Lauren Boebert Falsely Claims Texas Hasn't Had a Single COVID-19 Death Since Lifting All Restriction

[douglas9]

Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado and other Republican lawmakers are rebelling against the requirement that members of Congress wear a mask while on the floor of the House of Representatives. On Wednesday, Boebert appeared on the “Dr. Gina Primetime” television program, which is hosted by right-wing commentator Gina Loudon and airs on the right-wing Real America’s Voice network, where she falsely claimed that masks are not necessary because Texas has not reported a single COVID-19 death since the state lifted all restrictions over two months ago.

“I’m really enjoying telling Speaker Pelosi to kiss my mask,” Boebert chortled. “[Rep.] Thomas Massie and I both got warnings, and both of our letters ended up in the same exact place ironically: the trash. Leftists won’t even listen to the bureaucrats at the CDC, and it just goes to show that this party’s ‘Follow the Science’ slogan is a total joke, just like this entire administration, just like the entire Democrat Party. They want to tell you to listen to science and listen to data and facts, but they haven’t done that for more than a year. Two weeks to slow the spread turned into communism really, really quickly.”

“Texas removed their mask mandate two months ago, and Sleepy Joe called it ‘Neanderthal thinking,'” she continued. “No, sir. Republicans are just following the science, and since removing the mask mandate two months ago, Texas has not reported a single COVID death. Not one

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott lifted all COVID-19 restrictions in Texas on March 2. According to data provided by the Texas Department of State Health Services, the state had recorded 46,538 deaths at that point. As of May 18, Texas has reported 49,999 deaths, meaning that according to Texas’ own “COVID-19 Total Fatalities by County” chart, more than 3,400 people have died of COVID-19 since the state removed all restrictions two months ago.

https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/lauren-boebert-falsely-claims-texas-hasnt-had-a-single-covid-19-death-since-lifting-all-restrictions-two-months-ago/

[Pobeka]

1. For far too many people, this will be accepted as a fact.

That's why this crap keeps spewing from these wacko's mouths. Keepin' the cult alive...

[Arkansas Granny]

2. This is because far too many people will listen to a whackjob like Boebert instead of doing any

research or fact checking to see if the comments are true. It's much easier to let someone else tell you what to believe than it is to look for the truth yourself.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

8. And there lies the problem. Boebert and the GQP know this

and exploit it with constant lies and B.S. Trump wasn't kidding when he said he loves the poorly educated. The GQP loves them also and they do everything they can to ensure their supporters stay ignorant, uneducated and uninformed.

[SWBTATTReg]

3. And who in the world is really going to believe this stupid idiot by now? She's been a constant ...

source of unbelievable facts, the wildest claims, the most idiotic of statements, as well as the most outlandish and idiotic behavior.

Pathetic if you ask me...

It's even more pathetic that such a person will never ever on their own ever propose or even pass a law or bill in Congress, they are
literally too stupid to propose such things, or they are simply being what they are in their true environment, plain and simple bullies.


Perhaps the repug loudmouths in Congress (Boebert, Hawley, McCarthy, Moscow mitch, might as well list most of the rest of them, etc.) realize this that they'll never ever accomplish anything other than being loudmouthed bigots and idiots.

At least we have DU among the most successful platforms to constantly highlight the nasty side of republicans and their disgusting proposals at all levels of government. I do feel that we do need to expand more our abilities to push forward our agenda instead of reacting constantly to the outrageous statements by repugs they issue on a daily basis.

[yellowdogintexas]

4. she needs to stay out of Texas; Lord knows we already have enough crazies

down here

[catrose]

5. Er, NO

[marble falls]

6. You can't fix stupid.

[nwliberalkiwi]

7. Just What She Is

White Trash

[Harker]

9. She should refrain from speaking on subjects about which

she knows nothing... which would render her mute.

[Ms. Toad]

10. Technically, she's correct.

Texas hasn't reported "a single death." It's reported more than 3400 single deaths.

[lonely bird]

11. It appears Boebert fell out of a stupid tree...

And hit every branch on the way down.

These people act like adolescents who are years away from showing any maturity.

They should be grounded and have their electronics taken from them until they can sincerely apologize for their stupidity.

[niyad]

12. Aww, gee, qbert, your competition with traitor greene to prove which one of you is the most

pathetically ignorant bs con artist has you in second place. You really have to try harder.

The scary thing is that, as batshit nuts as she is, the people who voted for her are still worse.

[TexasBushwhacker]

13. OMG, we had ONE DAY where we had no COVID-19 deaths!