TPM "Schumer Sounds Alarm Ahead Of Pence 'Inexplicably' Exposing Senate To COVID-19"

[NRaleighLiberal]

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/schumer-criticizes-pence-senator-floor-preside-supreme-court-barrett-confirmation

By Summer Concepcion
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October 25, 2020 2:30 p.m.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) sounded the alarm to his colleagues on Sunday, a day before Vice President Mike Pence will preside over Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation vote. Pence is set to appear on the Senate floor on Monday despite several of the VP’s aides testing positive for COVID-19.

In a Dear Colleague letter issued Sunday before the Senate Republicans voted 51-48 to advance Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination, setting up a final confirmation vote for Monday, Schumer advised his colleagues against congregating in the Senate chamber in light of several Pence aides contracting COVID-19.

Schumer took aim at Pence, who heads the White House coronavirus task force, for failing to comply with CDC guidelines for self-quarantining.

“The Vice President is maintaining his campaign schedule and, inexplicably, intends to preside over the Senate chamber tomorrow evening,” Schumer wrote. “Their carelessness with the health and safety of their colleagues and Capitol employees mirrors their carelessness with the health and safety of Americans during this crisis.”


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[Iliyah]

1. republicans are fighting against the USA in favor of a deadly virus . .

shame on them.

[StarryNite]

3. Exactly

Republicans have sided with COVID.

[CrispyQ]

7. Thin the herd, even if some of your own have to die.

It's so repulsive & inhumane it's staggering.

[wnylib]

22. Worse than that. Our VP candidate

is a Senator.

[My Pet Orangutan]

15. And COVID is winning.

[Cha]

17. Well said.. digging their own graves &

potentially others at the same time.

[wnylib]

25. One of those "others" is Senator Kamala Harris,

our VP candidate who has access to Joe Biden.

This is a direct threat to our presidential ticket, as well as to our other Senate members - and House members who have dealings with the Senate.

They are willing to sacrifice some of their own in order to get to some of ours. It's like a kamikaze attack.

[MagickMuffin]

2. They are willing to die for that seat

And little miss Amy doesn't even care. Says a lot about her and them.

[GoCubsGo]

9. The fact that she didn't decline the nomination under these circumstancs

already told us all we need to know about her. And, that she dragged her spawn to a super-spreader event, while quite possibly still contagious, herself. May this come back to haunt every last one of them a million-fold.

[2naSalit]

13. Exactly.

If she had it previously, how many of her kids were carriers to the party in the garden of thorns?

They are actively trying to infect the Democratic caucus.

[world wide wally]

14. She is fucking evil.

[ananda]

21. They all are. Every last Reep in the WH and the Senate!

Just pure evil...

[malaise]

34. THIS

No honorable person would have accepted this nomination

[Blue Owl]

42. And I hope they do

[torius]

4. Sen. Kelly Loeffler was exposed too

waved her negative test around on Twitter... one test taken just a few days after exposure is not at all conclusive. Hope Dems will not go the hearing ... it could be the last Senate meeting for many of the attendees, for various reasons.

[JohnnyLib2]

5. Isn't there a tradition of "caning" in the U.S. Senate?

Dueling has been eliminated, but why not a distanced thrashing?

[panader0]

6. Schumer should insist that all Senators must be tested prior to meeting.

That may slow things down.

[wnylib]

28. Yes. Not just to slow things down, but

to protect our Senators.

[tanyev]

8. Oho, that's why Meadows wanted it all kept secret.

Can’t have anything endangering Barrett’s confirmation vote. She’s certainly made a Covid-tossed entry into D.C. Wonder if it will follow her into the Supreme Court?

[Sogo]

23. That's an interesting thought....

Maybe Biden will have some appointments to make as a result, which will even out the balance of the court, and then the whole "packing the court" issue will become moot....

[wnylib]

29. OMG. Had not thought of that, but

what an interesting possibility.

[targetpractice]

10. The Democrats should not participate...

... And, claim a threat to health and safety of their members. Make a big deal of it, and Barrett will be forever tainted.

At least make everyone be tested with affidavits of good health. McConnell has COVID bruises on his hands and lips.

[Sherman A1]

11. Good point

The nomination will pass anyway, I for one would encourage them to boycott the vote and stay out of the chamber and for that matter the building.

[targetpractice]

12. And, if she has the bad "judgement"...

... To accept a job under this situation, she shouldn't be a judge at all and will forever know it.

[bottomofthehill]

39. Agree, only 1 Democratic Senator on the Floor in a Hazmat suit

The Democratic Leader in a hazmat suit only talking about the VP unnecessarily showing up to spread Covid. Let the Vote go 52-1 So it is not unanimous but for years when people look back they will know how totally fucked up this whole process is.

[bottomofthehill]

40. But force the vote to stay open with Typhoid Mikey hanging around exposing the Republican Members

To his special little gift.

[SheltieLover]

16. K&R!

[keithbvadu2]

18. Would not be the first time repubs have deliberately exposed others to COVID.

Would not be the first time repubs have deliberately exposed others to COVID.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142502004

[sandensea]

19. Dunce Pence WANTS everyone in the Senate to contract Covid (especially Democrats)

which he no doubt already has himself.

[JCMach1]

20. They should boycott he should be in quarantine

[patphil]

24. I think he is there in case the vote is tied at 50-50

There is nothing that says he can't break a tie in the case of a Senate confirmation vote, even if it's for the Supreme Court.

[bottomofthehill]

37. The Whip count shows that will not happen.

[TeamPooka]

26. They need to chant "wear a mask" at Pence in the chamber

If he is not wearing one

[SleeplessinSoCal]

27. If this was some sort of Stephen King like novel, it couldn't be more terrifying.

[wnylib]

30. Agree. Kamala Harris could be exposed

if she is there. It's like an effin kamikaze attack on Dems.

[NRaleighLiberal]

31. such a huge suicide cult

murderers too

[uriel1972]

43. It would be a chance to rip off Pence's mask and expose

The horror beneath. Wait... What could be more horrific than Pence anyway, except the Trumplestiltskin?

[Kitchari]

32. I do not understand

If knowingly exposing someone to a pathogen such as AIDS is a criminal act, then why aren't the homicidal MAGATs equally considered criminals for exposing those around them to COVID - as it's been pointed out elsewhere on this board

[liberal N proud]

33. republicans are drunk on power and don't care what happens to everyone else

[SleeplessinSoCal]

41. they're sober enough to know we are horribly divided.

Appatently they intend to keep it that way.

We can't go along to get along with these traitors to our Constitution. Recalling how long the Civil War lasted, are we in a second Civil War? In the era of "alternative facts" (quoting Kellyanne Conway), it is all debatable.

[PufPuf23]

35. NOLO on deliberately spreading an infectious disease.

Is It a Crime to Intentionally Get Someone Sick?

A person whose intentional or reckless behavior spreads an infectious disease, such as HIV, SARS, or COVID-19, could face criminal charges.

Spreading the common cold doesn’t carry criminal consequences. But intentional or reckless behavior that spreads a disease with serious public health consequences—such as HIV, SARS, Ebola, or COVID-19—can result in criminal charges.

A majority of states have communicable disease laws that make it a crime to expose another person to a contagious disease on purpose. Even without a specific communicable disease statute, all states have general criminal laws—such as assault, battery, and reckless endangerment—that can be used to prosecute people for spreading diseases intentionally or recklessly. And if emergency public health orders are in place, prosecutors can charge people with violations of quarantine and other emergency orders.

Criminal communicable disease laws typically focus on infectious diseases with serious public health implications that spread through contact with an infected person’s blood, saliva, mucus, or other bodily fluids. Some states have laws that are specific to a particular disease, like HIV, or a category of diseases, like sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Other states have laws that address communicable diseases generally. These laws and their punishments differ significantly among states.

more at: https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/is-it-a-crime-to-intentionally-get-someone-sick.html

[GETPLANING]

36. They don't care

how many people have to die to accomplish their agenda.

[spanone]

38. Easily explained....they drink the trump kool-aid 100%

[IronLionZion]

44. Pence should meet with Mitch and Lindsey immediately

huddle real close, talk for a long time.