'I really need a miracle today': Republican who denied COVID begs for prayers after hospitalization

[babylonsister]

‘I really need a miracle today’: Republican who denied COVID begs for prayers after hospitalization
Aysha Qamar
Daily Kos Staff
Friday December 11, 2020 · 2:10 PM EST


Cases of the novel coronavirus are increasing at a rapid rate across the U.S. Despite this, some individuals are still refusing to wear masks. As a result, many of those who once denied the severity of the virus are now suffering the consequences of doing so after infection. While some have expressed regret and have warned others to not take the virus and safety measures lightly, others—like Donald Trump—are continuing to deny its severity despite multiple hospital visits.

Longtime COVID-19 denier and Tennessee state Rep. David Byrd is another Republican who once dismissed the virus as a hoax only to contract it. Byrd, who is currently hospitalized, is at risk of being put on a ventilator, the Tennessean reported. The controversial Republican posted on Facebook Thursday begging friends for prayers and a “miracle” after being hospitalized over the weekend with pneumonia following a positive COVID-19 test.

"I really need a miracle today!!" Byrd wrote Thursday. "My doctor said if my oxygen level doesn't improve then he has no choice but to put me on a ventilator. So please pray that God will breathe His healing spirit into my lungs!!"

Byrd tested positive for the virus less than two weeks after attending a meeting with almost 70 House Republicans in attendance in the House chamber on Nov. 24. During the meeting, the 63-year-old representative was seen without a mask on the House floor.

But it doesn’t end there: Days before the meeting, Byrd even hosted a dinner with a number of his fellow caucus members at a restaurant to kick off a series of Republican retreat events. According to NBC News affiliate WBIR, one of the events was overnight.

Not only has Byrd been spotted without a mask on multiple occasions but in June he also voted in support of a House resolution that insisted that "mainstream media has sensationalized the reporting on COVID-19 in the service of political agendas,” the Tennessean reported. Byrd is the second Republican Tennessee House member to be hospitalized after contracting the virus. Rep. Mike Carter, who also voted in support of the same legislation, was hospitalized earlier this year with COVID-19.

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[Rorey]

1. Sensationalizing

"... in June he also voted in support of a House resolution that insisted that "mainstream media has sensationalized the reporting on COVID-19 in the service of political agendas...

Well, well, well. Perhap's HE is just sensationalizing now. No prayers for this asshole.

[BeyondGeography]

2. Recently re-elected child molester David Byrd

https://www.wsmv.com/news/3-former-players-accuse-rep-david-byrd-of-sexual-misconduct-while-they-were-teens/article_952160ab-da24-53bb-b5c6-3bf4e9d67591.html

[lostnfound]

5. Serious allegations from at least 3 women who were only 15 at the time

Republicans choose guys like this to represent them? He was in a position of authority, touching them while on basketball trips, going to their hotel room. What is wrong with people??

And we lose Al Franken over nothing? Eliot Spitzer over visits to prostitutes?

[Ferrets are Cool]

16. Hell, EVEN Alabama wouldn't put that kind of shit in office

re: Roy Moore. We are not, however, smart enough to NOT elect a football coach with zero skills at politics.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

31. Exactly. The double standard makes me puke.

The media is wick to pillory Dems. Pukes? Not so much.

[Danmel]

38. Spitzer also committed financial crimes including structuring payments

To evade IRS reporting requirements, something he had prosecuted people for as NYS AG

One of my favorite possessions is my Spitzer-Paterson Day One everything changes T-shirt from his gubernatorial race.

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

3. Totally conflicting emotions I really don't want to see anybody suffer but then...

[TreasonousBastard]

4. That's the way I used to feel, but now I see them as a death cult and they don't suffer enough.

[hatrack]

10. I see them as members of a death cult who are getting what they asked for . . .

So, OK then.

[William769]

35. We are of the same mind here.

[John Ludi]

6. Pray...

for brains.

[Crunchy Frog]

7. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.

[dixiechiken1]

8. My only prayer for Byrd is that he meets god in person...

Soon.

Fuck him & fuck every other science-denying mouth breather who treats this virus - and everyone affected by it - with disdain. Unless and/or until it affects them personally. Of course.

[kairos12]

9. Taking a vent and a bed that should go to someone else.

He is vile.

[North Shore Chicago]

11. Go to hell already.

Sick of these trump lovin' fucks! Take rushbo with you, go away.

[NotAPuppet]

12. I will pray for every person

who was exposed by assholes like Byrd.

[Ferrets are Cool]

13. The miracle would be you not taking up a hospital bed and the time of staff at the hospital

you idiot POS. Fuck Off.

[Joinfortmill]

14. Maybe the people who already died from Covid will put in a good word with God for you.

Just saying.

[TNNurse]

17. He is really not worth saving.

[OldBaldy1701E]

18. I lived in TN for 15 years

and I worked at a cafe where he would sometimes come to show off. He was an indifferent prick then, and I doubt he has changed. He was against anything that was inclusive and progressive. He represented the 'old guard' and they, like their fellow old farts in other state and federal government positions, are going to drag us down to hell without a complaint. Mainly because they have almost created hell on earth already. I have zero sympathy for him. He had the chance to use the three brain cells in his larger head, and he decided to use the smaller one between his legs. Tough.

[luvtheGWN]

36. When Charles Darwin wrote about the

survival of the fittest, he wasn't just talking about physicial condition. What goes on between the ears is just as critical, and this Byrd fellow and others like him are probably not going to survive. Problem is - how many others, who do fit Darwin's criteria, are going down too?

[OldBaldy1701E]

42. That is the issue

because these idiots would rather destroy everything than see anyone other than themselves in control. The old 'if I can't have it no one can' is a child's reaction to life and the fact that so many rethugs are doing this says all anyone needs to know about what they really are. Why they are still considered viable by so many is beyond perplexing to me.

[UpInArms]

19. His miracle was getting a hospital bed and doctors and nurses

Who believe in science ...

He can take his prayers and shove them up his arse.

I hate science deniers.

[Hugin]

41. Also, the possibility of a ventilator....

Which in some places are subject to a lottery.

[bucolic_frolic]

20. What's with the appeals to the Almighty while being treated with medicine and science?

These Republicans are internally and ideologically conflicted. Maybe that's where their anger towards normal people originates.

I mean, if you're going to reject science, do it! Do it to the utmost of your power. Get out of that hospital bed and embrace your beliefs. Stop saying, 'well, I didn't really mean it' now that you're sick.

[niyad]

21. May he receive everything he deserves.

[dlk]

22. Karma...

[Dukkha]

23. Pray in one hand and shit in the other

see which gets full first

[DemoTex]

26. I use that one often nowadays ..

I hope Rep. David Byrd (R-TN) has his personal affairs in order.

[czarjak]

24. That's not how miracles work, Dave. Sorry about that!

[Orrex]

25. There was an old asshole who swallowed the lie

Perhaps he’ll die.

[tanyev]

27. Here's your miracle, buddy.

Made of materials they couldn't even imagine during the 1918 pandemic, easy to wear and not very expensive.

[DinahMoeHum]

28. Bought the ticket, take the ride.

[58Sunliner]

29. Bye bye. Apparently god doesn't give a shit.

[StarfishSaver]

30. Sending thoughts ...

[sarge43]

32. It's apparent that God listened to 'Rona's prayers

"Sexual predator. Indifference to others. Right. Go get 'im."

[RestoreAmerica2020]

33. Spanish dicho, proverb: Hierbas mala nunca muere [bad, evil people never die.]

[Paladin]

34. Democrats just invite hurt by feeling sorry for people like this.

Would you cut Byrd any slack if he were playing Russian Roulette and a loaded pistol chamber finally ended his run of luck? There are plenty of other virus victims who need the ICU bed into which he put himself.

[COL Mustard]

37. I Have No Sympathy...Zero...For People Like This

I'm almost the same age, but where I live I assume that I've been exposed and everyone else has too. He took the opposite point of view. As the old Templar said, he chose....poorly.

[NurseJackie]

39. I don't even feel sympathy for his family or loved ones...

... who may have contracted it FROM him, or who may grieve after he's DEAD. It's all on him. HE made the decisions, he knew the risks (yes, of course he knew, he just didn't care about anything other than the party-line). So... if someone can't care enough about themselves or their loved ones... then I don't care either.

My eyes will remain dry and my heart will remain cold. They're getting EXACTLY what he wanted for them. Sickness and grief.

Feh! Too fucking bad.

[Autumn]

40. Your god may not accept your health insurance. If he has any decency he will not intervene

but tell you to follow your doctors advice. You could have avoided this disease but you went out of your way to invite it in.

[lostnfound]

43. On a ventilator now.

https://www.wbir.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/tn-state-rep-david-byrd-put-on-ventilator-more-than-a-week-after-being-hospitalized-for-covid-19/51-607c8fb5-69c7-406d-9cfc-73abe1ad084d

Survive. Tell everyone you know how horrible COVID is. Make amends for all of your stupid actions and stupid comments. Tell the truth.