Murkowski bemoans surge of covid cases in Alaska, decries Nazi references about mask mandate

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Sen. Lisa Murkowski gave an impassioned speech Friday on how Alaska’s growing coronavirus infection rate has strained the state in unforeseen ways, and she decried protesters comparing mask mandates to actions by the Nazis.

Addressing a relatively empty Senate chamber, Murkowski (R-Alaska) said that she had planned to return home this weekend but that most of the scheduled events and meetings had to be held virtually because of the virus.

“We are leading the nation right now in our covid rates,” Murkowski said, noting the drop in the Lower 48. “We’re separated enough geographically, but through the advantages of air travel and road travel, we mix, we mingle, we get around, and the virus knows no bounds.”

The United States will soon surpass 700,000 covid-19 deaths — a milestone that experts hoped would never have been reached with the availability of vaccines. But low vaccination rates in many parts of the country have played a major role in the continued spread of the virus.

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Simple. Many of your party feel it's a hoax.

[madaboutharry]

1. I wonder what she thinks when she looks in the mirror.

She sees herself as a member of a political party that doesn’t even exist anymore. She is certainly a conservative and what used to be a republican, some of her obnoxious votes reflect that. But I also think she is a decent person who knows right from wrong. It would be interesting to know how many republican friends she has in the Senate.

[Irish_Dem]

3. She should see someone who is responsible for the death of her constituents.

She belongs to a party which willfully leads citizens to their death.

[madaboutharry]

4. That's exactly what I mean.

How does she reconcile that? It must take a lot of weird logic to convince herself that at the very least she hasn’t enabled so much pain, misery, and destruction.

[Irish_Dem]

5. Right, how does she hold the two thoughts at the same time.

Dismay at the Covid deaths, while knowing she and her colleagues bear responsibility.

Yes a lot of convoluted and dishonest thought processes at work.

[OnDoutside]

2. Murkowski checks box. Too little, too late.