Thread by @RachelBitecofer

1. The absolute folly of the GOP's "COVID is a hoax we can simply pretend away & thumb our nose at" is being exposed as this massive cluster spreads:

So Far: Sens Johnson, Tillis, Lee, Kellyanne Conway, Hope Hicks, Donald Trump, Mark Meadows, Ronna McDaniel, Bill Stepien

With

2. these folks- they made decisions that led to them contracting the virus. They purposely exposed themselves to the virus, & each other while taunting and criticizing appropriate safety measures. So its hard to feel bad for them. BUT they also insisted on putting innocent people

3. in danger & at some point, positive tests are going to start to pop up for those folks. People who DO follow safety recommendations. People who just wanted these people to wear a damn mask, limit their social contacts, behave as if there is a deadly pandemic out there instead

4. like petulant teenagers who simply can't sacrifice one damn year out of their lives, even if their actions will cause other people to die. BC that is what they have been doing for the past few months with their behavior. Hosting events that have led to people getting infected

5. and dying. And frankly, the only thing that would have ever stopped them was their own outbreak, which was bound to happen bc its a deadly pandemic and it only needed 1 breach to spread around a group of people crowded in shoulder to shoulder, not masking. If they had been

6. following CDC guidelines, if they had been masking and staying back from each other and behaving as the rest of us, with prudence and a healthy dose of caution, then even if there was a breach, it would not be ripping through them like a CA forest fire. But I am mostly fearful

7. for the innocent people that were forced into situations with these people. The Bidens, their team and their supporters at the debate who are now in danger bc the Trump family was indulged in their ridiculous refusal to follow public health rules of wearing masks inside.

8. And have the Trump kids- @IvankaTrump, @FLOTUS, @DonaldJTrumpJr @EricTrump @kimguilfoyle offered an apology that their political hack has now put the lives of other people in peril?? Has the media asked them for one? Why not? It is shameful. Same w the Pres debate commission-

9. they owe @JoeBiden and the other audience members an apology. They allowed the Trumps to skip testing bc he was allowed to arrive too late. They could have insisted on him arriving in time to accommodate testing. The Trump's have behaved shamefully, but much of what they do

10. they do bc of other people with power enabling them- apparently in some attempt to appear "bipartisan." Do your damn jobs- lives are on the line. Democracy is on the line. Your calculus should be on that.