Posted on 12/02/2020 9:05:27 AM PST by John Semmens
This week, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-Mich) was one of those nominated by Time to be its "Person of the Year." The editors praised "her pioneering efforts to transform her state from an out-dated racist republic to a vibrant authoritarian dictatorship. While there were other governors who similarly ruled with an iron fist, none were as effectively 'in-your-face' as Gov. Whitmer."
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) was also nominated, but is not expected to make the final cut because "his state's legislature is not trying to impeach him. " Self-proclaimed Gov. Stacey Abrams (D-GA) also received a nomination, but is not favored to win because "while there is no doubt regarding her devotion to autocracy, her lack of actual power stymied her ability to directly oppress anyone."
Like Cuomo, Whitmer has faced resistance from state residents to her harsh coronavirus edicts. And like Cuomo, Whitmer has been met with criticism over her policy of ordering virus-infected patients to be sent into nursing homes. Newly elected Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido has vowed to charge the governor for the deaths her nursing home policy caused in the county—a prospect that Time's editors said "we hope being nominated for 'Person of the Year' might help immunize the Governor against both this charge and the allegations that she enabled billions to be paid for fraudulent unemployment claims following her lockdown orders that drove the jobless rate up to 24% of the workforce."
Meanwhile, two other governors who might benefit from receiving a "Person of the Year" nomination are Gavin Newsom (D-Calif) and Brian Kemp (R-GA). Both have been implicated in an international money laundering and bribery scheme in which hundreds of millions of dollars were wired to communist China to purchase COVID supplies that were never delivered.
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Nobody should be surprised if any one of the anarcho-tyrants named in your excellent satire are in fact named “Person of the Year by Time Ragazine.
Did you know that Donald Trump fathered a child with a space alien?
That would be the Weekly World News. Not Time.
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