In case you missed it, here’s the rundown of GOP state legislators who are pushing their states to recklessly defy public health recommendations--
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Pennsylvania Republicans, ignoring the state’s secretary of health, voted to override Gov. Wolf’s stay-at-home order & rejected amendments that would protect the health of essential workers. 2/11
Republican leaders in both chambers of the Montana legislature called on Gov. Bullock to rethink the state’s stay-at-home measure, saying “state government was not designed to solve this problem.” 3/11
Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka tweeted that he hoped Gov. Walz wouldn’t extend the state’s stay-at-home order because “we have to get on with our lives.” 4/11
((BREAKING)) Wisconsin Republicans, after forcing people to vote during the pandemic, TODAY SUED Gov. Evers over his stay-at-home order and have threatened to fire the state’s health secretary. 5/11
Endangered North Carolina Senator Joyce Krawiec challenged Gov. Cooper’s stay-at-home order and authored a misleading blog post comparing the coronavirus and the flu. 6/11
Virginia Senator and gubernatorial candidate Amanda Chase encouraged Virginians to risk their health at a rally opposing the stay-at-home order imposed by Gov. Northam--a medical doctor. 7/11
Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield published an op-ed criticizing Gov. Whitmer’s executive actions without citing any medical evidence. Michigan is combating one of the worst outbreaks in the nation & a majority of Michiganders approve of the governor’s response. 8/11
Colorado House Minority Leader Patrick Neville called the state’s stay-at-home order “outlandish” and compared it to a “gestapo-like mentality.” 9/11
An Idaho House Republican said stay-at-home orders were “no different than Nazi Germany.” 10/11
Republicans are putting right-wing interests over people’s lives & ignoring solutions backed by medical experts. We’re going to make sure voters hold them accountable for their recklessness this November and beyond. 11/11
