that anti-vaxxer that was begging for a ride back from central America...update: DEAD

[Demovictory9]

rumor is that he got the ride back but no one has heard much from him...that he might be real sick.

I don't remember his name...he's a politician. wondering if he came back humble and begging for vax

[FSogol]

1. Say stuff.. about things!

[ARPad95]

2. Doug Ericksen

https://www.newsweek.com/state-senator-mysteriously-disappears-after-contracting-covid-1658712

Luanne Van Werven, a former state lawmaker, told The Bellingham Herald that Ericksen arranged a flight from El Salvador to the U.S. shortly after he sent the email. When he returned, the lawmaker said he was taken to a Fort Lauderdale hospital in Florida to get treated for COVID-19, Van Werven said.


She said Ericksen was in stable condition in hospital.

Since then, no one has heard from the lawmaker, and his condition is unclear. The newspaper reported that he is no longer listed as a patient at the hospital.

Article dated 2 days ago. So who knows? Is he just being coy or playing dead?

[Demovictory9]

4. thanks. I'm looking for some humility... "I was wrong, Covid is serious & real, wear masks, get vax"

[Tanuki]

5. It sounds as if he is in really, really bad shape and can't communicate.

Surely he or his family would have released some kind of update otherwise. 🤔

[Demovictory9]

9. To sick to eat a.bowl of crow

[JanMichael]

16. He is dead now.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/washington-state-sen-doug-ericksen-235935056.html

[cbabe]

3. Missing for a month. WA state senator Doug Erickson, R-Ferndale,

and anti-vaxer contracted covid in El Salvador.

He begged for help and eventually was flown to Florida.

Neither his family or office will release any further information. Some are calling for state leadership to investigate his current whereabouts and health.

[Captain Zero]

6. Why was he in El Salvador ?

Seems and odd place for a Republican State Senator to be hanging out.

He was up to no good.
Then he caught Covid.
Karma.

There is a dark money religious right org down there. US Senator Mike Braun from Indiana is involved with them some way.

One of Braun's aides is missing too.

[cbabe]

7. Unknown why he was in El Salvador. He

missed numerous votes earlier this year when he was on a previous trip to El Salvador.

Sounds strange and dark and a great story to investigate.

[FSogol]

8. Probably hiking the Appalachian Trail in true GOP fashion!

[niyad]

15. Supposedly monitoring elections. He is now dead, from covid.

[LisaL]

10. Dead.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/washington-state-sen-doug-ericksen-dies-after-battle-with-covid/

[Demovictory9]

11. So sad

[Zorro]

12. Seems he Fucked Around and Found Out

[Hamlette]

13. just yesterday. OP is prescient. I loved Gen. Hayden's response to Ericksen's tweet

Erickson tweeted that he was stuck in El Salvador and asked if anyone knew how he could get back to the US.

Hayden responded "walk". Lol

[Tanuki]

14. Dead

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/washington-senator-doug-ericksen-dies-at-52/ar-AARX7CC

"...Senator Doug Ericksen (R-Whatcom County) has died. 

The Washington State Senate Republican Caucus said the senator passed away on Friday. He was 52 years old.

The Ferndale Republican's death came weeks after he said he had tested positive for the coronavirus while in El Salvador, though his cause of death wasn’t immediately released.

He leaves behind two daughters and a wife.

"We are heartbroken to share that our husband and father passed away on Friday, Dec. 17. Please keep our family in your prayers and thank you for continuing to respect our privacy in this extremely difficult time," his family said in a statement."....(more)




l

[niyad]

17. Dead. Also a registered lobbyist for Cambodia.

[SharonClark]

18. Weird story - deserves a 'real crime' movie treatment

"Also unclear has been why Ericksen visited El Salvador — but it’s not his first visit to that country or others in recent years.

Ericksen in 2019 registered with the U.S. Department of Justice as a foreign agent to conduct lobbying work on behalf of the Cambodian government, scoring a $500,000 contract for his new firm.

That contract came after Ericksen traveled to Cambodia to observe — and ultimately praise — the country’s widely condemned 2018 elections. Those elections took place as a government crackdown shuttered independent media organizations and dissolved a key opposition party.

Ericksen had also visited El Salvador with the business partner of his new firm — former GOP state Rep. Jay Rodne — in October and December of 2020, according to posts on social media from that time. During this year’s legislative session, Ericksen missed votes in the senate because he was observing elections in El Salvador at the time, according to The Olympian."

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/washington-state-sen-doug-ericksen-dies-after-battle-with-covid/