Posted on 03/01/2022 8:36:51 PM PST by algore
"They've (Republicans) always wanted to follow Donald Trump – that's the central problem here – who first said this [COVID-19] was going to be over by Easter," Inslee said.
"Then he told us you could take horse deworming products. And has always diminished our ability, and who refused to help the state of Washington when I asked him to help. And the Republicans in this state have followed him and continue to follow him. And continue to refuse to stand up to his coup attempt," Inslee said.
The irony of Inslee citing a "coup attempt" as the reason he refuses to give up powers he took from an elected legislature was noticed by many.
Washington House Minority Leader JT Wilcox tweeted about Inslee, "What do you call a guy who thinks clinging to emergency powers saves democracy?"
Inslee's statement about the Trump administration refusing to help Washington is in direct contradiction to the facts of the pandemic. In the same speech, Inslee touted the vaccines, brought into approval and production by Operation Warp Speed, a Trump administration achievement.
Inslee also appeared to forget about an Army field hospital established by the military in response to his request. Ironically the hospital did not see any patients and Inslee incentivized nursing homes and elderly care facilities with Medicaid funds to take COVID positive patients.
Inslee also appears to have forgotten his praise for former Vice President Mike Pence who flew to Washington, one of the early epicenters of the outbreak due to deaths in nursing homes, with a cargo plane filled with medical supplies.
The Governor did not provide any evidence to back up his statements.
Inslee, whose office of Labor and Industries fined businesses $9,024,747 from March 1, 2020 to Jan. 28, 2022, according to a public disclosure request, for violating his COVID mandates because they needed to provide for their families and employees, also claimed "Republicans don’t care about employees who want to wear their masks. I do, because a lot of people in this state are still going to want to protect themselves by wearing a mask."
Inslee added that he needs to keep his powers to ensure that people can exercise their right to wear masks if they so choose and in order to continue to receive money from the federal government. "We need it to be able to keep federal funds, so we get federal assistance rather than state tax dollars."
During the presser Inslee also compared his failed legislation to ban speech he disagrees with to Ukrainians fighting against the Russian invasion.
"Now, if folks wonder why I’m so passionate about this, I think one of the reasons is because our democracy has been under attack right here in our home country as well. Our democracy was attacked on January 6. Our democracy is still under attack by those who continue to allege lies about our election results. And the people of the Ukraine were denied at one point assistance because of the defeated president that led to his first impeachment.
So, I guess what I… what I’m saying is, I respect what the people of the Ukraine are doing on behalf of democracy because we’re fighting for it to here in the state of Washington."
As of Monday, Inslee has had emergency powers for 730 days.
I would take Inslee’s points apart one by one, but why? He is simply a putz, and a flaccid one at that. He is, in short, a complete waste of time.
Inslee has gone mad with power, sounds like. People in his stae should be very concnered.
As for “Donald Trump said this [COVID-19] was going to be over by Easter.”
Gues what. It was.
Washington state... A place even crazier than Hollywood, Ca.
I’ve posted this a few times over the years, but I think I need to again:
When I lived on Bainbridge Island several years ago (off the coast of Seattle), I had met Inslee a couple of times at meetings a friend dragged me to.
Then one lovely sunny Sunday morning, I was walking may dog in the park near the shore. She was wagging and doggie smiling at everyone. Then Inslee came up to talk to me and she went ballistic. Snarled, barked her head off, would have bitten him had she not been on a leash. Good dog! I still regret the leash.
Can anyone tell me why my Keeshond girl is smarter than half the voters of WA state? Inslee is dumber than a stump.
from what I understand Seattle is a hive of scum and villainy with rampant voter fraud, and the republican who oversaw the “not fraudulent elections” was just hired by the Biden administration
Much of the rest of the State is not so enthused about Jay, especially when he really wants to make it illegal to say the words ‘voter fraud’
The stolen election was the coup. Stolen elections are Democrat-acy and Just-Us.
You forgot to mention defunding the police. Seattle City Council did that.
I’m the other side of the state now.
He is nuts. Period.
Inslee parrots anti Trump talking points to justify Covid emergency powers? He’s crazy. I pity Washington Republicans.
F J Inslee
LOL. You’re dating yourself. I thought all that happened in San Francisco. I was sure to wear a flower in my hair back then, but don’t worry, I’m a girl
Thank God that he cannot run again because of term limits, but that makes him even more difficult. He does not care what people think of what he is doing at this point. He is a morally deprived, arrogant, evil, deluded, and unbelievably stupid man.
Good girl!
...We're down to being counted on two hands.
Please pray for us.
Little Nazi state dictators are angry because they are losing their power
Gov. Lisper
Note to Inslee:
Have someone on your staff look up how many tubes of Ivermectin India uses in a year for their citizens.
Also look up the real info on how effective Ivermectin is.
YOUR IGNORANCE is showing.
BTW-— a poster here on FR stated last summer that he had had lower intestinal upsets for a long time.
After taking IVERMECTIN for Covid, his intestines were back to normal within a couple of weeks.
He may have had a mild parasite infection.
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