Sheriffs test positive for coronavirus after vowing not to enforce mask orders

[Nevilledog]

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/sheriffs-test-positive-for-after-vowing-not-to-enforce-mask-orders/

A number of sheriffs are refusing to enforce coronavirus mask orders and lockdowns, and now some of them are becoming infected with the potentially deadly virus.

Their defiance of statewide orders echoes the right-wing “constitutional sheriff” movement whose adherents refuse to enforce gun laws, and is based on the fallacious claim that county sheriffs are the highest constitutional authorities in the nation, reported The Guardian.

“The Constitution trumps everything,” said Sheriff Tracy Murphree, of Denton County, Texas. “When people are told to do something that violates their civil rights, it invites chaos and protest.”

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“I can tell you this – I am not the mask police,” said Richard Jones, of Butler County, Ohio. “I am not going to enforce any mask-wearing. That is not my responsibility, that is not my job. People should be able to make those choices themselves.”

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[stonecutter357]

1. tots and pears !

[Sherman A1]

8. +1

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. And this will continue until we are either all infected or dead. GOP cant do anything else.

They are all like their leader, dumb and stubborn and they will kill us.

[onecaliberal]

3. Beans and rice.

[ProfessorGAC]

4. Moron!

And, an elected moron.
You can draw your own conclusions as to the electorate.

[lpbk2713]

5. Damn shame.

[aeromanKC]

6. You wonder how many seat belt tickets they have written?

[Thomas Hurt]

7. Oh yeah, the sovereign/constitutionalist whackjobs loves this.

Their concept of the Constitution is based on racism, ignorance (circa 1850) and wild a$$ theories about how courts can't have jurisdiction over you if the flags in the court have a gold fringe and the only real currency in the US is gold.

Most of them are con artists and extortionists who think they are feudal lords.

[Newest Reality]

9. Well,

That's one way to deal with officers of the law is to enforce it not legislate it. It really is not their job to decide what laws they are going to enforce.

If they don't like laws that are an actual benefit to the people then they should just find something else to corrupt.

[MagickMuffin]

10. But if you decide not to wear your seatbelt you be in big trouble

Funny how they can choose which mandates to ignore and which ones to enforce.