Thread by @mattsheffield

Republican politicians are so terrified of the reactionary GOP minority that they are blocking businesses who support common-sense Covid safety regulations.

Reactionaries will then lie & claim that corporate pushback is due to business going "woke." chicagobusiness.com/government/cov…

Just to clarify, 60% of GOP adults are vaccinated or plan to asap. Party elites are pandering to the 23% of Republicans who say they will "definitely not" get a jab. kff.org/coronavirus-co…

The reality that GOP elites are willing to sacrifice the health of the nation + their credibility to pander to 23% of their voters is the perfect illustration of how far-right crazies dominate U.S. politics.

This absurd and outrageous situation has been in place for decades.

Unfortunately, no elected officials ever point this stuff out. Many top journalists seem unaware that most Republican voters don't want the insane stuff pushed in reactionary media.

This is a perfect "conflict" story. But it's never told by political or media elites.

The vast majority of ppl (incl GOP) do not know that reactionary Republicans want to:
✔️ Eliminate multiple federal departments
✔️ Decrease Social Security checks
✔️ Kick millions of ppl off Medicaid
✔️ Criminalize all abortions
✔️ Make it harder to vote
✔️ Lower the minimum wage

Biden was right to talk about Fox News being hypocritical in mandating vaccination/testing. But Dems don't point it out nearly enough.

The fact that Fox News requires vaccination or daily covid tests should be universally known. Trump knows the value of repetition. /end