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Botany

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20. Just about all of this C-19 damage can be traced back ..

Reply to XanaDUer2 (Reply #18)

Sun Aug 1, 2021, 12:30 PM

Aug 2021

... to the GOP and not just here but world wide too. President Obama along with other nations had the personal, protocols, and materials in place that in most likelihood would have stopped the virus in China or at the
very least mitigated its damage but Trump fired the epidemiologist who was on the ground in Wuhan and trashed programs that would have helped.

And now we have people like DeSantis and Fox News who are so craven that they will have the disease, suffering, and deaths keep going so Joe Biden doesn't get "a win."

I might be wrong but I think I'm not.

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Ron DeSantis: "I want to see my kids smiling." (caution, graphic photographs) [View all] George II Aug 2021 OP

this is heartbreaking samsingh Aug 2021 #1

DeathSantis is taking the place of Ramesses in the movie The Ten Commandments TheBlackAdder Aug 2021 #24

We all want to see our kids smiling, Ron, that's why we're masking up. n/t Raven Aug 2021 #2

Those aren't his kids malaise Aug 2021 #3

He taught his kids to build a wall for a commercial. Kid Berwyn Aug 2021 #6

I remember malaise Aug 2021 #7

Yep, last time I saw his kids he was teaching them to build a wall to keep out the Mexicans. Midnight Writer Aug 2021 #8

We all do, you moron. Ever teach your children safety and delayed gratification? elias7 Aug 2021 #4

Fuck this moron. spanone Aug 2021 #5

DeSantis is DeSatan rickyhall Aug 2021 #9

JFC! This burns me up. Difference between performing governor duties & wanton homicidal malfeasance TheBlackAdder Aug 2021 #10

Do your kids wear seat belts, Ronnie, or would that impinge on their freedumb? 11 Bravo Aug 2021 #11

Post removed Post removed Aug 2021 #12

that's not my experience NJCher Aug 2021 #13

My husband is a FL teacher mcar Aug 2021 #16

The Delta variant is doing it's own "fear mongering". hadEnuf Aug 2021 #17

Of all the horrible R govs in this country mcar Aug 2021 #14

I have come to one simple truth Botany Aug 2021 #15

And his voters don't understand they're XanaDUer2 Aug 2021 #18

Just about all of this C-19 damage can be traced back .. Botany Aug 2021 #20

I think you're right XanaDUer2 Aug 2021 #22

my daughter, mentally about 1 yr old, wears a mask just fine. demigoddess Aug 2021 #19

Not that it matters much... WarGamer Aug 2021 #21

That Boy Ain't Right COL Mustard Aug 2021 #23