INBOX: GOP Sen Rick Scott of Florida says he's tested positive for the coronavirus

[demmiblue]

INBOX: GOP Sen Rick Scott of Florida says he's tested positive for the coronavirus

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[North Shore Chicago]

1. I don't care,

do you?

[pdxflyboy]

2. Hell no. n/t

[Baitball Blogger]

8. Now it feels like an anti-climax.

[helpisontheway]

9. Nope..I don't care about people that promote lies about the virus..nt

[Walleye]

3. Mitch might be regretting that he blocked remote participation by senators

[SomedayKindaLove]

21. Can he change that?

If Grassley and Scott are out, and McSally leaves first week in December...no wonder McConnell is furiously packing the court now and tweeting for his clan to stay healthy. Few more Senate GOP KO’s and they are done, or am I missing something?

[Walleye]

23. Sounds like a hot mess for Mitch

[Sherman A1]

4. Oh,

[lastlib]

24. That just brings tears to my eyes.

(tears of joy!)

karma, they say, is........

[tinrobot]

5. What took him so long?

[Blue Owl]

6. Wasn't Batboy one of the suspected origins of Covid 19?

[Paladin]

7. Good. (nt)

[rzemanfl]

10. This from the Senator who misunderstands negative vs. positive.

This led to reporting that he had it a while back. Anyway, if he does, tots and pears.

[ornotna]

11. very few deserve it more

[mitch96]

12. After all his denial of the virus I hope he gets REALLY SICK, vent the whole 9 yards but does not

die.. I want him to come back as a believer this is REAL. Oh and throw in some post ventilator confusion and he has to resign.. I really hate that man for what he did to Florida citizens..

[struggle4progress]

13. ... "Quit telling us what to do with our lives," Scott said. "Let us make our own decisions."

“Why do we have to have all these rules, all these laws,” Scott complained later ...

Not ‘government’s role’: Rick Scott
ByA.G. Gancarskion
June 30, 2020
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/345073-rick-scott-skirts-specifics-on-covid-19-jacksonville-mask-mandate

[Tommy_Carcetti]

14. Didn't know viruses could catch viruses. nt

[kansasobama]

15. Yes - He deserves a close shave

And merely escape the worse so that he can shut up.

[malaise]

16. I want more than infections

Some of them must join that list of those who died from Covid.

[struggle4progress]

17. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he is lifting all restrictions on businesses statewide

that were imposed to control the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19. Most significantly, that means restaurants and bars in the state can now operate at full capacity. Up to now, restaurants and bars in Florida could serve customers indoors at 50% of legal occupancy. DeSantis said his new executive order lifts that restriction statewide ...

Florida's Governor Lifts All COVID-19 Restrictions
September 25, 20202:37 PM ET
GREG ALLEN
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/09/25/916969969/floridas-governor-lifts-all-covid-19-restrictions-on-businesses-statewide

[demmiblue]

19. Good lawd.

Edit: I just noticed the date. Full capacity for several months, oy!

[struggle4progress]

18. ... "If you tell me a restaurant has had patients or employees with coronavirus,

I would probably avoid it for a while" ...
Scott Defends Decision to Not Impose Mandates
July 2, 2020
https://spacecoastdaily.com/2020/07/sen-rick-scott-defends-gov-ron-desantis-decision-to-not-impose-sweeping-mandates-due-to-covid-19/

[GeorgeGist]

20. ...

[demmiblue]

22. Except for the mild symptoms part.

[PlanetBev]

25. I'm surprised

Didn’t know reptiles could catch COVID.

[Autumn]

26. Now we're getting somewhere with that full capacity bull. Enjoy your Rona Scott.