National media should be paying closer attention to what’s happening in Minnesota: not only did our state senate GOP cause a massive COVID outbreak by flouting guidelines, but they covered it up, hiding that they had exposed many people.
https://twitter.com/stribopinion/status/1328518268919963650?s=21
This comes after many months of working to obstruct safety measures by the Governor, including opposition to a mask mandate, removal of his commissioners in retaliation, and insistent pressure to fully reopen.
The most public opponent of safety measures was the Senate GOP leader, Paul Gazelka. Immediately after the election he changed to noticeably less strident tone. People assumed he was dialing back performative opposition.
In reality, it seems he learned he’d contracted the virus.
In reality, it seems he learned he’d contracted the virus.
People endangered, and not told, include Democratic and nonpartisan staff in the state government, and the food service workers at the crowded GOP dinner that seems to have been the original superspreader event.
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