Thomas Massie is a monster Republicans created
Republicans were aghast that one of their own had committed such a monstrously selfish act.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), in purely symbolic opposition to the $2.2 trillion emergency coronavirus legislation, forced hundreds of his colleagues to risk their lives literally by flying back to Washington. So what if many of the lawmakers are elderly and at high risk?
To thwart Massies pointless protest, an attempt to force a roll-call vote instead of a simple voice vote, leaders had to summon 216 members to fill the chamber, eerily separated on the floor and in the gallery above to limit infection. This fruitless, immoral gesture by the 49-year-old legislator was in service of another: to thwart a nearly unanimous Congress from dispensing aid to the sick and suffering in the middle of a pandemic.
President Trump called Massie a third rate Grandstander and proposed to throw Massie out of Republican Party! Joining in bipartisan revulsion, former secretary of state John Kerry shared Trumps tweet and added: Congressman Massie has tested positive for being an a--hole. He must be quarantined to prevent the spread of his massive stupidity.
But if Republicans are disturbed by Massie, they might pause for self-reflection. Massie is the epitome of the anti-government culture they have nurtured and encouraged. He embodies the drain-the-swamp political philosophy they have embraced.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/27/thomas-massie-is-monster-republicans-created/