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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSenator Ron Johnson - United States 'overreacted' to the pandemic
In mid-March, as the scope of the pandemic was coming into view, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) went further than most in arguing that the coronavirus crisis should not shut down the economy, even temporarily. As part of his case, the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "[W]e don't shut down our economy because tens of thousands of people die on the highways. It's a risk we accept so we can move about."
This was a bad argument, for reasons the Wisconsin Republican didn't seem to fully grasp.
A couple of months later, Johnson was seen on the Senate floor without any facial covering. "I wear a mask when I go into grocery stores, that type of thing," the GOP senator said. "I think around here, we probably won't have to." This, too, was a bad argument.
As the crisis continues, Johnson's perspective just isn't improving. Axios reported last week:
The country "overreacted" in response to the coronavirus pandemic, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) told Axios' Mike Allen during a virtual event on Wednesday.... "n hindsight, I think we overreacted. We closed too much of our economy down, and I don't think we focused enough on what we needed to do: isolate the sick, quarantine them, protect the vulnerable."
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/key-gop-senator-united-states-overreacted-pandemic-n1233085?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma
The Stupid is strong with this one
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,947 posts)Nevilledog
(51,268 posts)Cha
(297,935 posts)of all the stupid things repub senators and house reps say and have Patriots judge who has the most
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,947 posts)dflprincess
(28,091 posts)Russ Feingold you really have to wonder about the whole state
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,947 posts)Senselessbrainer and Grothmann. Yuck.
Tech
(1,776 posts)Thekaspervote
(32,819 posts)uponit7771
(90,370 posts)... in senate polling on election day.
That's what's extra fucked up about Wis senate election, not a damn polling company has explained how they got it so ... so wrong.
bluestarone
(17,101 posts)3catwoman3
(24,088 posts)...conteduh, with the emphasis on duh.
AZ8theist
(5,524 posts)He's got an "R" next to his name, doesn't he?
duforsure
(11,885 posts)Showing what a dumb ass he is to the voters.
Cha
(297,935 posts)Titanic while it's sinking whether he grasps it or not.
TeamPooka
(24,286 posts)Response to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)
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ProfessorGAC
(65,334 posts)You agree with Johnson?
And, your post is barely decipherable.
What does "buy take care self" mean?
And, exactly how did we overreact?
There's 130,000 people dead. The insurance companies, you know, those that pay out life insurance claims, say that number is too LOW.
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)Ron couldn't blow his nose