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A Delaware Republican who said coronavirus vaccines were part of a satanic plan to cause "mass death" is recovering from COVID-19, she announced Thursday, saying the illness had caused her to lose "all of my senses."
Lauren Witzke, a self-styled "Christian nationalist" who embraced QAnon and support from white supremacists, was the Delaware GOP's candidate for Senate in 2020, receiving 186,000 votes in her failed run against Democratic incumbent Sen. Chris Coons.
In a post on Gab, a social network popular with right-wing extremists, Witzke claimed she was "recovering from this insane bio-weapon called Covid." The 33-year-old, who has worked as a political commentator for the right-wing Christian conspiracy site TruNews, said she had decided not to tell anyone earlier so as not to alert "the shitlibs in the media."
"This bio-weapon is demonic," she wrote. "I've lost all of my senses and struggle with constant indifference, brain fog, and I've lost my joy."
In posts shared on her Telegram channel, Witzke blamed TruNews for making her aware of the infection, insisting that nasal swabs were ultimately responsible for her getting COVID-19. "I'm an idiot for submitting to their demands and getting tested," she wrote, "and yes I know I need a good husband in my life to keep me from making bad decisions."
more at
https://news.yahoo.com/ive-lost-joy-anti-vax-215403731.html
Just when you think the nuts cannot get more cray cray
jcgoldie
(11,613 posts)"You need a good husband in your life to keep you from making bad decisions..."
No such luck so together we just keep fucking up!
DBoon
(22,340 posts)... between the two of us we have a full brain.
It takes two to make a fully informed decision.
Wingus Dingus
(8,052 posts)Sounds legit.
Deep State Witch
(10,413 posts)Look, it's the consequences of your actions!
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)CurtEastPoint
(18,622 posts)JHB
(37,157 posts)Or faking same.
CurtEastPoint
(18,622 posts)Girard442
(6,066 posts)...is this the beginning of a turn toward normalcy?
JHB
(37,157 posts)"Can't see it."
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Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)33 years old ... and ready and willing to marry someone who's a controlling asshole ... but yet you're still not actually married?
That's probably a sign ...
underpants
(182,632 posts)Witzke has spoken about her addiction to opioids.[18] To support her addiction, Witzke has claimed to have worked for Mexican drug cartels or cartel families as a low-end drug-runner or drug dealer transporting drugs between Detroit and Tennessee.[5] In August 2017, Witzke was arrested in Tennessee on a series of charges including violating both heroin and methamphetamine laws, driving under the influence, resisting arrest, and introduction of contraband into a penal facility.[5]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Witzke
Caliman73
(11,726 posts)As long as they are White, straight, willing to submit to a man and push out insane right wing talking points.
Can you imagine, if this were a woman of color or man of color? They would be dead or in prison for the rest of their lives, not running for Senate.
You nailed it
msfiddlestix
(7,271 posts)Aristus
(66,294 posts)underpants
(182,632 posts)Witzke has spoken about her addiction to opioids.[18] To support her addiction, Witzke has claimed to have worked for Mexican drug cartels or cartel families as a low-end drug-runner or drug dealer transporting drugs between Detroit and Tennessee.[5] In August 2017, Witzke was arrested in Tennessee on a series of charges including violating both heroin and methamphetamine laws, driving under the influence, resisting arrest, and introduction of contraband into a penal facility.[5]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Witzke
samnsara
(17,606 posts)greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)It's interesting, though, that so many have moved off of "COVID doesn't exist" to some other positions ("It is a bioweapon," "The swab gave it to me," "The vents are what kills you," etc.). It's a rapid real time shift in an Overton window of a sorts. The prevalence of COVID Delta in their communities and households required a fallback position, and they've concocted those.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)underpants
(182,632 posts)Shes craaaaazy.
Got busted running drugs 4 years ago.
chowder66
(9,055 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,684 posts)we can do it
(12,173 posts)Walleye
(30,984 posts)Ive been sticking to my neighborhood during the pandemic. So I havent noticed these radical insane types cropping up in Delaware. I imagine theyre all in Sussex County which has the highest Covid rate and the lowest vaccination.I live in the apartment complex where Christine ODonnell had her campaign headquarters in the 2010 Senate campaign against Chris Coons. You remember, the I am not a witch candidate? Well I have to laugh when I by her old apartment and its decorated for Halloween with witches And goblins
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)She wasn't educated.
Walleye
(30,984 posts)greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)Feel better!
Walleye
(30,984 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)Thtwudbeme
(7,737 posts)Mental illness in the US is getting worse.
I literally do not know where people like this can go for help, but she is sick- and it is incredibly sad.
tavernier
(12,369 posts)She just needs more makeup. Maybe Jim Bakker could give her some advice on that.
keep_left
(1,780 posts)...after her little outburst on Gab.
Details: [link:https://old.reddit.com/r/gammasecretkings/comments/qda15w/lauren_witzke_is_recovering_from_insane_bioweapon/|
TruNews has been a veritable equal-opportunity super-spreader employer for some time. Rick Wiles was hospitalized with Covid. Then they hired Milo Yiannopoulos for his "ex-gay rad-trad" routine, and he caught the virus. Now Witzke is sick.
traitorsgalore
(1,395 posts)And it's spread by the "shitpukes" in the media so she's partially correct there too, LOL.
we can do it
(12,173 posts)But no proof.
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)I feel for her.