CA official suggests letting C19 run its course to "reduce burdens" on social security

[Demovictory9]

https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-calif-official-who-said-coronavirus-could-fix-society-may-lose-job-20200501-crcpsikwejbnvpahwo5racbdgm-story.html

A California city official said COVID-19 should be allowed to run its course, killing elderly and homeless residents to “fix what is a significant burden on our society.”



Now his public position could be a pandemic-era casualty, and he’s calling that a violation of his rights.


Ken Turnage, a member of the city planning commission in Antioch, said in a now-deleted April 23 Facebook post that coronavirus lockdowns should be lifted to “let nature take its course.”

“We would have significant loss of life, we would lose many elderly, that would reduce burdens in our defunct Social Security System, health care cost — once the wave subsided — make jobs available for others and it would also free up housing in which we are in dire need of,” Turnage 47, wrote, according to the East Bay Times.

In another excerpt reported by SFGate.com, Turnage said the natural spread of COVID-19 would also cull the “herd” of other people he considered undesirable.

“Then we have our other sectors such as our homeless and other people who just defile themselves by either choice or mental issues,” he wrote. “This would run rampant through them and yes I am sorry but this would fix what is a significant burden on our Society and resources that can be used.”

[Lars39]

1. Another nazi speaks out

[sop]

9. COVID-19...The Final Solution

[CanonRay]

16. Yup, that is pure fascist thinking

[Walleye]

2. They've been trying to kill off the boomers for 50yrs. We're still standing

[brush]

3. Such cruelty. How long before this fool submits his resignation?

[highplainsdem]

4. That sociopath was just ousted by the Antioch city council in a unanimous vote:

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-05-01/northern-california-city-official-after-saying



Editing to link to another news article about his being ousted:

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/coronavirus/antioch-city-council-removes-planning-commissioner-after-viral-uproar-over-remarks/2283277/

[CountAllVotes]

6. Good news! 👍👍👍

What an out-of-control Nazi freak indeed!

Nazi go home!

Antioch cannot stand this disgusting loser!

[Demovictory9]

8. business is home restoration.. I hope he loses all clients age 55 plus

[CountAllVotes]

25. Unbelievable!

Well almost that is!

The greed NEVER ends for these parasites!

[Demovictory9]

7. "It's not like it used to be," he lamented, "when you could have an opinion, talk about it and then

“It’s not like it used to be,” he lamented, “when you could have an opinion, talk about it and then sit down and have a beer together and talk about football.”

[ornotna]

13. the Nazis had opinions in 1933

That didn't work out so well for the world back then. Fuck him and his 'opinions'

[SWBTATTReg]

15. Good. At least we were all relieved of the burden of dealing w/ this idiot. I hope that his words

follow him forever, which I suspect will. People will remember the heroes and the a&&holes.

[Cobalt Violet]

5. He is saying what many of them want.

Most won't come out and say it so blatantly.

[milestogo]

10. We could just gun down all the libruls and decimate every aspect of the social safety net.

[Hav]

11. Looking forward to his voluntary

farewell once he hits retirement or if he gets sick. Surely he understands, he wouldn't want to be a burden for society.

[highplainsdem]

14. He's 47, and he's probably stupid enough to think he's safe from the virus because he isn't over 60.

[Demovictory9]

19. on his business website...long story about his grandfather starting the business

and him working for his grandpa and father... if they are/were still alive? Does he not value the years they have left
to live?

Has he no older relatives?

http://k2gcinc.com/about-ken-turnage-ii/

[ooky]

24. That was my first thought too. nt

[struggle4progress]

12. Northern California official ousted

By MATTHEW ORMSETHSTAFF WRITER
MAY 1, 20209:35 PM UPDATED 10:16 PM

A planning commissioner of a Northern California city was removed from his post Friday night after saying that just as a forest fire clears dead brush, “the sick, the old, the injured” should be left to meet their “natural course in nature” during the coronavirus pandemic.

Via a Zoom meeting, the five-member City Council of Antioch, a city of about 110,000 people 35 miles east of Oakland, voted unanimously to remove Ken Turnage II from his post as chairman of the city’s planning commission.

Turnage, who owns a home restoration company in Antioch, had characterized the elderly, the homeless and people with weak immune systems as a drain on society who should be left to perish as COVID-19 sweeps through Contra Costa County, where it has killed 28 people and infected 907 to date ...

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-05-01/northern-california-city-official-after-saying

[Demsrule86]

21. I would bet he has elderly customers...or had elderly customers. What a piece of crap.

As for having a beer with him ...God no. I don't drink with people who want to kill the poor, the elderly and those who suffer from mental illness. These folks are too stupid to understand what free speech means. The government won't drag you out of your house and put you in jail no matter what you say...but there can be real world consequences in terms of jobs, schools etc. Stupid is as stupid does.

[uponit7771]

17. #YourFamilyFirst

[tavernier]

18. Of course when it hits him it'll reduce the burden of paying city officials.

I guess fair is fair.

I still can’t get over the fact that these dumbbells don’t realize that a lot of young and middle-aged people and even children are dying from this. Well I guess you roll the dice.

[Merlot]

20. How about raising the wage amount cap on Social Security?

Problem fixed and no one dies!

[Upthevibe]

22. It's come to this.....

..................WTF!

[roamer65]

23. Turnage is an undesirable.

[KWR65]

26. Well if we drop nuclear bombs on every city...

think how much money we can save!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

27. He's got to be a MAGAt.