Continuing To Call Out The Covidiots, Wisconsin Edition
GOP-controlled Wisconsin State Assembly: Another group on the wrong side of history. It's important in a crisis to call out the people who will end up on the wrong side of history. With the Covid pandemic, it's unfortunately a big, huge rogues gallery. Add the Republican-led Wisconsin State Assembly to the list. As the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Thursday: "GOP lawmakers in the state Assembly voted Thursday to repeal the statewide mask rule by ending the governor's health emergency health order - the first measure passed by the state Legislature in response to the Covid-19 pandemic in 10 months. But (Wisconsin Gov. Tony) Evers put the mask requirement back in place almost immediately, saying he was doing so to avoid an unnecessary risk to the public's health. If Evers hadn't acted, the state may have been at risk of losing tens of millions a month in federal food assistance without an emergency order in place." The Journal Sentinel reported th...