Eric Schmitt @Eric_Schmitt
It’s almost as if all the fear mongering around COVID was just one big power play. 1:36 PM · Mar 12, 2022
Sociopath.
Some of the responses:
Jason Kander @JasonKander
Replying to @Eric_Schmitt
Are you vaccinated? Did you get the booster? 3:24 PM · Mar 12, 2022
It’s as if the claim about fear mongering around COVID is just another example of Schmitt’s stupidity.
950,000 US deaths; 19,500 MO deaths. Many with long haul COVID and our healthcare system almost breaking. No one should worry about that.
What a ghoul!
20k dead constituents could not be reached for comment.
Help me understand this. I’m not supposed to care about something factual, but whatever you’re selling is legit. Just how much is your snake oil and where can I purchase some?
What is wrong with you? [….]
Day drinking and tweeting again Eric? What’s this even about? See this is why you lose so many lawsuits; all accusation, no context.
It’s almost as if all the COVID-denialism (almost 1 million US deaths!) was just one big power play… (as you, for example, run for senate)
It’s hard for me to understand an elected politician being so openly dismissive of nearly a million dead Americans as @Eric_Schmitt seems to be.
Kinda like “build a wall” bullshit right???
My father died of Covid. You are a horrible person.
So the people who died from COVID were just part of a huge fear mongering power play? You are an idiot.
It’s almost as if you’re a #PoliticalHack.
People have tried to explain the science behind the measures to mitigate the impact of the COVID pandemic to you but obviously you cannot comprehend. So now we just have you spewing forth your vomit of lies and misinformation.
Do you LIKE playing the miserable SOB who people loathe with a passion?
Right, f*ck those petty people that buried family and friends.
So, everyone who has died from Covid don’t really exist? Brick shy of a load Schmitt.
You’re an idiot. Millions have died. What a pathetic existence you live.
Tell that to everyone who lost people. Asshole.
Or you’re just an idiot
My god. What the actual fck is wrong with you? Are you seriously so desperate for attention you sit there and make lists of the most vile things you could say? A lot of people died. A lot are suffering long term effects. This is disgusting and your family should feel shame.
How many of your constituents died from it last week, you monstrous shit?
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Early this morning:
[….] you are and idiot you need to go live with BRAINDEAD biden because if this covid was so bad where is all the contamination barrels at so that all the contaminated mask and shit can be put because you see them laying on the ground and in shopping carts and they have them laying out where everyone walks by them so all those germs get on them and it is funny how certain people get it and alot don’t I have never wore a mask never been tested never been sick and guess what I am from Missouri you all are a bunch of snowflakes that worry way to much we would rather live our life free from mask and all the bullshit than to hear all the democrats saying you have to do this forcing people is not American so if you want live like that move to where you can live in communism go
Last night, after right wingnut republicans in the Missouri Senate refused to confirm Governor Mike Parson’s (r) nominee as Director of the Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) – during a pandemic:
Governor Mike Parson @GovParsonMO
Missourians know that I share these beliefs and would not have nominated someone who does not share the same Christian values. Yet, Senators chose to believe baseless rumors and outright lies on social media rather than the facts in front of them. 6:02 PM · Feb 1, 2022
“Missourians know that I share these beliefs and would not have nominated someone who does not share the same Christian values…”
The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several state legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the United States and of the several states, shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.
….that no person shall, on account of his or her religious persuasion or belief, be rendered ineligible to any public office or trust or profit in this state, be disqualified from testifying or serving as a juror, or be molested in his or her person or estate; that to secure a citizen’s right to acknowledge Almighty God according to the dictates of his or her own conscience, neither the state nor any of its political subdivisions shall establish any official religion….
That no person can be compelled to erect, support or attend any place or system of worship, or to maintain or support any priest, minister, preacher or teacher of any sect, church, creed or denomination of religion; but if any person shall voluntarily make a contract for any such object, he shall be held to the performance of the same.
It’s possible Mike Parson (r) has read the words. It’s clear he doesn’t comprehend them.
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One from today:
We are doing well here in Branson Missouri! And if you go to the local hospitals here where are the patients that are deathly ill??? Empty as empty can be!!! I believe you have an agenda for writing your post as well sir and your vote we can do without!! If it’s a deadly virus then we should be properly disposing them instead of wearing the same ones daily lol come on now we all should know how viruses spread and wearing masks is not the answer here and also we wear the same clothing weekly in and out of schools, Walmart, hospitals and wow nothing is being said on how to properly wash our clothes or disposing of our own clothes lol sad people think that wearing a masks and getting the 50th shot is going to stop a deadly virus as the dummies of the white house is stating lol and did you read where biden has exempt his own staff from the vaccine?? Okaaayyy please use what brain cells you all have left and really look at what’s happening!!
MaryElizabethColeman @meaccoleman
This is [….]. He didn’t wear a mask to school, and in response, [….] Superintendent Clint Freeman [….] called the cops on him for trespassing, and he was promptly hauled away in the back of a police car.
[….] 8:57 PM · Jan 30, 2022
On a Sunday?
A kid? Is the student over the age of 18? Did the student refuse to leave?
The consequences of not wearing a mask are clear.
From the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) COVID-19 Dashboard:
Note the number of cases in the last 14 days, compared to the total since March 2020. Do the math.
Note the test positivity rate.
The current Dunklin R-5 School District masking policy:
Eric Schmitt @Eric_Schmitt
Lockdowns cause harm. Schools should remain open. Cloth masks are ineffective. Many hospitalizations/deaths are with and not from Covid. Vaccines aren’t preventing transmission. All labeled misinformation at one point —all true. #NoMaskMandates #NoLockdowns 7:57 AM · Jan 28, 2022
Make arguments like that in court. I dare you. Dumbass.
There is much hilarity in the responses:
“The researchers found that a cloth face covering reduced emissions in all directions to about two feet compared to the four feet of emissions produced when coughing or speaking with no mask on.”
[….]
So wrong. Lockdowns are overwhelmingly not harmful and effective. Cloth masks work well if all people wear them. You clearly don’t know how vaccines function. You want to get people sick and put them in a position to have to risk death all so you forward your campaign narrative.
Let’s get N95s on everyone. Now.
What is it about having gone to a small teachers college in NEMO and a small Catholic law school that makes you think you know more than 99% of the world’s scientific community- epidemiologists, physicians, and virologists? Leadership means listening.
Want to know what causes harm to children? Having to practice active shooter drills and having to explain to my child why those exist. It’s a sad world when people worry about a thin piece of cloth to prevent spread, but not a gun brought into a school intended to cause harm.
Furthermore, you’re wasting our tax dollars on frivolous lawsuits for your own campaign run. It’s disgusting. BTW, you keep tweeting about lockdowns at school, yet our district hasn’t had one since the beginning of the pandemic.
Please link your sources as you are badly misinformed. Will you hold yourself accountable? Masks work if used properly. Please read the report MO shelved as it didn’t work with your agenda.
On behalf of this citizen of Missouri would you please sue yourself for wasting so much of our money.
Read the details, not just listen to the soundbites. Cloth masks are ineffective as compared with what. No masks? Not true. They’re less effective than surg. & K95s, so folks should choose not to mask at all? That doesn’t make any sense. #EverybodyPitchIn
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Would you like to know what ACTUALLY caused harm to my students this week? An intruder drill. Safe defend sirens went off, students hid, I had to check the defence material. And I had to go over all the “what if” scenarios with 10 year olds. Are you cracking down on guns, too?
Any evidence from respectable sources that accurately show your current opinions?
Curious what you think about at night in the silence of your own thoughts. Do you have any remorse about this power play you are using to get elected? Do you think about how history will look back upon you and your actions and wasting of money?
Your kids are masking at their fancy private schools and you’re not objecting to it. It’s only when *my* kids mask up that you object.
Why not start with sacrificing your own children to your political aspirations instead of everyone else’s?
You are babbling. Get to work.
Do you just figure everyone hates having their kids home as much as you do? I love my kids and I’m loving the fact that they’re here learning, thriving, and safe. Keep up with your nonsense lawsuits. I’ll keep my kids out of physical school as long as you keep them unsafe.
Haven’t locked down since TFG was in office #DipSchmitt
Yes, death is an equal opportunist, it comes for us all eventually. We don’t need to give him an excuse to come sooner.
Vaccines reduce the spread & the data is there. You just disagree w/ facts that don’t fit your narrative; while the facts are just that “FACT” they don’t care about your opinions.
Yes, cloth masks are less effective than surgical masks & those less than N95, it’s a scale!
Since you left your state to yell about a border that isn’t in MO, you are clueless about why schools are closing. It’s because staff are sick and there are no subs. You haven’t stepped foot into a school or hospital to see or talk to anyone working in your dystopia.
His kids are masked up in private school where he doesn’t object at all.
He’s not only lying about his objections, he has no skin in the game either way because his kids aren’t subject to the rules he’s forcing.
So if you don’t believe in the vaccines, why are you and your family vaccinated?
If you are so against masks, why do you not sue your kids’ private school to remove their mandates?
Either you’re a hypocrite or a coward or both. Just more #bullschmitt, #GetVaccinatedNow
Schools aren’t closing due to lockdowns. They’re closing because too many sick kids & staff. Meanwhile, you’re cruising the Rio Grande with a bunch of wack-a-doodles who threatened a butterfly sanctuary, so I have zero patience for your disinformation, opinions, or lawsuits.
You know what else is harmful to children? Attorney Generals that are full blown lunatics that sue every school district in the state to push his political agenda.
You are a crappy attorney general.
Great job, fool. Every death of a child is on you.
#GOPDeathCult
#GOPTraitors
[….]
There’s no difference from dying of Covid and dying from Covid. The vaccines work and masks work and you’re an idiot
Rep. Vicky Hartzler @RepHartzler
Rural hospitals are struggling due to the authoritarian vaccine mandate on our frontline heroes.
Nearly 1 in 5 healthcare workers have already quit their jobs during the pandemic. We can’t risk losing more due to these harmful mandates.
[….] 4:21 PM · Jan 27, 2022
Some of the responses:
So says the largest welfare queen in the history of Missouri.
Remember when you voted against sending more relief to hospitals?
[….]
Her voting record further demonstrates her lack of empathy and horrible a value for the constituents she serves.
[….]
One of the largest healthcare providers in Missouri (BJC) had 300 out of 31,000 employees refuse the vaccine.
The vaccine is 90% effective for preventing hospitalization.
Your district lost 7 rural hospitals under your watch?? Seven? [….]
Local arsonist is also the firefighter.
Imagine the mental gymnastics it takes to say that vaccine mandates are hurting our hospitals, not that 96% of patients admitted with COVID-19 at Cox in Springfield, MO are unvaccinated. I am sure no different in Boone County. Absolutely unreal, Vicky.
Rural hospitals are hurt more by the lack of Medicaid expansion.
Thanks to YOU!!!
Hey, still waiting for your ACA replacement plan you promised back in 2010.
Eleven years and change if anyone is counting.
Do you understand how any of this works?
No. This has been another edition of short answers to simple questions.
Lol, rural hospitals aren’t struggling from the mandate nearly as much as they are burnout, and a lack of resources. Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion money relieves that financial and resource strain, remind us of how you feel about the Medicaid Expandion and obamacare again?
This healthcare hero thinks vaccine mandates are a great idea for anyone who works in direct patient care and the actual risk is from people like you who work to hamstring the medical safety net and public health response at every turn.
Maybe you should tell the vaccine deniers to do the right thing, then. Get vaccinated.
Our Frontline heros are burned out due to risking their lives trying to save lives of those who refuse to Vax and mask. Shame on you @RepHartzler!
Rural hospitals in Missouri are indeed struggling. 95% of deaths are among the unvaccinated. The best way to help is vaccinate and mask. You could also help by supporting them with additional funding.
How many times did you vote against helping them and how much PPP did you pocket?
Goddamn, you turn my stomach
Rural hospitals are struggling in Missouri because your party refused to expand medicaid and is still trying to find ways to block funding.
Are you stupid or purposely lying to your supporters?
Yes.
You need to take a hard look in the mirror and then sit down about rural hospitals in Missouri. You are a HUGE part of the problem they are struggling.
You took $480,000 in PPP money to line your pockets. Give it to these rural hospitals that you ‘care’ do much about.
There is a Trumper friend of mine in MERCY Hospital here in St. Louis. He listened to FOX NEWS and the MO AG. He is about to die because his POS wife insisted he not get vaxxed.
Please come to his funeral & explain why their dad is expendable for political gain. You can burn…
Your source is Rand Paul? He’s a charlatan who couldn’t hack it in the real Medical Profession. Take a seat.
This wins for most ignorant tweet of the day…no competition….nearly 4,000 Americans died yesterday from Covid.
This is your legacy…too many needless Covid deaths.
I’m a surgeon working in a rural hospital in Missouri.
This is an absolute lie. We are struggling because we cannot keep up with onslaught of COVID cases – mostly from unvaccinated people – many of whom chose to believe the disinformation put out by you your ilk.
You’re a liar.
Another prime example of the bald-face lies told by our Missouri representatives and officials. She knows she voted against every initiative to assist rural hospitals, and with her fellow Republicans was successful in slashing funding. But yet she blames vaccine mandates.
Excuse me lady. You voted against every measure to assist rural hospitals. Every single one. Rand Paul is not a real doctor. Rural hospitals are struggling because republicans have under funded them for years. #GOPHypocrisy
Think maybe it has more to do with you voting against aid for those hospitals? As for why they’re quitting…that might have something to do with the constant flow of unvaccinated idiots going to the hospital? Try being less of a hack and more of a helper.
They’re struggling because people are getting admitted to hospitals with an illness a couple of shots would prevent. They struggle because of your actions and inactions. You are a disgrace
You realize you voted against support for those hospitals. You are a hypocrite and should be ashamed of yourself.