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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,956 posts)
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 01:35 PM Jul 2020

Anti-mask US senator who called coronavirus a hoax tests positive for Covid-19

An Arkansas senator who shared an article that described the coronavirus pandemic as a “hoax” has contracted Covid-19.

Republican senator Jason Rapert, who unsuccessfully introduced a bill to ban gay marriage in the US in 2017, was hospitalised with coronavirus and pneumonia on 24 July.

Earlier in the year, as many states were beginning to take social distancing measures to attempt to control the spread of the virus, Mr Rapert shared an article on Facebook that called the pandemic the “biggest political hoax in history”.

He has been critical of policies taken to stop the spread of Covid-19 in various social media posts over the last few months and was filmed last week not wearing a face mask at a church service, according to Raw Story.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/anti-mask-us-senator-called-142351086.html

Darwinism at work.

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Anti-mask US senator who called coronavirus a hoax tests positive for Covid-19 (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2020 OP
Stupid idiot got what he deserves. Clear warnings all around re. the benefits of wearing a mask, SWBTATTReg Jul 2020 #1
... Initech Jul 2020 #2
Gosh...I was hoping this was Cotton. Rapert is a state senator... LeftInTX Jul 2020 #3
Me too leftieNanner Jul 2020 #4
State senator, not US. CurtEastPoint Jul 2020 #5

SWBTATTReg

(22,114 posts)
1. Stupid idiot got what he deserves. Clear warnings all around re. the benefits of wearing a mask,
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 01:40 PM
Jul 2020

social distancing, etc., and now he's sick, exposed all of his few family and friends to the CV, etc. I hope that they all sue the hell of him, being his irresponsibility has (or will) lead to others getting sick and possibly incurring massive medical bills.

leftieNanner

(15,084 posts)
4. Me too
Mon Jul 27, 2020, 01:52 PM
Jul 2020

There is no Dem running against Cotton this year - unfortunately. So we will have him around for another six years............


unless...............

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