In times of crisis, some public servants step up while others fall apart. We’ll leave it up to you to decide which better describes Lt. Gov Dan Patrick.
Patrick, a former right-wing radio host, told Fox News Monday night that “lots” of grandparents are willing to die in the COVID-19 pandemic so they can ensure a better economy for their grandchildren.
“No one reached out to me and said, as a senior citizen, are you willing to take a chance on your survival in exchange for keeping the America that all Americans love for your children and grandchildren?” Patrick, 70, told host Tucker Carlson. “And if that’s the exchange, I’m all in.”
He added: “I just think there are lots of grandparents out there in this country like me — I have six grandchildren — that’s what we all care about. … I want to live smart and see through this, but I don’t want the whole country to be sacrificed. And that’s what I see.”
Patrick’s remarks came after a Monday briefing by President Trump in which the reality show commander in chief said he might ease social distancing to lessen damage to the economy. Such an action would defy public health experts who warn that without efforts to flatten the curve of infections, the medical system could collapse.
Patrick not only seem to disregard the recommendations of those same health experts but also the scientific reality that the disease doesn’t just pose a risk to the elderly. According to federal research, up to a fifth of infected people in the 20-44 age range have been hospitalized — some in intensive care units.
This article appears in Mar 18-24, 2020.
Oh yeah. Death panels…remember those from about 10 years ago???
He must be out of his mind! I’m 68 yrs old, and don’t intend to give up my life to make the economy better! If everyone goes back to work now, the virus will spread faster than ever! The majority of the population will be sick, not working, job loss, and every hospital will shut down due to irreversible cross contamination due to lack of proper stock of PPE!
All of us selfish Boomers still remember what the Jefferson Airplane sang fifty years ago: “Die for my country? I’d rather have my country die for me.”
And it will. Very soon. F’kin A. America is on life support now.
Thanks for killing your patient, Dr. Trump, you orange a-hole.
Patrick did not say anything about Wall Street. A hack reporter put it in quotes in his tweet and then another hack reporter picked up on that tweet and wrote an article about it here.
And before everyone gets all upset with my comment keep in mind both reporters intentionally misquoted Patrick for one reason. To get people to read their article. That was the goal, not reporting the truth.
Patrick’s comments stand on their own for being stupid, they should be reported accurately.
@Kathleen Watson. I couldn’t agree with you more. I don’t understand how other people, thankfully the minority of people, can’t grasp the potential spread to try to make a buck. Guess what, open things up to soon, cause this to spread even more and you won’t have any customers for your businesses. Common sense please.
Kathleen< here's your answer: He IS out of his mind!
Our POTUS is as crazy as a shithouse rat. He needs to go, ASAP.
YOU get it…YOU are the only POS who keeps saying Commie-Commie-Commie-Commie…there IS no “we” behind your spamming and trolling. Or your constant babbling about “agendas” and “superficial political bullshit from the leftist perspective”…
Why in hell do you keep torturing yourself? Just stop reading what you hate so much and STFU and get a f’king life already. You’re pissing into the wind, and you stink. Go start your own hater mag, and see how far you get.
And the other writers DIDN’T “just lose their jobs for putting out the same type of b.s. articles.” No more more than some shmuck behind a bar just lost his job because everybody suddenly stopped drinking.
It’s the economy, stupid.