GOP Lawmaker Says Dying from Virus 'Lesser of Two Evils'

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GOP Lawmaker Says Dying from Virus ‘Lesser of Two Evils’

April 14, 2020 at 4:23 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 81 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/04/14/gop-lawmaker-says-dying-from-virus-lesser-of-two-evils/

"SNIP.....

Rep. Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN) told WIBC that Americans need to get back to work immediately, even if it means significantly increasing the spread of the coronavirus.

He acknowledged that ending social distancing could result in major public health harms and “loss of life,” but he said it was better than letting the economy fall apart.

Said Hollingsworth: “It is policymakers’ decision to put on our big boy and big girl pants and say it is the lesser of these two evils.”

....SNIP"

[Coventina]

1. You first, motherfucker!

[malaise]

4. +1,000

I wish him what he wishes for others

[SheltieLover]

7. My 1st thought!

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[Arkansas Granny]

8. Agreed.

[NRaleighLiberal]

16. perfect!

[dalton99a]

24. Or his family.

[GoCubsGo]

34. Yep. Beat me to it. n/t

[crickets]

37. Are you me? Same words occurred to me immediately!

[sdfernando]

51. Exactly! 1st thought I had when I read the OP...

You 1st muthafucka!!!!

[kairos12]

55. Exactly. And your family. Front row at the next

sweaty MAGA rally hugging every Brownshirt in sight.

[Tiger8]

70. 1000+++

[Evolve Dammit]

71. x1000

[spudspud]

77. This is literally the first thing that came to my mind..

And then I look down to go comment and see your first post. LOL.

[SoonerPride]

2. Again I say "you first, buckaroo"

Go out there, shake hands, go out to eat. Knock yourself out.
If you die, it'll stimulate the economy of the undertakers.

[Moostache]

58. If only we could ensure the stupid could only infect each other...

The problem is these asshats and their devotion to protecting profits over people, cash over caring leads to runaway infections and an r-naught for the virus that virtually assures that in time everyone alive will face the virus.

Now, some people barely have symptoms and others die in days...some high risk groups are seeing mortality rates north of 10% (or far worse, potentially), while others are having the virus spare them more often than not and CAN look like the flu in those small subgroups...

But the problem here is and always will be the subtext - 1) he assumes that HE won't get it and that neither will his loved ones or acquaintances; and he is simply wrong and 2) he is essentially placing a price on the value of human life and finding it wanting next to the value of corporate and business profits and the goods and services money can buy...

The first error is enough for me to hate the very idea and loathe the men and women who are pounding away on it as a viable 'plan', but the second is truly monstrous and to see it universally come from the mouths of the same motherfuckers who pontificate about the 'sanctity of life' and 'protecting life' and 'defending the unborn', its just too goddamn much hypocrisy to stand...

NO ONE among these fuck toys had better EVER tell me (or let me hear them tell ANYONE) about how much they value life and protect the innocent...they will suffer a broken jaw and lose several to all of their teeth in the exchange.

Life is irreplaceable, and our 'god-given' Constitutional rights start with the premise that LIFE is the primary right...above LIBERTY and superseding PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.

Fuck them all, without a trace of love or tenderness...they pay full freight for being monsters of the highest order.

[Mr. Ected]

3. Hmmm....making money is more important than life itself

Why don't they just admit we exist for their profit alone?

[aggiesal]

50. I've been using this acronym a lot lately ...

Greed Over People
A.K.A. GOP

[stage left]

61. +1

That is perfect.

[GemDigger]

83. Pro life advocates, dontcha know.

Severe sarcasm!

[RockRaven]

5. I'm open to being convinced, sir, but I'll need to see you personally demonstrate it to convince me.

Please proceed, Congressman.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. OK. Why don't you save the economy for us and drop dead?

[Coventina]

12. Haha! You made me LOL!

[Shermann]

9. So we can use his living room as a CV-19 hospice?

[lunatica]

10. Lead the way!

You do think you’re a leader, right? Well, you first!

[gibraltar72]

11. Is talking as opposed to setting an example a real thing??

[SergeStorms]

69. It is if....

you're a republican. As a matter of fact, that seems to be all republicans do. They talk a good game, but would rather have others do their dirty work for them. I guess they're more republiCAN'TS than republiCANS.

[cayugafalls]

13. I am speechless at his stupidity.

Obviously sold his soul to corporate America. We are the cogs in the machine. Expendable.

Damn them all to hell.

[robbob]

14. And the he said

“And believe me, we know evil...”

[OAITW r.2.0]

15. Targeting "loss of life" at higher density population centers because that's where the Democratic

voters reside.

He's the 2nd Republican to make this same argument today. I sense this will be their central argument going forward. Can't get this economy open soon enough to kill lots more Americans.

[DBoon]

17. Capitalism requires sacrifice of the lives of the poor, the weak and the elderly

We live in a cruel and brutal society when people think these statements are acceptable

[JHB]

18. Prove it, Trey.

None of the people saying this stuff are willing to lead from the front, to be the proverbial "first boot on the ground".

"It always seems a bit abstract, doesn't it? Other people dying." -- Tyrion Lannister

[efhmc]

19. Only right wing cultists.

[Docreed2003]

20. Gee Trey...what real job have you ever held in your charmed life??

Such a smug little prick with your "big boy and big girl pants" line....how bout coming back to TN, you know that state where you're from, and working on the Covid front lines with people like myself and others who are literally putting our lives on the line every fucking day to care for our communities, even for smug little shits like you.

[volstork]

21. Go ahead, then

asshole.

[dalton99a]

22. He is the 12th wealthiest member of Congress

[maryellen99]

25. And he knows he'll get first crack at a ventilator nt

[RestoreAmerica2020]

53. Didn't know that, thanks. He's a malevolent mf--just fucking evil. Yet, that's how I describe entire

..GOP--just plain evil SOBs bc there is no other way to describe their blatant cruelty meanness; policies that harm people for no other reason than to see people hurting--just fucking evil.

[Baitball Blogger]

23. I hope someone is logging all these gems. The next time people ask what is the

difference between a Republican and a Democrat.

I think this began with, "The cure cannot be worse than the disease."

[SammyWinstonJack]

26. GOP IS EVIL.

[Roland99]

27. We're back to "herd immunity"? Reopening everything will result in about 5-6 million DEAD

minimum about 1 - 1.5 million based on current mortality rates but it will triple, quadruple or more after hospitals become more than overwhelmed and people will be dying at home, hallways, streets, etc.

Utter myopic madness

[Frustratedlady]

28. Show us how it's done, Hollingsworth.

Then, we'll make up our own minds on which is the least of two evils.

Idiot.

[beachbumbob]

29. lol, he talks a mean talk doesn;t he

[RandySF]

30. He can go first.

[Newest Reality]

31. That's not on my bucket list...

Let's see, die for capitalism and the GOP as my patriotic duty.

Checking.

Nope!

Tell that twittering gob in his ivory tower to come down here and say that. He sounds just like the biggest of all evils right there.

[Iggo]

32. Lead then, motherfucker. Show us how it's done.

You first.

[spanone]

33. you first, trey

[Historic NY]

35. He's one of them pro-life Republicans, his.

[The empressof all]

36. Go volunteer at the ER Trey...They need help taking out the trash and mopping floors

Do that for a few weeks and then spout off your stupidity. I know your GOP crony's need their wage slaves even if they drop dead on the job. Fricken Ass.

[dweller]

38. virus equals lesser of two evils

then the GOP = the greater evil of them both
f'n assholes

✌🏼

[LaMouffette]

39. I just watched "Schindler's List" again on TV . . .

(as if I needed anything to make me feel any more depressed about mankind's seemingly limitless ability to show cruelty toward other human beings), and the scene in which the Nazis were sorting out their victims by their fitness level really struck home, and so did the scene where one poor imprisoned woman says to the others, "They won't kill us! We are 'essential workers'! They need us!"

Why do I feel as if Trump and the Republicans, if they had a group screening of the film, would be taking notes and nodding their heads in approval at the Nazis' efficiency as they carried out their murderous acts?

[Solly Mack]

40. 50 million buys a lot of medical care.

So of course he feels that way.

Buys a lot of advantages. Easy for him to say other people dying is just something we have to accept.

Dying is now the patriotic thing to do....if you're not Trey Hollingsworth, that is. Or everyone else who thinks sacrifice is for the little people.

Make America Great Again by dying for the economy.

KAG - Killing Americans Greedily.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

41. If the choice is "die of virus" or "see Trump re-elected", I'll have to think about which is lesser.

[crickets]

42. His next opponent's campaign ads are writing themselves. nt

[thucythucy]

43. For him maybe.

For me and mine, not so much.

[Takket]

44. not THIS shit again...........

put up or shut up........ commit suicide to prove you are willing to make the sacrifice, or shut up.

he is just like these assholes that wants us to invade and kill all the Muslim countries but you won't see THEM at the recruitment office signing up to be cannon fodder!

[MagickMuffin]

45. Let's cut Trey Hollingsworth some slack, he's pro-life.

I mean what would the children say when they no longer have parents to raise them because of Trey Hollingsworth's betrayal of his pro-life stance. Surely the children will appreciate Trey Hollingsworth's input of forcing their parents to put on big pants and risk their lives for Trey Hollingsworth's portfolio.

With a net worth of $50.1 million, Trey Hollingsworth has a lot of income to protect.

[TeamPooka]

46. "money human life" says GOP

[LakeArenal]

47. These fuckers don't seem to realize is

Some folks’ “economy” is already shot to shit. That stock market means very little to people who are working two jobs and still can’t pay to get the car fixed.

[ananda]

48. Death Cult Republicanism ...

... still going strong!

[flibbitygiblets]

49. Trey Hollingsworth, a pro-life republican, wants our grandparents to die for his MONEY

Trey Hollingsworth, a pro-life republican, wants our grandparents to die for his MONEY

Trey Hollingsworth, a pro-life republican, wants his grandparents to die for his MONEY

Trey Hollingsworth, a pro-life republican, wants your grandparents to die for his MONEY

[DemoTex]

52. Beware of Republicans named "Trey."

My former Congressman was Trey Gowdy. What a revolting development HE was!

[marble falls]

68. Jebus. But then again he's no Louis Gohmert.

[bucolic_frolic]

54. Will Trey Hollingsworth volunteer then?

America is waiting.

Ye who art a Hollingsworth, are not a holling's worth.

[iluvtennis]

56. GOP beleives in wealth over health - now, that's some family value. The GOP doesn't care

about us.

[AleksS]

57. Pro-Life!

Pro-Life!

Can't you tell? I mean sure, sometimes being pro-life means being pro-death, but war is peace and love is hate, and up is down.

[Ilsa]

59. I suppose if women explained that they

want and need abortions in order to earn more money, the GOP would be okay with it?

[Caliman73]

60. That is just evil AND WRONG!

Not only is it stupid and evil for this GOP idiot to say death from coronavirus better than "letting the economy fall apart", he is simply wrong about the entire statement. We are still in the middle of this pandemic. We have not flattened the curve or contained the virus in any meaningful way. We still have no accurate idea of who is sick. If we go back to work as the idiots in the GOP are suggesting, we will see massive transmission of the virus followed by massive amounts of disability and death. Prior to the shelter in place orders, the prediction was that 60% to 70% of Americans would get the virus. That is a minimum of 198 million people infected. if only 2% die that would be almost 4 MILLION PEOPLE DEAD. What do those idiots think will happen to the economy with 4 million people dying in a short period. I am not even talking about the rate of people who would be debilitated from the virus which would be substantially more. I am not even talking about the overwhelm of ALL public health and safety systems by the sheer number of people infected and sick.

They still think that this is like the flu, where you get sick, take some NyQuil, then get up and go to work. Following their advice would be sure death to the people AND the economy. John Oliver said, "Relaxing social distancing to save the economy isn't just trading one bad outcome for another bad outcome, it is trading one bad outcome for BOTH bad outcomes. It's shitting on your cake, and choking on it too".

[DENVERPOPS]

62. Ha !!!!!!! LOL

Of course he and every last one of his fellow politicians in the house and senate just announced this as they all head out the door for at least a month's break...

What a bunch of hypocrite chicken shits...........Screw you all........

I expected to hear the Dem house members and the Dem senate members say "NOT US".....GOOD LUCK WITH THAT THINKING...........

And, they still get all their pay and benefits...............



OH, and this just in on Huff Post, almost the entire cabinet of Lardass has flown the coop also.......

Trump is probably really, really, really, pissed off that he can't go to Mar-A-Lago for the month, just take off along with all the other Washington Politicians, and just play golf.......You can bet your sweet ass that he is repeatedly testing his staff down there every single day.

[smirkymonkey]

63. Another "Pro-Life" Hypocrite.

God, I hate republicans with every fiber of my being.

[tiptonic]

64. Put him to work

Put him to work in a hospital, cleaning the floors and handling the PPE suits. See what he thinks about that.

[Kaiserguy]

65. I hope we have somone who is running against him

this year. The ads write themselves. What a worthless piece of (I hate to use the term) humanity he is.

[DinahMoeHum]

66. After you, dipshit.

Sheesh, he'd roll his own mother.

[Mendocino]

67. CV fodder

My trumpite brother would agree with this loon.



Can you divorce a family member?

[OMGWTF]

72. From what I've read, Covid-19 is a horrible way to die.

The Republican party has become a death cult.

[Cha]

73. The Stupid BURNS RED HOT.. you first Asshole, Trey.

[Ford_Prefect]

74. Evidently Trey didn't read the "protect and defend" part of his oath too closely...

That phrase usually means the oath taker is meant to be first, not last, to defend the Republic from all threats.

But then Trey doesn't really get what that privilege is all about, does he?

[paleotn]

75. And he thinks that's a winning strategy....

Not only are the scum of the earth, they're stupid to boot. Scum of the earth with intelligence and flare is one thing. These particular jackasses don't even have those redeeming qualities.

[mwb970]

76. And these are the "pro-life" people, right?

[Fritz67]

78. Ungh

And I live in the state with enough stupid people to elect this asshole.

[PaulRevere08]

79. He's more worried about his business than his constituents. Probably not selling a ot of

aluminum these days.

[Rebl2]

80. You first

Please proceed Trey Hollingsworth. We’ll wait a while.

[TNNurse]

81. Yes, Trey, you and all your loved ones, take one for the team.

[niyad]

82. Are you still here, trey, you worthless piece of human refuse? Surely you are willing to die

yourself to save the economy?? No?? Did not think so, you malevolent monster.

I hope you contract it quickly.

[Vinca]

84. Well I say we sacrifice Hollingsworth first.

[pbmus]

85. He is definitely a dumb guy....

[NoRoadUntravelled]

86. Mr. Hollingsworth! What an interesting new game. Dying for Dollars.

Let's play. You go first.

[Hekate]

87. Show some leadership, okay? You & your kids & your parents go first.

Jesus Christ on a Trailer Hitch, deliver us from these evil people.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

88. Fuck the market

Fuck the rich,let them squeal and die. People's lives are priceless.