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Florida breaks record with more than 21,000 new COVID cases
Federal health officials say Florida has reported more than 21,600 new cases of COVID-19, the state’s highest one-day total since the start of the pandemic.
It's short-term thinking on their end.
Hey if you wouldn't die to own the libs then you don't believe Trump is your king, you pinko commie socialist antifa woke soyboy!
It's the same shit we see with the ACA, some conservatives would literally rather die than accept healthcare through Obamacare.
Honestly I think it's cult mentality at this point. GOP is a cult and their only goal is to "end socialism". They can only do it by making people angry so they vote for them. Angry about masks, angry about the vaccine. Just angry.
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There's a very real chance he will. He's not terribly popular here in the state, even among Democrats. Maybe things will change as the election gets closer, but there's simply not much enthusiasm among Democrats to defeat the recall question. Meanwhile, this recall effort has been going on for almost two years, with local conservative radio beating the recall drum that whole time. There's a huge motivation gap between Republicans and Democrats to recall him…and we could very well end up with a conservative talk show host as governor of arguably the bluest state in the union.
I think it's because republicans saw Newsom as a potential presidential candidate so getting recalled would basically destroy his career.
But didn't the recall efforts start before the pandemic? I do think that republicans are using this opportunity to once and for all get rid Newsom as a national presence. Also it's just embarrassing how california will once again end up with a republican governor because of this.
You're not wrong about the recall effort starting before the pandemic. There have actually been five petitions registered to recall him since 2019.
This is the big one, I think. They have much much much better odds in a recall than they do in a general election, so they're just constantly pushing for the D governor to get recalled. Part of the whole "we're the only legitimate holders of power" thing.
I think to a lot of them, it's their eugenics fantasy in action. "We need another plague", as I've heard right-leaning people say in years past. Seeing covid as a way to cull the weak and "decrease the excess population" as Scrooge himself put it.
In this case they've all been conditioned to not actually believe the death count in the first place. Along with it they've been told it's a personal health thing. Conservatism has long preached personal responsibility with regards to health even if the cause isn't personal. Disease is largely thought of as affecting those dirtier or weaker.
