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Stuart G

(38,403 posts)
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 06:06 PM Jul 2020

Dozens of Mississippi lawmakers have coronavirus after weeks of refusing to wear masks

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Source: CNN

CNN) — If you've been in contact with your state lawmaker in Mississippi, you may want to get a coronavirus test.

About one in six state lawmakers have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to Dr. Thomas Dobbs of the Mississippi Health Department.

For weeks, politicians flouted mask recommendations inside the state Capitol. Twenty-six state legislators have now tested positive for Covid-19, including Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann and State House Speaker Philip Gunn. Neither man wore a mask at a bill signing at the governor's mansion last week.

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves said on Tuesday that he and his daughters tested negative for the virus, tweeting they had "limited contact with the people who were diagnosed."
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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/10/us/mississippi-coronavirus-legislature-trnd/index.html



Well, who would have thought?... Paragraph 3 defines their ...utter stupidity!! Also total arrogance!!!
You really can't make this up. Can You?

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Dozens of Mississippi lawmakers have coronavirus after weeks of refusing to wear masks (Original Post) Stuart G Jul 2020 OP
hem, told ya so. AllaN01Bear Jul 2020 #1
I like this one, the best..dunce... Stuart G Jul 2020 #3
tee hee. AllaN01Bear Jul 2020 #4
Gee, I wonder if anyone warned them! calguy Jul 2020 #2
I wonder too??...These idiots thought they were "above the show"..., not part of it.. Stuart G Jul 2020 #7
Is there something wrong with us in that this is our response? Dem2theMax Jul 2020 #15
Assholes. Squinch Jul 2020 #5
and think of all the contacts--co-workers, families. etc they have put at risk. selfish SOBs riversedge Jul 2020 #6
Boy am I glad Manifestor_of_Light Jul 2020 #8
Ha! What can one say? Idiots will now pay for this and perhaps unfortunately, the rest of their... SWBTATTReg Jul 2020 #9
Darwinism; the gift that keeps on giving. nt procon Jul 2020 #10
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE let it be Repig lawmakers! BigDemVoter Jul 2020 #11
My thoughts exactly! Catch2.2 Jul 2020 #16
Mississippi is Republicans' vision for America live love laugh Jul 2020 #12
47th in education Varaddem Jul 2020 #14
I'm shocked, shocked!!! Well not that shocked. Initech Jul 2020 #13
The number of winger votes.. Maxheader Jul 2020 #17
People who refuse ellie Jul 2020 #18
My heart bleeds purple peanut butter. nt Xipe Totec Jul 2020 #19
Fornicate them. 47of74 Jul 2020 #20
Karma! Dreampuff Jul 2020 #21
Has it yet dawned on them that masks would've helped prevent this? NBachers Jul 2020 #22
I hope most of us can survive the stupidity that currently is the U.S.A. warmfeet Jul 2020 #23
After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING Omaha Steve Jul 2020 #24

AllaN01Bear

(17,906 posts)
1. hem, told ya so.
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 06:09 PM
Jul 2020

the capital building needs to be sanitized , scrubbed and cleaned before it can re open.

Stuart G

(38,403 posts)
3. I like this one, the best..dunce...
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 06:10 PM
Jul 2020
... ... ... ....... ......

AllaN01Bear

(17,906 posts)
4. tee hee.
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 06:10 PM
Jul 2020

calguy

(5,287 posts)
2. Gee, I wonder if anyone warned them!
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 06:09 PM
Jul 2020

Stuart G

(38,403 posts)
7. I wonder too??...These idiots thought they were "above the show"..., not part of it..
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 06:14 PM
Jul 2020

.......Arrogance...Stupidity...Idiots...whatever you want to describe it...?

Dem2theMax

(9,632 posts)
15. Is there something wrong with us in that this is our response?
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 08:20 PM
Jul 2020

Squinch

(50,897 posts)
5. Assholes.
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 06:12 PM
Jul 2020

riversedge

(70,016 posts)
6. and think of all the contacts--co-workers, families. etc they have put at risk. selfish SOBs
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 06:14 PM
Jul 2020
 

Manifestor_of_Light

(21,046 posts)
8. Boy am I glad
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 06:16 PM
Jul 2020

that one set of my grandparents got the hell out of Northern Mississippi about 1919, and settled in Texas. Grandpa's brother settled in San Antonio and became a real estate developer. Developed Leon Valley.

SWBTATTReg

(22,046 posts)
9. Ha! What can one say? Idiots will now pay for this and perhaps unfortunately, the rest of their...
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 06:19 PM
Jul 2020

lives too.

procon

(15,805 posts)
10. Darwinism; the gift that keeps on giving. nt
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 06:29 PM
Jul 2020

BigDemVoter

(4,149 posts)
11. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE let it be Repig lawmakers!
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 06:31 PM
Jul 2020

Catch2.2

(629 posts)
16. My thoughts exactly!
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 08:25 PM
Jul 2020

live love laugh

(13,065 posts)
12. Mississippi is Republicans' vision for America
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 06:42 PM
Jul 2020

Mississippi has had Republican governors for 30 years and Republican senators for the last 14 years.

Mississippi leads America with:

📊 the highest poverty rate
📊 the highest infant mortality rate
📊 the 3rd highest unemployment and incarceration rates
📊 the 5th highest health uninsured rate

Varaddem

(431 posts)
14. 47th in education
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 07:01 PM
Jul 2020

I guess nobody told them they weren’t shooting for the high score

Initech

(100,024 posts)
13. I'm shocked, shocked!!! Well not that shocked.
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 06:48 PM
Jul 2020

Maxheader

(4,369 posts)
17. The number of winger votes..
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 08:27 PM
Jul 2020


Seem to be getting smaller and smaller....

ellie

(6,928 posts)
18. People who refuse
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 08:36 PM
Jul 2020

to wear masks are crazy. This virus is no joke. Even people who had mild symptoms have brain damage.

Xipe Totec

(43,887 posts)
19. My heart bleeds purple peanut butter. nt
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 08:38 PM
Jul 2020
 

47of74

(18,470 posts)
20. Fornicate them.
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 08:48 PM
Jul 2020

I’m at the you deserve what you fornicating get phase when it comes to Republicans.

Dreampuff

(778 posts)
21. Karma!
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 08:51 PM
Jul 2020

There's no other way to put it.

NBachers

(17,066 posts)
22. Has it yet dawned on them that masks would've helped prevent this?
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 08:56 PM
Jul 2020

warmfeet

(3,321 posts)
23. I hope most of us can survive the stupidity that currently is the U.S.A.
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 09:09 PM
Jul 2020

We have a very long row to hoe. We have a good start here on DU.

Omaha Steve

(99,477 posts)
24. After a review by forum hosts....LOCKING
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 09:19 PM
Jul 2020

Dupe. See the earlier post here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142533650

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