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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRon DeSantis calls Florida 'God's waiting room' for dying seniors at coronavirus press conference
Published 8 mins ago on April 26, 2020
By David Edwards
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) referred to his state as a waiting room for seniors who will soon die.
The Florida governor made the remarks at a coronavirus briefing on Sunday after noting that some nursing home patients had been infected by asymptomatic COVID-19 carriers.
Florida is ground zero for the nursing home, were Gods waiting room, he explained. We have a huge number of facilities, a huge number of residents.
DeSantis went on to brag that the state has only 1.2 coronavirus deaths per 100,000 nursing home residents.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/ron-desantis-calls-florida-gods-waiting-room-for-dying-seniors-at-coronavirus-press-conference/
Hey Floridian's do you think its time to recall your lunatic wannabe governor............I mean really...........your state is a waiting room.......tells you what he thinks of seniors......................think of your parents................think about that ............. and you keep voting these assholes into office.............and a legislature that is fucking your relatives, employees in the state trying to get unemployment pay...........JFC................
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,013 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,291 posts)underpants
(182,832 posts)There are more important things than living
Trumps lung/sphincter hot bleach blast
And now....this
dlk
(11,569 posts)They are both very twisted and disturbed individuals. Thank you, GOP!
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)and the world. I'm pretty sure God/Jesus Christ does not approve.
procon
(15,805 posts)LuckyCharms
(17,444 posts)If someone was worn down to a nub by performing caregiving duties for someone they loved very much who was in a Florida nursing home, and that loyal caregiver heard this statement about the "waiting room" and then accidently punched the brain addled limp dick who made that statement right in his stupid fucking face. What a shame that would be.
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)Without the money those retired folks bring into his state, Florida would be up shit's creek without a paddle. There's no income tax in Florida, but there are sales taxes and fees for everything under the sun. I couldn't believe how much it cost to get my driver's license and car registration in Florida, and I thought I paid a lot in New York all those years.
niyad
(113,364 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,737 posts)a decision between economic viability and human life.
madaboutharry
(40,212 posts)I loathe these morons.
Renew Deal
(81,866 posts)bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)Mike 03
(16,616 posts)..and it's also the way he said it. Not even a hint of shame, almost like he's selling a used car.
PCIntern
(25,556 posts)Next he's gonna call them "oldsters".
niyad
(113,364 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,356 posts)doc03
(35,349 posts)they were going to die of something anyway.
tanyev
(42,572 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,829 posts)"Only" - as DeSantis speeds up the waiting room.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,011 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,036 posts)roamer65
(36,745 posts)They should be bleached.
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)roamer65
(36,745 posts)Ilsa
(61,695 posts)With dates, circumstances, and multiple sources listed to form a llong memory chain for later reminders nearer to election dates.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)Anyone able to do a mock-up?
niyad
(113,364 posts)I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)What happened to him?
When I was here before as UndergroundPanther I spoke to him
Than I lost my house,my net connection and computer,now I use my phone .I tried to resign in with my old name but it didn't work. I miss him.
niyad
(113,364 posts)SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)My Mom and Dad were thinking about buying a place in Florida when I was a kid. That would have been in the mid-to-late 50s, and every real estate agent they talked to would say, "Oh, don't buy in _______ (insert name of town), that's God's waiting room". That meant that it wasn't suitable for a family with young children.
When I went to buy a place in 2001 real estate agents were still using the same hackneyed joke. That being said, I don't think it's appropriate for the Governor of Florida to say that about many of it's residents. Florida would be still be a festering swamp without the countless millions of retired people who settled there throughout the decades.
Cosmocat
(14,566 posts)But, I have heard it referenced as such countless times over the years ...
NoMoreRepugs
(9,435 posts)hay rick
(7,625 posts)...he's just reciting them. I believe the statistic he wants to quote is per 1,000, not 100,000. I also believe that Florida is under-reporting coronavirus related deaths. A closer approximation of the actual toll will probably have to wait for the release and analysis of excess mortality statistics.
Fritz Walter
(4,291 posts)When he blew that dog-whistle during his Goobernatorial campaign, I started referring to this turd as Ron DeRacist. Now, hes up to ageism. What next? Sexism, of course.
I just hope to live long enough to vote him out. Can we clone KYs Andy Beshear in time for that election?
Marcuse
(7,488 posts)AnotherMother4Peace
(4,247 posts)What a piece of shit. These folks should be enjoying card games, yoga, visits with family, comfort NOT a sentence to "God's waiting room". Holy crap, what would that look like: struggling to breathe, fear, fever, depression, pain. After you DeSantis.
crickets
(25,981 posts)mountain grammy
(26,626 posts)niyad
(113,364 posts)Prisons came along). But then, I was not the chief executive during a deadly international crisis.
Cha
(297,323 posts)way with words.. That's sarcasm.
Raven
(13,893 posts)bonniebgood
(943 posts)Raven123
(4,849 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)oldsoftie
(12,558 posts)Comedians have used it for years
IronLionZion
(45,460 posts)their attitude is that elderly are going to die soon anyway so might as well open up businesses and get that money. Peak the curve
pro-life
rzemanfl
(29,565 posts)I remember was Lawton Chiles. Don't get me started on Unemployment.
Pacifist Patriot
(24,653 posts)Pacifist Patriot
(24,653 posts)Sadly, no recall provision for the governor in Florida.
DENVERPOPS
(8,835 posts)The Republicans will save on Social Security and Medicare.........
Takket
(21,578 posts)52% over people under 65 went for Gillum in 2018
65 and older went for deSantis 56-43
The elderly put him over the top..............
https://www.cnn.com/election/2018/exit-polls/florida/governor
flotsam
(3,268 posts)But the "God's waiting room" is old news meant to gin up outrage. Warm weather is more pleasant to die in as long as you are air conditioned indoors. I'm old and in New England and winters suck. Florida is affordable and available and I don't doubt for a minute that if I lived full time in Florida I would resent the shit out of old assholes (similar to myself, but with a bit more cash) moving in and using up state resources if I was working in the summer heat to support my family while they styled in over 55 parks and overtaxed medical resources, so I might very well be resentful. Ain't nobody moving up "North of the Notches" (upstate New Hampshire) for their golden years. And the inverse is not true.