Texas official: There are more important things than living

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The lieutenant governor of Texas, who was criticized last month for saying it was worth risking lives to return to work if that meant saving the economy, has doubled down on his comments.

Dan Patrick, who turned 70 this month, faced a social media backlash in March for telling Fox News that many of his generation were willing to "take a chance" and return to work because an economy that was shut down by the coronavirus would harm future generations.

As parts of Texas started to reopen this week following weeks of restrictions, Patrick defended his comments on Monday, telling anchor Tucker Carlson again that the recent economic hardship had left him "vindicated."

"When you start shutting down society and people start losing their paychecks and businesses can't open and governments aren't getting revenues...I'm sorry to say that I was right on this," he said.

"I'm thankful that we are now beginning to open up Texas and other states because it's been long overdue."

Questioning the shifting projected death toll over the last few weeks he believed that "we have the wrong numbers, the wrong science."

Comparing the death toll in Texas with its population, he went on to say, "every life is valuable but 500 people out of 29 million and we're locked down and we're crushing the average worker, we're crushing small business, we're crushing the markets, we're crushing this country."

Using data from the Texas Department of State Health Services, the Texas Tribunereported that as of Monday, the death toll in the state stood at 495, with 19,458 positive tests.

Patrick went on: "There are more important things than living, and that's saving this country for my children and my grandchildren and saving this country for all of us.

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1 minute ago, Morphine Prince said:

 

Good. He should personally go out there to the frontlines then and do his part if he cares so much. Let’s see what happens when Texas spikes and becomes an experimental killing field.

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Good night Texas people

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Someone tell him... 

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And they're protesting in my state to reopen. It terrifies me honestly.

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8 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said:

Patrick went on: "There are more important things than living, and that's saving this country for my children and my grandchildren and saving this country for all of us.

No, I think I'm more important tbh - I certainly care about me way more than the non-descript children and grandchildren 

All the power to him tho, if he wants to go out there, cultivate and provide food and such, all the power to him - be the queen we need you to be 

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1 minute ago, SamanthaC said:

And they're protesting in my state to reopen. It terrifies me honestly.

Yeah.

Also, off topic, but your gif avi is absolutely beautiful.

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Patriotism is a mental illness. 

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Lmao this sounds like some nihilistic shiit I’d say when I’m in a suicidal funk

How is this real life 

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the fact that america is the only country with such widespread protests to end lockdown measures AND also has the highest number of cases says a lot about the country 

jus' sayin

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Patrick went on: "There are more important things than living, and that's saving this country for my children and my grandchildren and saving this country for all of us.

Notice how the Republicans say this as soon as their money and immediate wealth is in question/vaguely threatened but don't give a sh*t about climate change and the effetcs it is gonna have on their children's & grandchildren's lives.

Truly abhorrent.

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47 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said:

 

Patrick went on: "There are more important things than living, and that's saving this country for my children and my grandchildren and saving this country for all of us.

Why "save" the country for your children when they might die because you tried to "save" the country. 

"Saving" the country would lead to more infections, and higher death rates. 

Inbred idiot.