A horrifying new poll reveals that 57 percent of Republicans think that 176,000 coronavirus deaths are an “acceptable” loss.
As you may recall, Republicans across the country lost their sh*t over four Americans being killed in Benghazi during the Obama presidency. They held years of hearings investigating the tragedy, more than after the 9/11 attacks in 2001.
Donald Trump and Republicans have also tried to smear Joe Biden by feigning outrage over 12,000 Americans dying from the H1N1 virus in 2009 even though Obama’s quick reaction and more than adequate response kept the toll from rising any further.
The death toll from coronavirus has now topped 176,000 Americans. So, how do Republicans feel about that? Are they outraged?
Nope.
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In fact, a new poll shows that 57 percent of Republicans think the number is an “acceptable” loss.
Seriously.
57 percent of Republicans think 176,000 coronavirus deaths (and counting) is acceptable. Holy shit. pic.twitter.com/dd737aoOmj
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 23, 2020
Americans were appalled by the revelation.
Sad.
— Ken Reece (@KenReece) August 23, 2020
Heartless and clueless
— V͎O͎I͎Z͎E͎ ͎O͎F͎ ͎R͎E͎A͎Z͎O͎N͎ (@Voize_of_Reazon) August 23, 2020
Not pro life after all
— Liat 🌊🇬🇱🇺🇸 #democratsavage✊ (@arunningriot) August 23, 2020
That speaks volumes
— Ijamsmike (@MAC2WDE) August 23, 2020
Republicans: Well, it’s mostly brown people, poor people, old people, so meh.
— Donnah (@58rughooker) August 23, 2020
Aren’t these also the “All Lives Matter” people? There is no way to reconcile this.
— Leon Wagner #BuildBackBetter 🏳️🌈📡 🚲🐶 (@LeonHWagner) August 23, 2020
How very Christian and “pro-life” of them.
— Mike Stankiewicz (@MikeStankiewic_) August 23, 2020
I wish the follow question was – “if one of those deaths was a family member or friend, would it be acceptable or unacceptable?” Are they hypocrites or heartless?
— Stuart Jordan (@circwiz) August 23, 2020
I wonder how those percentages would change if the question asked was about Benghazi…
— MisterJay (@jrasz) August 23, 2020
These people are unacceptable.
— Dr. Kathie Allen #DemCast (@kathieallenmd) August 23, 2020
Yet, they condemned Obama’s handling of the #H1N1 virus when only 12,000 Americans died?
— David Weissman (@davidmweissman) August 23, 2020
This is what Trump has turned the Republican Party into. They are nothing more than a bunch of heartless evil hypocrites who care more about holding power than they do about saving lives. This is a holocaust, and they should all be held responsible for it.
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