GOP Texas lt. gov. - "There are more important things than living"

[sunonmars]

Link to tweet

I don't even know where to start with this utter moron.......

Honestly, I wish he'd hurry up and sacrifice himself.

Pro life party, my ass...when it suits them.

If we are not alive, what the hell else matters, you don't know you're dead.

[ProfessorGAC]

1. He Said This In Public?

Even thinking that way is revealing. But to say it publicly? Sheesh!

[sunonmars]

6. We are being sacrificed on the altar of coin.

Next they will put a $ value on your life, we're heading that way.

[aggiesal]

27. GOP stands for ...

Greed
Over
People

Read it, learn it, use it!

[joost5]

33. I like it. Going to make a bumper sticker....nt

[patphil]

41. You can already find many versions of this all over the internet.

My daughter sent me one last year.

[joost5]

49. Cool. :)

but are the others as awkwardly designed as mine?

[joost5]

48. Made a bumper sticker out of it! Greed Over Party

https://www.zazzle.com/gop_greed_over_people_bumper_sticker-128742127709251969

[aggiesal]

50. You misspelled "People" n/t

[joost5]

51. *headslap... correcting

[joost5]

53. That's a rookie move on my part. lol - thanks for the edit

https://www.zazzle.com/gop_greed_over_people_bumper_sticker-128383546818953789

[patphil]

57. Definitely cool.

[ck4829]

46. Let Them Get Sick!

[Takket]

2. This should be on the nightly news. Not the drumpf rallies with a few hundred people

[DFW]

3. I only wish he would help us out by personally demonstrating what he meant..........b/t

[Guilded Lilly]

4. Apparently the old saying is often true...

If you have no skills, intelligence or character, go into politics.

[walkingman]

5. Now the rest of the nation understands why it's so frustrating to live in Texas. The irony is

that there are millions of Texans that are being dominated by these idiots.

[jmg257]

7. I say, why can't we do both?

Patrick went on: "There are more important things than living, and that's saving this country for my children and my grandchildren and saving this country for all of us.

[sunonmars]

8. You have to wonder what financial interests this guy has that he is so desperate to reopen.

[Dustlawyer]

23. Donors Donors Donors!

[Croney]

16. Sure, I'd die for my children and grandchildren,

if there wasn't enough room in a lifeboat for all of us, and my staying out would mean they could all fit. I'm 75, not ready to die, but at least I've lived.

But my death plus thousands of others does not equal saving the country. Only if the lifeboat holding Drumpf and his minions tips over will we save the country.

[treestar]

42. False dilemma

He thinks the lockdown would destroy the country? And that it would do so faster than with no lockdown? Where does he think the virus is going to go?

[madaboutharry]

9. "Pro-life" is not about life.

It is about controlling women and maintaining patriarchal power. It is misogyny and its purpose it to keep women from gaining equality.

These people care about money and power. This is who they are. They have shown this to us many times. And we should believe them.

[sunonmars]

13. Yup, he'd pull the plug on life support for family for a dollar saving.

[ck4829]

47. +1

[Captain Stern]

10. In fairness, that's not exactly what he meant.

He meant that there were more important things than other people living.

[JHB]

11. "I say 'Let em crash!'"

[The Magistrate]

12. "When You Are Dead, You Do Not Know You Are Dead. It Is Only The Others Who Suffer...

It is the same when you are stupid."

Or a degenerate moral cretin.


"Defeat of a hated enemy is something to be for."

[Pacifist Patriot]

14. Living in a red state feels like being not so randomly selected for the control group.

[LisaL]

15. Like what?

[ck4829]

44. Good question

[OrlandoDem2]

17. ...like re-electing Trump. Gag! That's what this is about.

They are concerned about Trump, power, control, and having the ability to appoint Reich wing judges.

[samsingh]

18. Abortions go up under repug leadership i believe. They are not prolife at all. It's only a wedge

issue to get the stupid vote

[tanyev]

19. You first, Dan.

I'll wait and see how that goes.

[beachbumbob]

20. people like this that create more democratic voters every day and driving Texas to a bluestate

[Grokenstein]

21. No person of normal intelligence would ever say such a thing.

OP: "Honestly, I wish he'd hurry up and sacrifice himself."

Maybe he requires...assistance.

[Lonestarblue]

22. This Texan says Patrick is an idiot.

Of course, he’s always been an idiot, but now he’s proclaiming his idiocy on a national public platform. Perhaps he sees himself as the next Trump.

[colorado_ufo]

24. If people like him really claim to be Christians

They are going to have a lot of explaining to do one day when they actually do die.

[Paladin]

25. Patrick is one of the biggest pieces of shit in Texas.

Has been, for a long, long time.

[Scalded Nun]

28. He is indeed

Right up there with Abbott and that true slime Paxton.

[Paladin]

36. I think Patrick edges those two out for the title.

Given Patrick's years as a Limbaugh wannabe AM radio hate jockey. Really filthy stuff on a daily basis.

[musette_sf]

34. + 1

[malaise]

26. Like the rapture and making money

in any order

[imavoter]

29. Does he kiss his mama with that mouth? N/t

[UTUSN]

30. Agree, after *YOU*, Dan Patrick & after SHITLER et al.!1 Why isn't he in jail yet?

He and his fellow wingnuts in Texas have had court cases against them for years.

Remember what happened to the charges against Tom DELAY - oh, wait!1

[IronLionZion]

31. Is he volunteering to stop living?

He should lead by example and stop being so pro-life about his own life.

[calimary]

32. And I'll bet he's "pro-life."

I bet all these assholes are.

[gibraltar72]

35. His life must really suck.

[oasis]

37. He'll be reminded of that statement for the remainder of his miserable life. nt

[roamer65]

38. Fuck that POS.

You folks should move north before we quarantine TX.

[NNadir]

39. Apparently they're proud of being morons. n/t.

[overleft]

40. Maybe he should take the lead to the forefront!!!

[sunonmars]

60. I wish

[ck4829]

43. Truly disgusting

[Initech]

45. It's so weird to see them change from "death panels are going to kill your grandma" to...

"We must sacrifice the olds for the greater good of the youngs.". I never, EVER want to hear again about how these thugs are "pro life".

[Solly Mack]

52. So kill yourself and let the rest of us enjoy the more

important aspects. Like a world with one less idiot.

[area51]

54. Dan Patrick is a long-time @ssclown.

[leftyladyfrommo]

55. All right. You go first! nt

[smirkymonkey]

56. WTF? I have never heard anything so idiotic in my life!

Then YOU and all your republican buddies get out there first and show us how brave you are. Go ahead. Have parties, have rallies, get out there and meet the public. Show us how its done.

Before the general public is released back into society en masse, I want to see every single republican politician out there shaking hands and greeting people, hugging and kissing people just like they normally would in a pre-Covid-19 society. YOU GO FIRST!

[Progressive dog]

58. While there may be more important things than living,

the ones likely to do the dying get to decide if the risk is worth it. If it isn't, they are free to continue to protect themselves from the stupidity of others.

[Gothmog]

59. I agree with Beto on the real reason for opening up early

Link to tweet

[BrightKnight]

61. He is not going to put himself in danger.

He will always have the best health care and I doubt he has been in a grocery store for a long time.

He was saying this bs when NY was at its worst.

[struggle4progress]

62. "I wanna get richer so why doncha die"

[Wednesdays]

63. Be sure to bookmark this thread, and also the article

We're going to need it... guaranteed. Likely sooner than you think!