The Southwest Airlines mess and rumors of a vaccine walkout

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https://wapo.st/3BRKi0R (WaPo, No Paywall)

In the part of the United States that relies on traditional media, rumors that the cancellations were the result of a pilot protest over coronavirus vaccine mandates were dismissed because, well, there was no evidence. Official entities, such as the airline, the Federal Aviation Administration and the Southwest pilots union, all issued statements saying the rumors were false.

But in a parallel universe of right-wing social media and television, the rumors were treated as true. Lawmakers such as Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) tweeted in support of airline employees who supposedly were fighting vaccine mandates.

https://wapo.st/3BRKi0R

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1. All of these idiots are trying to blame COVID mandates in some manner when no other airlines had

any issues w/ this. Of course RW social media and Biggs/Cruz jumped the gun and blamed (wrongly of course) the mandates.

These idiots are so partisan, so idiotic it's hard to believe anything they say now.