MAGA-Crazy Retirement Village Now Fears COVID--and Pence

[babylonsister]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-crazy-retirement-community-the-villages-now-fears-covid-19-and-mike-pence?ref=home

MAGA-Crazy Retirement Village Now Fears COVID—and Pence
HARD PASS

“The virus was a hoax here until Trump got it,” one resident said.
Francisco Alvarado
Kelly Weill, Reporter
Published Oct. 09, 2020 4:32AM ET


MIAMI—Fresh off a vice presidential debate where he sported a reddish, sickly-looking eye, Vice President Mike Pence appears to be charging ahead with a plan to visit America’s largest retirement community in the critical swing state of Florida.

But with the White House battling a spiraling COVID-19 outbreak, not everyone in the traditionally Trumpy stronghold of The Villages will be happy to see him.

On Saturday, Pence is slated to stop by the 55-and-older community in Sumter County as part of a campaign bus tour through the Sunshine State. The VP would arrive in The Villages as President Donald Trump’s support with senior citizens has shown signs of a drop-off in recent months—and with the president dealing with his own case of the novel coronavirus.

Unlike Trump, who is already making noise about returning to the campaign trail, Pence has not announced a positive test result for COVID-19. But the vice president’s proximity to the growing number of White House staffers who have contracted the virus after a now notorious Rose Garden event has some Villagers—and infectious disease experts—running scared.

“The virus was a hoax here until Trump got it,” Chris Stanley, president of The Villages Democratic Club, said of the MAGA crowd’s attitude. “The other night they did a prayer vigil and for the first time, they posted in a big font, ‘You must wear a mask.’ I looked on the webcam and didn’t see many wearing masks, but they now seem to be accepting this is not a Democrat hoax at all.”

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[beachbumbob]

1. I hope Pence appears and very trump supporter comes out with NO masks,

the spread in The Villages will be historic and no way enough ICU hospital beds are available in the state of Florida for the fall out

[Crowman2009]

2. Stay safe The Villages Democratic Club!

[Statistical]

3. "the virus was a hoax here until Trump got it" - the stupid it burns.

Bonus points about the elderly being ignorant about a virus that mostly kills the elderly. I don't want to hear one boomer say a single thing about how dumb millennials are. They are smart enough to wear masks.

[Walleye]

6. Hmmm. Do I detect a slight generational persecution complex?

[BlueWavePsych]

4. KARMA is a b1tch.

[Mariana]

5. I think Mr. Stanley is exaggerating somewhat

when he says, “The virus was a hoax here until Trump got it.” The Villages has done a fantastic job of keeping Covid-19 spread under control. Some of that is due to the management shutting down the indoor activities and club meetings and so on, but most of the residents must be taking adequate precautions, too. If they weren't, it would have run wild in that community months ago.

I'm pretty sure most of them will still vote for Trump.

[babylonsister]

7. Could be. I

think older people, and I am one, have a lot more to lose, like our lives, and are taking it more seriously.