On Wednesday night, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) conceded that the COVID-19 outbreak will accelerate if the U.S. reopens its economy right now, but he argued it needs to reopen anyway.
During an interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson, Kennedy asserted that those who believe that businesses ought to remain closed until the spread stops “probably still believe in Bigfoot.”
“We’ve gotta reopen,” the GOP senator said.
“And when we do, the coronavirus is going to spread faster,” he continued. “And we’ve got to be ready for it.”
But don’t make any “sophomoric accusations” that the Republican lawmaker doesn’t care about life, okay?
“This isn’t a question of not valuing life,” he insisted. “This is a question of making a hard decision with the cold, hard facts.”
Watch Kennedy below:
Sen. John Kennedy says the economy needs to reopen, "and when we do, the coronavirus is gonna spread faster." pic.twitter.com/KOmLlewY0F
— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) April 16, 2020
What hard facts is he talking about?
Is it a hard fact for the Greed-Over-People Party that Trump tied his re-election to the stockmarket?
Or is it a hard fact for the GOP that their donors are breathing down on their necks to re-open biz?
Or the hard facts that for the GOP aka RethugniCON Party…is OK to KAG (Kill American Geriatrics) for Wallstreet $$$?
Those Trump Swamp Vultures & TrumpCrimeFamily with their coffin trademark, cannot wait for the curve to flatten…
And this Goober is supposed to be one of the few “intelligent” ones in the GOP?
Ha!
GOP = American DeathEaters Party
The cold hard fact is that cold hard cash is god less mighty.
I was just about to write “and he’s one of the smart ones, right?” but now I don’t have to.
I wonder if he is willing to travel from town to town, up-close, person to person, to make his case.