Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) urged the Obama administration on Friday to ban U.S.-bound flights arriving from nations where Ebola has been found.
“We should stop accepting flights from countries that are Ebola stricken,” Jindal said in a news release. “President Obama said it was ‘unlikely’ that Ebola would reach the U.S. Well, it has, and we need to protect our people. But the Obama administration keeps saying they won’t shut down flights. They instead say we should listen to ‘the experts.'”
“In fact, they said it would be counterproductive to stop these flights,” Jindal continued. “That statement defies logic. How exactly would stopping the entry of people potentially carrying the Ebola virus be counterproductive? This seems to be an obvious step to protect public health in the United States.”
Bobby - can we also stop flights from Louisiana to other parts of the country in the event that any disease-carrying, half-brained criminals might try to find their way out and infect us all?!
Damned near every day, and in so many ways, Bobby Jindal is one of the most annoying people in American politics today. No sane country would place a microphone within 50 feet of this man, but this is America, alas, and the press is always happy to publicize every offensively stupid thing he says.
Except the guy flew in from Brussels, which is still in Belgium as far as I’m aware.
Three weeks ago, you said
“The reality is I’m not an evolutionary biologist.”
Dear Governor, please STFU.
Bobby then on went to say, “Because, you know, I have heard that people who have American passports and are in ISIS[L], might, you know, want to get themselves infected with the Ebola and bring it here to America. And that is what we all need to be super freaked out about: ISIS Ebola.”