The Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin on Sunday predicted that more Republicans will die from the coronavirus than Democrats because conservatives aren’t taking the virus seriously enough.
During an interview with MSNBC’s Joy Reid on “AM Joy,” Reid asked Rubin about a Post article claiming that older Republicans are less concerned about the coronavirus outbreak than older Americans in other parties. Rubin said that “there is a particular cruelty/irony that” Fox News’ “core viewers, the Republican older viewers, who are the most at risk.”
She added, "And when you think about it, which party immediately canceled all of their rallies? Which party immediately started having their political figures really portray and use their lies as an example? It was the Democrats."
Rubin went on to say, "So, I hate to put it this way, but there will be less Democrat deaths because there will be less mass gatherings, there will be less opportunities for people to congregate and share this horrible disease. So it is really a very short-sighted strategy.”
She said that President Donald Trump “jumped right on this right away because of all this planning that we’re doing so well, which is head-spinning for the rest of us who watched him for weeks say this was a hoax. But this is how they do it at Fox News. Suddenly, he's been the most pro-active president... The toughest on it.
“And so they will contort themselves to get in line and get in sync. And, you know, we’re always saying but, but, but, pointing to the past. They don’t. They simply move with the flow. Every day is a new day. Every day is a new storyline, and they will stick with it.”
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