Turning Point USA co-founder dies of covid complications

[Tanuki]

https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2020/07/29/turning-point-usa-founder-dies-coronavirus-complications-387077?__twitter_impression=true

"The co-founder of conservative student group Turning Point USA, Bill Montgomery, has died from complications of the coronavirus, according to two friends of his.

Montgomery, who started it in 2012 with young conservative star Charlie Kirk, died at the age of 80 on Tuesday from Covid-19, according to pro-Trump conservative strategist Caleb Hull, who posted about the death on Twitter and his personal Facebook page, and Chicago-based citizen journalist Vic Maggio.

“I really wish people would just stop politicizing this pandemic and grow up while innocent people around us are dying,” Hull also said. “You have no idea how painful it is to be forced to sit at home while your loved one dies alone in a hospital.”
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Charlie Kirk said in an additional statement to POLITICO: “I can’t put into words how saddened I am by the death of my dear friend Bill Montgomery.”.. (more)

[Bluethroughu]

1. This is the America they helped make...

It doesn't only hurt (others).

[Tanuki]

2. They only care if it affects them personally.

[Bluethroughu]

4. Trust me, I know to well

I know a few, and they can say sorry or say they understand, but back to old behaviors and attitudes the next day.

I've given up on these people. Whatever happens, it's their choices.

[VMA131Marine]

3. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes!

[demmiblue]

5. Charlie Kirk declares that he won't wear masks because he doesn't believe the science

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to surge throughout the United States, killing almost 150,000 Americans and infecting millions, key surrogates to President Donald Trump and the administration continue to insist that basic safety measures are unscientific and an affront to civil liberties. Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, a top Trump ally and frequent Fox guest, has been consistently working to undermine health care experts and government officials working to enforce COVID safety guidelines.

On his podcast, Kirk bragged about refusing to wear a mask in grocery stores that require them.

CHARLIE KIRK (HOST): Do not force me to wear a mask, it's that simple. I'm not gonna do it, I'm not. The only time I comply is on the airlines because I actually need to fly the airlines to be able to do my job and travel the country so I can deliver truth to you and make an income and grow Turning Point USA. So that's the fight I do not fight. But every single time I go into one of these grocery stores, "Where's your mask?"

I say, well first of all, the science around masks is very questionable, very questionable. In fact some people, some doctors think that masks actually make you sicker and have you less likely to be able to get oxygen and more likely to infect yourself, and less likely to be able to fight the virus, and actually more likely to be able to die sooner. A lot of people believe that. I've met many doctors that hold that view.

https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-covid-19/charlie-kirk-declares-he-wont-wear-masks-because-he-doesnt-believe-science

[lagomorph777]

7. I hope Charlie gets it too.

[dalton99a]

6. "Do not force me to wear a mask, it's that simple. I'm not gonna do it, I'm not."

Okey dokey

[lagomorph777]

8. I'm NOT a baby! I'm NOT!

[bigtree]

9. their fault

...if they hadn't reported this the hoax would never have killed the guy.

[C_U_L8R]

10. Rightwing suicide by coronavirus

Or really suicide by just damn ignorance.

[tanyev]

11. There's only one side that's politicizing this pandemic, Caleb.