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catbyte

(34,432 posts)
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 08:57 AM Oct 2020

Trump supporter regrets not taking CV seriously: 'I feel like a drunk driver that killed his family'

October 13, 2020
By Brad Reed

A supporter of President Donald Trump told CNN’s Alisyn Camerota on Tuesday that he regrets following the president’s example by blowing off warnings about the novel coronavirus.

While appearing on CNN, Texas resident Tony Green admitted that he used to think the pandemic was a hoax until 14 members of his family came down with the novel coronavirus after attending a gathering at his home.

Green himself wound up getting hospitalized after contracting the virus, and two members of his family died as a result.

“I feel like a drunk driver that killed his family,” he said. “I know logically that, you know, we all came here on our own accord. We knew that there was a possible risk. But, you know, it’s my home. I’m the one that hosted. And, you know, somebody got sick.”

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https://www.rawstory.com/2020/10/trump-supporter-regrets-not-taking-seriously-i-feel-like-a-drunk-driver-that-ed-his-family/
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Trump supporter regrets not taking CV seriously: 'I feel like a drunk driver that killed his family' (Original Post) catbyte Oct 2020 OP
And he still plans to vote for Trump qanda Oct 2020 #1
Stupid is as stupid does. catbyte Oct 2020 #2
So easily conned with all those "confusing" claims. Dope. BSdetect Oct 2020 #6
FUCKING IMBECILE. AZ8theist Oct 2020 #27
I haven't Googled but, I wonder what happened to this guy and, Hotler Oct 2020 #30
Bush's term. He was upset at the people protesting the Iraq War. SoonerPride Oct 2020 #36
Beause the news about Trump is all negative it is no longer a credible source of information. Ms. Toad Oct 2020 #29
Unbelievable. blueinredohio Oct 2020 #3
Caught the last part of his interview - STILL voting for Trump this year. bullwinkle428 Oct 2020 #4
'STILL VOTING FOR TRUMP THIS YEAR' ! My Pet Orangutan Oct 2020 #28
Yeah PatSeg Oct 2020 #38
Still gonna vote for drumpf? "People on both sides not taking it seriously" WTF? BSdetect Oct 2020 #5
My teenage daughter "He's on CNN and he can't sit up?" underpants Oct 2020 #7
more thoughts and prayers HAB911 Oct 2020 #8
It's a cult. dem4decades Oct 2020 #9
Except you weren't drunk, were you? C_U_L8R Oct 2020 #10
I had to stop watching. AirmensMom Oct 2020 #11
OK. Fine. Volunteer as an ad. My Pet Orangutan Oct 2020 #12
"Falling on his sword",... magicarpet Oct 2020 #13
criminal justice reform AnnaLee Oct 2020 #14
I think Kim Kardashian visited the Oval Office . . . hatrack Oct 2020 #15
The person in the video means The First Step Act JonLP24 Oct 2020 #20
I guess Jared did something right for once - blind squirrels and all of that . . . hatrack Oct 2020 #23
The First Step Act JonLP24 Oct 2020 #19
Kim Kardashian photo op NorthOf270 Oct 2020 #24
What a fool UpInArms Oct 2020 #16
typical, not an issue until it happens to them. TOO BAD beachbumbob Oct 2020 #17
Too fucking bad... SidDithers Oct 2020 #18
He's kinda right. He is like a drunk driver who killed his family. And he's still drinking Neema Oct 2020 #21
Let them cull their own herd malaise Oct 2020 #22
Still voting Trump? NorthOf270 Oct 2020 #25
Tots and pears durablend Oct 2020 #26
I have zero empathy for these people. None at all. SoonerPride Oct 2020 #31
They gave him a ton of airtime on CNN to make excuses and still promote Trump. lagomorph777 Oct 2020 #32
He's a Trumpsucker. NCjack Oct 2020 #33
This guy is an Idiot and a COVIDIOT all rolled into one ... aggiesal Oct 2020 #34
He couldn't get good information from the media Dem forever Oct 2020 #35
I am REALLY getting tired of these stories. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2020 #37
Gee, dude, nice of ya to wake up to the truth - for once. calimary Oct 2020 #39
How many did he get sick, send to the hospital or kill that he does not know about that didn't chose LizBeth Oct 2020 #40
Where to begin? "Media not a lot of positives" "I watch FOX, I watch CNN". lambchopp59 Oct 2020 #41

Hotler

(11,443 posts)
30. I haven't Googled but, I wonder what happened to this guy and,
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 10:57 AM
Oct 2020

was this back during the Bush term or Obama terms?

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
36. Bush's term. He was upset at the people protesting the Iraq War.
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 11:09 AM
Oct 2020

So he made a sign.

And made himself famous.

Ms. Toad

(34,086 posts)
29. Beause the news about Trump is all negative it is no longer a credible source of information.
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 10:20 AM
Oct 2020

Never stopped to think that perhaps it's all negative because there is nothing positive that can be truthfully said about Trump????

Idiot.

bullwinkle428

(20,629 posts)
4. Caught the last part of his interview - STILL voting for Trump this year.
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 09:02 AM
Oct 2020


Claimed that Chump's response to Covid still just represented a portion of his presidency.

Was still supporting him based on his criminal justice reform record, and that he was supposedly doing a great job bringing back manufacturing jobs.

PatSeg

(47,567 posts)
38. Yeah
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 11:42 AM
Oct 2020

I was impressed that he was so open about his feelings of guilt because of his family got sick, but then at the end he said he was still supporting Trump?

He was asked where he got his news and he claimed it was Fox and CNN, as well as numerous newspapers, but I'm guessing he only said that because he was being interviewed on CNN. I'm thinking he rarely watches anything other than Fox News, as he doesn't seem to have any idea what has happened to the country and the world during Trump's presidency. AND criminal justice reform has long been a Democratic issue and the reforms that took place under Trump were bi-partisan.

I guess his loss wasn't quite enough to break him out of the cult mentality.

underpants

(182,868 posts)
7. My teenage daughter "He's on CNN and he can't sit up?"
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 09:06 AM
Oct 2020

“And the purple chair?”

This guy was on the morning show AND Anderson Cooper and he couldn’t manage to not just plop down in a chair like he’s watching a football game?

C_U_L8R

(45,018 posts)
10. Except you weren't drunk, were you?
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 09:17 AM
Oct 2020

You killed your family all on your own. There is no excuse for you and your kind.

AirmensMom

(14,648 posts)
11. I had to stop watching.
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 09:21 AM
Oct 2020

Trumpers will never listen. How many other people were infected outside of the family?

I really wish there was a vaccine against the kind of stupidity that's been taking over. Then again, the ones who need it won't take it.

magicarpet

(14,160 posts)
13. "Falling on his sword",...
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 09:24 AM
Oct 2020

... one can only hope his wound becomes massively septic and gangrene sets in rapidly before his vote gets tabulated.

He only hopes to clear his conscience of the Covid death party he held at his home. He remains devout to Jesus trDump and still worships the demon Devil.

hatrack

(59,592 posts)
15. I think Kim Kardashian visited the Oval Office . . .
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 09:42 AM
Oct 2020

And Shitstain pardoned a couple of His New Black Friends as a result.

So, yeah, criminal justice reform, just like that.

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
20. The person in the video means The First Step Act
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 09:49 AM
Oct 2020

Which is Corey Booker's bill that was signed by Trump.

Link

The First Step Act (FSA), formally known as the Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person Act, is a bipartisan criminal justice bill passed by the 115th Congress and signed by President Trump in December 2018. The First Step Act, among other changes, reforms federal prisons and sentencing laws in order to reduce recidivism, decrease the federal inmate population, and maintain public safety.[1]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Step_Act

Trump regrets that he signed it and that he listened to Kushner who is the one that advised him to sign it.

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
19. The First Step Act
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 09:49 AM
Oct 2020

This was pushed by Sen. Corey Booker. He was willing to work with others, including Trump to get it done.

Corey Booker has fought for criminal justice reform for awhile now.

 

NorthOf270

(290 posts)
24. Kim Kardashian photo op
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 10:00 AM
Oct 2020

She likely performed a sex act on him, so he freed a woman she read about in People Magazine.

UpInArms

(51,284 posts)
16. What a fool
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 09:43 AM
Oct 2020

Will still support the non-masking wearing fact-denying Dotard ..

The mean part of me thinks he was not sick enough.

SidDithers

(44,228 posts)
18. Too fucking bad...
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 09:44 AM
Oct 2020

I'm tired of hearing "denier gets COVID, has regrets" stories.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes, dumbass.

Sid

Neema

(1,151 posts)
21. He's kinda right. He is like a drunk driver who killed his family. And he's still drinking
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 09:53 AM
Oct 2020

if he's voting for trump.

malaise

(269,157 posts)
22. Let them cull their own herd
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 09:56 AM
Oct 2020

As long as they don't infect those who take this pandemic seriously. I don't give a flying fuck. Fools die for want of wisdom.

durablend

(7,464 posts)
26. Tots and pears
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 10:05 AM
Oct 2020

Otherwise don't care.

These idiots can't be reasoned with. Hopefully the doubters here ("oh well if we try harder they'll understand" ) learn this.

aggiesal

(8,923 posts)
34. This guy is an Idiot and a COVIDIOT all rolled into one ...
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 11:07 AM
Oct 2020

Usually the Covidiot knocks out the Idiot, but not this guy.

 

Dem forever

(79 posts)
35. He couldn't get good information from the media
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 11:08 AM
Oct 2020

This moron has witnessed 2 members of his family die from Covid 19. He hosted a get together with those 2 that have died. He was supportive of not wearing mask. He is still going to vote for thrump. You can’t blame CNN or MSNBC for their reporting about safety procedures for the virus. Still voting for the person that gave him false information and was responsible for over 200,000 deaths and growing. You just can’t educate people on the left side of the bell curve. OMG what does it take to wake these people up. A child could figure this out.
His final words are there are people on the Biden side who don’t take the virus seriously. Name one person stupid. Just one .

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,879 posts)
37. I am REALLY getting tired of these stories.
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 11:24 AM
Oct 2020

Not sure when this guy got Covid-19, but if it was any time within the past four months or so he should have long since figured out this was real.

I just keep on being sorry that any of these deniers get hospital care.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, sir, you are right it's a hoax so you can't possibly be sick, so just go home and I'm sure you'll feel better very soon."

calimary

(81,440 posts)
39. Gee, dude, nice of ya to wake up to the truth - for once.
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 11:50 AM
Oct 2020

And for a minimal instance. This is just a one-off then?

You still supporting The Beast, though?

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
40. How many did he get sick, send to the hospital or kill that he does not know about that didn't chose
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 11:54 AM
Oct 2020

to participate?

lambchopp59

(2,809 posts)
41. Where to begin? "Media not a lot of positives" "I watch FOX, I watch CNN".
Tue Oct 13, 2020, 12:11 PM
Oct 2020

Second quote I've heard before from the obviously FOX noise faithful: "Oh, I watch Fox, I watch others, I read the papers"... mmm, hmm. Fox always mentioned as first, and obviously foremost source, appealing to that overblown sense of "patriotism".
First one just burns my ass. WTF "positives" are we getting out of a devastating pandemic, you idiot?
Somewhere in this one's usual rhetoric is likely heard the MAGAt's call to arms: "Own the libs". Even when intellectually they are defenseless.

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