Speaker Bonnen Warns Big Retailers to Enforce Social Distancing

Spectrum News ^ | 5/4/20 | Karina Kling

[DallasBiff]

AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen, R-Angleton, is warning major retail stores that not following guidelines to prevent the spread of the coronavirus could hinder the ability of smaller businesses to reopen.

Rep. Bonnen ticked off a series of tweets Monday citing “some of our largest home improvement superstores” and saying that workers are not wearing masks or keeping six feet of distance.

“What we were seeing in Lowes, Home Depot, Wal-Mart, what have you, is they were not doing social distancing among their employees. They were not wearing masks. That’s all White House guidelines,” he told Capital Tonight anchor Karina Kling. “Most importantly, our small businesses – I want hair salons and barbershops open. I want restaurants at 50 percent and 100 percent in-store dining, and those things aren’t going to happen until the big box retailer, wh

[DallasBiff]

What a RINO. Wore a mask for a day and my glasses fogged up.

[VastRWCon]

Who the hell do this people think they are?

[DallasBiff]

Also Gov. Abbott is going to have a news conference today and Bonnen will be there and I bet you he will be maskless.

[ptsal]

Wear a mask, trip, and face-plant ... time to join the herd.

[ConservativeInPA]

They are guidelines, not laws. Not rules. I don't know much about state politics in TX, but this guy, just by speaking about social distancing in this way he seems to be on the typical power trip politicians are on these days - telling people what to do. F him.

[DallasBiff]

Bonnen is a never Trumper.

[urtax$@work]

Dennis Bonnen = democrat

[Buckeye McFrog]

Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen, R-Angleton, is warning major retail stores that not following guidelines to prevent the spread of the coronavirus could hinder the ability of smaller businesses to reopen.

Message received: so don't enforce it and keep our competitors shut down forever.

This guy is a first-class idiot.

[precisionshootist]

Socialist distancing is literally a commie plot. Our society CANNOT exist as we know it with people mandated to be 6 feet apart. Big box retail can not be profitable under these rules and the commies know this. Soon these rules will have the effect the commies are looking for and that is to kill the earnings and force these large companies to lay off workers. Socialist distancing is about making America unprofitable.

[Howie66]

The Enemy Within. Why he is still Speaker is beyond my understanding.

[Howie66]

They feel like they are a hammer and everything around them is a nail.

[ASA Vet]

So wear my kind of mask. It will fog up the glasses of Commie's.

[moovova]

Lowe’s had their cute little one-way signs up on each aisle yesterday. EVERYONE...including employees...we’re ignoring them. Some aisles, you were lucky to get 6 inches of social distancing while perusing the shelves.

[ilgipper]

That was my first thought. The entire goal of big box is to put little retail out of business. This is so dumb. This guy in the Texas house is a moron.

[albie]

Of course we all know that bigger business always welcomes smaller business to share in the profits!!~sarc

[yuleeyahoo]

Your anointed rulers.

[NTHockey]

Government and politicians especially have not shown any leadership. Time to lead, follow or get the Hell out of the way.

Enough already.

[Fiji Hill]

How do they know “social distancing” works when it’s never before been tried?

[TLI]

Worse than RINO

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2020/03/10/texas-house-speaker-dennis-bonnen-says-he-screwed-up-badly-in-scandal-that-forced-him-out/

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[CodeToad]

Masks are their indicator that you are an obedient subject.

Wearing a nasty and contaminated mask does NOTHING to prevent the virus. Far more measures would be need to prevent that.