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[TexasTowelie]

U.S. Rep. Chip Roy of Texas wants you to know the CDC can't tell him how to celebrate Thanksgiving


The Centers for Disease Control recently released recommendations on how to hold Thanksgiving dinner in the age of COVID-19. You know, so we don't kill off grandma just because we want to partake in green bean casserole.

Most of us will likely abide, downsize our gatherings, maybe hold them outdoors or even on Zoom. Because, hey, who wants a granny death on our conscience?

Not so for newly reelected U.S. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Austin. In a series of tweets, the herd-immunity advocate announced he ain't any more fond of the big, bad gubment telling him how to celebrate Turkey Day than he is of it calling for background checks on firearms.

"I will do whatever I want to do on Thanksgiving. Period," Roy posted in response to a Twitter promise by conservative talk-show host Steve Deace to ignore the CDC guidelines.

Read more: https://www.sacurrent.com/the-daily/archives/2020/11/17/us-rep-chip-roy-of-texas-wants-you-to-know-the-cdc-cant-tell-him-how-to-celebrate-thanksgiving

[captain queeg]

1. Roy is a jackass. Period.