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TexasTowelie

(117,584 posts)
Sun Dec 26, 2021, 08:32 AM Dec 2021

Iowa GOP Candidate Says COVID 'Was the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Our Country'

Last edited Sun Dec 26, 2021, 09:06 AM - Edit history (1)

Nicole Hasso, a Republican candidate for Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District, said she thinks the pandemic was a good thing for the United States because of the increased political activism it caused.

“When COVID hit, I think that was the best thing that ever happened to our country,” she told Breitbart News on Dec. 11.

The US recently passed the mark of 800,000 COVID deaths. In Iowa, 823 COVID patients are in the hospital and 7,680 people have died of it, according to state data. According to the Des Moines Register, there have been 552,898 confirmed COVID cases in Iowa throughout the pandemic.

Hasso explained that the pandemic was helpful because at-home learning showed parents what’s being taught in schools. She said learning what children are taught in schools is how she and many others got involved in politics.

Read more: https://iowastartingline.com/2021/12/15/iowa-gop-candidate-says-covid-was-the-best-thing-that-ever-happened-to-our-country/

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Iowa GOP Candidate Says COVID 'Was the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Our Country' (Original Post) TexasTowelie Dec 2021 OP
My word! The ignorance of these people is ASTOUNDING. and scary as heck... secondwind Dec 2021 #1
I am sick of these dumbasses. madaboutharry Dec 2021 #2
And her OWN community has been devastated. What a fucking dumbass. Shame on her. CurtEastPoint Dec 2021 #3
Who is surprised by her comments? bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #4
Not irrelevant Flo Mingo Dec 2021 #5
The GOP weaponized the pandemic, used it to recruit, brainwash, activate Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #6

madaboutharry

(41,391 posts)
2. I am sick of these dumbasses.
Sun Dec 26, 2021, 08:55 AM
Dec 2021

Not meaning to offend anyone, but this woman is exhibit 1A in the category of a backwater hick.

bucolic_frolic

(47,639 posts)
4. Who is surprised by her comments?
Sun Dec 26, 2021, 09:07 AM
Dec 2021

GOP writes off mass shootings like they never happened. This gentle lady writes off 800,000 deaths like irrelevant.

It's the same thing.

Flo Mingo

(494 posts)
5. Not irrelevant
Sun Dec 26, 2021, 09:33 AM
Dec 2021

Far from making it irrelevant, she said it was good for America. A stunning proclamation.

Irish_Dem

(59,772 posts)
6. The GOP weaponized the pandemic, used it to recruit, brainwash, activate
Sun Dec 26, 2021, 09:43 AM
Dec 2021

its base.

So in a way this idiot is correct, the pandemic was a good thing for the GOP.

No matter almost a million deaths in the process.
Civilian casualties are to be expected in wartime.

No matter how much it has damaged the country. The GOP will use that to their advantage too.

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