Looming mask mandates are a hot topic as Hospitals ponder reimposing them on not just staff but patients. The variant chatter is also getting louder, along with calls for a fresh round of vaccines or boosters. The speculation is whether enough people have had enough of that.
One American, the guy who was in charge when the original mandates hit the stress, the commander and chief “booster” of operation warp-speed, has some thoughts about it.
Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused “left-wing lunatics” of fear-mongering about new COVID-19 variants in order to justify the reintroduction of their left-wing lockdown and mandate policies, which included the use of drop boxes and mail-in ballots in 2020, in a bid to rig the 2024 election.
President Trump made the remarks in a video posted on Aug. 30 on Truth Social, saying that his message should serve as a warning to every COVID-19 “tyrant” who not only wants to “take away our freedom” but who would be playing into the hands of those wanting to exploit COVID-19 restrictions to interfere in next year’s election.
“The left-wing lunatics are trying very hard to bring back COVID lockdowns and mandates with all of their sudden fear-mongering about the new variants that are coming,” President Trump said in the video.
One of my issues with Trump since the pandemic has been his continued talk about how he helped make Operation Warp Speed possible. Even after he was shown the door and the vaccine he helped fast-track proved to be a dangerous disaster, every speech included an ode to his involvement in helping get those vaccines out into the world. He may still think that’s a good thing, I’m not sure, but he has come around on the rest of it.
“Hear these words: We will not comply!” the former president continued. “We will not shut down our schools, we will not accept your lockdowns, we will not abide by your mask mandates, and we will not tolerate your vaccine mandates.”
Watch for yourself and let us know what you think.
