Texas official: There are more important things than living

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I get that he wants to deal with the spread of the virus as if it was a war, he doesn't care if people will die to save the country from its worst economic recession in history (or something like that). But I believe there are still better ways to deal with this situation such as testing the hell out of the population and isolate those who are infected, so the others can go to work. I too wouldn't like the USA to lose more power to China and its dictatorship.

[Borislshere 53,665]

He's one of those people that won't take Corona seriously until it directly effects him or someone super close to him. 

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People are stupid. 

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1 hour ago, Morphine Prince said:

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.

What a jerk....

I'm the only one who can say stupid shvt like this.   🤫

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On 4/21/2020 at 1:03 PM, StarstruckIllusion said:

Patriotism is a mental illness. 

This isn't patriotism, it's greed and ignorance.  Supporting your country is one thing, this lieutenant governor sounds suicidal and appears to be willing to sacrifice his relatives for this rush to normalcy... Looking at the stats, we haven't passed the peak yet.  Vote these loonies out of office, fellow GGD Texans! 

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What a fool

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On 4/21/2020 at 2:39 PM, Supersonic said:

Notice how the Republicans say this as soon as their money and immediate wealth is in question/vaguely threatened

Yeah, Trump and his buddies must be hurting

Trump properties furlough nearly 2,000 workers amid coronavirus pandemic

Public documents show that Trump properties in Illinois, Nevada, New York, Virginia and Washington, DC, have collectively furloughed more than 1,200 additional employees. And at least 713 more workers were furloughed at two Trump properties in Florida, the Trump Organization said in documents filed with the Florida Department of Labor and local officials.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/18/politics/trump-properties-furlough-workers-coronavirus/index.html

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Let me guess, he's also pro-life?