Dying To Own

A bit from Talking Points Memo about how Republicans would literally prefer getting / transmitting the coronavirus to one another if it means OWNING THE LIBS:

"In a Fox News interview on Sunday, for example, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) encouraged people to crowd restaurants.

'It’s a great time to just go out, go to a local restaurant,' he said. 'Likely you can get in easily. Let’s not hurt the working people in this country that are relying on wages and tips to keep their small business going.'

The governor of Oklahoma struck a similar tone Saturday, posting a (since-deleted) picture of himself and his kids at a local restaurant. 'It’s packed tonight!' Gov. Kevin Stitt wrote, along with the hashtags '#supportlocal,' and '#OklaProud.'  (He declared a state of emergency the following day and encouraged Oklahomans to follow the CDC’s guidance.)

For some, maintaining a presence in crowded public spaces was open trolling, an effort to solicit a reaction and score political points."

I guess the Zen question is something like -- "Is a political party that exists solely to troll their opponents, and whose only policy suggestion is tax cuts for the ultra-rich, still actually a political party or rather a cult, and a pretty dangerous one at that?"