I’m so glad Matt Shuham ran this to ground. It’s the story of how the GOP’s latest COVID dodge and anti-immigrant freakout started with someone flagging down a police officer in La Joya, Texas because they saw what they believed was a family of immigrants sneezing and coughing and not wearing masks at the local Whataburger.
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