
Willful defiance and ignorance claims another soul. LonePirate Aug 2021 #3
This violin isn't small enough Ferrets are Cool Aug 2021 #4
Ask and ye shall receive. liberaltrucker Aug 2021 #14
That is pretty much perfect Ferrets are Cool Aug 2021 #33
Out of shits to give CanonRay Aug 2021 #5
They're dropping like flies. Ocelot II Aug 2021 #6
Another.... Anti-medical hate still up on his FB page. No mention of the, you know, death thing. viva la Aug 2021 #13
They are. n/t shrike3 Aug 2021 #31
One less traitorous, anti-vax, propagandist, super spreader, variant breeder traitorsgalore Aug 2021 #7
I can't keep track of all these guys iemanja Aug 2021 #8
Good question OrangeJoe Aug 2021 #22
Safe in the arms of Covid. dalton99a Aug 2021 #9
Free at last. Free at last. Sneederbunk Aug 2021 #10
In the midnight hour babe more, more, more RockRaven Aug 2021 #11
Bernier thought the plural of "Nazi" was "Nazi's" DFW Aug 2021 #12
Jesus will give him the vaccine he refused to accept down here. magicarpet Aug 2021 #15
Not sure about that jmowreader Aug 2021 #16
Ok. I actually read the article. Seems a liberal Public Defender got him GulfCoast66 Aug 2021 #17
Thought this said Maxime Bernier for a minute there BoycottTimHortons Aug 2021 #19
That makes how many, now? Moebym Aug 2021 #20
And the Hits - Just Keep On Comin'! NBachers Aug 2021 #21
There will need to be a lot of dead repubes removed from voter registration records before Ziggysmom Aug 2021 #23
I'm crushed. SergeStorms Aug 2021 #24
Yeah, I'm feeling so pwned right now gratuitous Aug 2021 #25
Is it wrong James48 Aug 2021 #26
Choices have consequences!! Maybe there is a god?? PortTack Aug 2021 #27
So long! It's been good to know you! struggle4progress Aug 2021 #28
Cained malaise Aug 2021 #29
The guy literally called himself "Mr. Anti-Vax"! Way to "own the libs", one casket at a time. bullwinkle428 Aug 2021 #30
I knew the guy. He was a patient of mine GusBob Aug 2021 #32

LonePirate

(13,408 posts)
3. Willful defiance and ignorance claims another soul.
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 11:28 PM
Aug 2021

Oh well. You can lead a horse to water but evidently you can't do anything else but make them eat horse paste.

viva la

(3,273 posts)
13. Another.... Anti-medical hate still up on his FB page. No mention of the, you know, death thing.
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 12:15 AM
Aug 2021

"Sunrise, Florida notable and vocal anti vaccination naturalist and radio program weekly guest on conspiracy theorist show, Richard Pearl also died this week of Covid. #liesanddeception"

traitorsgalore

(1,395 posts)
7. One less traitorous, anti-vax, propagandist, super spreader, variant breeder
Sat Aug 28, 2021, 11:49 PM
Aug 2021

I wonder if he was calling the doctors and nurses "nazis"?

OrangeJoe

(329 posts)
22. Good question
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 01:49 AM
Aug 2021

I posted on Breitbart stating that a number of outspoken anti-vaxer talkshow hosts and Republican officials have died from COVID and asked for a list of famous vaccine recipients who had died from the "deadly jab". One person sent me four names, all of which were debunked days earlier on various truth/fact check sites. They are just pitiful dupes who deserve no sympathy.

DFW

(54,302 posts)
12. Bernier thought the plural of "Nazi" was "Nazi's"
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 12:11 AM
Aug 2021

Maybe he'll attend grammar school in the next life.

jmowreader

(50,530 posts)
16. Not sure about that
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 12:26 AM
Aug 2021

If they died because they refused Jesus' gift of immunity, he might just say "Depart from me, ye cursed, into the fire prepared for the devil and his angels."

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
17. Ok. I actually read the article. Seems a liberal Public Defender got him
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 12:27 AM
Aug 2021

To become an opponent of the death penalty. Which is the issue 23 years ago that started my transformation from a non-religious Republican to a liberal democrat. Social Democrat to be more accurate. So if true I’ll give him the ability to change his mind.

But back to the point I was going to make before reading the article.

These upper middle aged, local right wing radio host seem to be the true believers and are dying wholesale.

Meanwhile the National guys are clearly just grifting. All the Fox employees have the vaccine. Even Carlson though he won’t admit it on air. If Limbaugh had not had cancer he would have had it.

These small fish are being played as dupes. They believe the guys the get their talking points from. To stupid to realize they are being played as the sucker.

19. Thought this said Maxime Bernier for a minute there
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 01:34 AM
Aug 2021

He’s the leader of an extreme far-right party here in my country. Was about to write “good riddance”.

Oh well. The message applies just the same.

Moebym

(989 posts)
20. That makes how many, now?
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 01:45 AM
Aug 2021

Are their audiences finally going to wake up to the reality that COVID-19 is real now that their favorite right-wing talk radio hosts have died from it?

Ziggysmom

(3,399 posts)
23. There will need to be a lot of dead repubes removed from voter registration records before
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 01:50 AM
Aug 2021

the next election.

SergeStorms

(19,187 posts)
24. I'm crushed.
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 01:56 AM
Aug 2021

My recliner tipped over from my laughing so hard, and I can't get the damned thing off until I stop laughing. I'm literally crushed here.

Wait, who died from not getting the vaccine? There's been so many lately it's difficult to keep track. C'est la fucking vie, dipshits.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
25. Yeah, I'm feeling so pwned right now
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 02:02 AM
Aug 2021

I don't know how I'll carry on. But I suspect I'll carry on better than Bernier will.

James48

(4,428 posts)
26. Is it wrong
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 02:14 AM
Aug 2021

To look at each one of these right-wing needless deaths, and only see that this means one less Republican voter?

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
32. I knew the guy. He was a patient of mine
Sun Aug 29, 2021, 11:39 AM
Aug 2021

Before I got the fuck out of Florida

He was actually decent guy when he was younger

But the older he got the more strident he became

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