Republicans Gleefully Say the Quiet Part Out Loud and Are Unashamed About Playing Politics With People’s Lives.
Washington, DC – Last night, Politico Nightly published a newsletter quoting Republican strategists gloating about COVID-19 and relishing in detailing their strategy to make masking and vaccine requirements an issue in the midterms. In response to this disgusting display, Coronavirus War Room Director Nicole Haley released the following statement:
“900,000 Americans are dead, and Republicans call it a ‘godsend.’ Instead of working to make sure nobody else dies needlessly from COVID-19 and telling their bosses to promote life-saving vaccines, Republicans are determined to use the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people as a political cudgel at the expense of peoples’ lives and livelihood. While Americans are mourning the deaths of 900,000 people and trying to move towards the end of the pandemic, Republicans remain determined to politicize the issue so they can score political points, even if it prolongs the pandemic and further divides us.”
From Politico Nightly:
“Republican strategists have described the pandemic to Nightly as a godsend, with its effects on both inflation and education, two of voters’ top concerns, as well as on Biden’s dismal public approval ratings.
GOP strategists are vowing to run on unpopular Covid restrictions even if they’ve been taken away. They gleefully predict that Biden’s party will pay a price in the midterm elections for, in their view, waiting too long.
‘They are waving the white freaking flag, after they’ve completely lost the war and have nothing else to do besides retreat,’ said Jeff Roe, the Republican strategist who managed Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign in 2016 and helped elect Glenn Youngkin governor of Virginia last year. ‘The female suburban independent, college educated voter? Good luck. Add people who are married with kids, and put them in the Republican camp. [Democrats] did more damage to that coalition in the last 14 months than any Republican has done in the last 14 years.’”
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