Mark Small

1) Look at trump’s actions that have exacerbated COVID-19 crisis. From a post yesterday: fired scientists, called virus a hoax, said doctors & hospitals are lying, lied about urgency, stole tests & PPE for friends, had no plan, said stats & death counts are lies. 3/16

Brizzi says like trump “I know what it’s like when opponents use fake news and lies to advance their own careers.” Yes - be the origin of the “fake news” and lie about the lies you uttered only moments before. That’s trump. 4/16

2) We cannot allow this anti-science approach to problems to run our government. Polio, measles, and tuberculosis - to name only three - were largely eradicated in this country because we - hold on to your hats - vaccinated children. 5/16

Popular amongst those who have hijacked the GOP are views that are grounded in an odd and narrow set of beliefs, amongst which: Earth only is 6,000-some odd years old, evolution is “only” a theory. To say vaccines are bad fits right in. 6/16

People have a right to hold absurd beliefs, but (1) one cannot act on beliefs when such action harms others & (2) we can’t place in control of gov’t people who believe science is false and their interpretation of their religion must control gov’t. 7/16

Candidate Beckwith believes in dominionism: building society is exclusively Christian, and dependent specifically on the work of Christians, rather than based on a broader consensus. Barron, “Heaven on Earth,” 1992, p. 14. 8/16

In a video Beckwith shot in his car, he says only people with beliefs rooted in “scripture” can be moral, and specifically excludes atheists, agnostics, Hindus and Muslims. He also espouses a view that COVID-19 is part of a conspiracy by China. 9/16

Bummer: Beckwith - who brags about his prowess in debate - is a coward when it comes to a debate with me. And to be clear: Beckwith’s views should worry those Christians who do not share his odd views. 10/16

It’s as ludicrous to allow someone who believes evolution is “only” a theory to control U.S. policy on public health (diseases evolve and render prior treatments ineffective) as it would to give control of nukes to a person who believes Armageddon is good. 11/16

If you live in INCD5, you can make a difference. The only hotly contested race on June 2 is for the GOP nomination for INCD5. We need to send a message to trump and those who value ineptitude and corruption that their days in control are over. 12/16

Many of these ppl wave flag of States that committed treason in 1861; confederacy: “a league of states or countries that have joined for mutual support or joint action.” Black’s Law Dict., 10th ed., 2014, p. 359;... 13/16

“dunce”: “a dull-witted, stupid or ignorant person” Random House Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed., 2001, p. 606. 14/16

Tomorrow’s town hall of GOP candidates streams at 6:30 and at 8 p.m. (I’m in the latter group) and will be webcast by WFYI. You should be able to pick it up at Indiana Town Halls dot com. 15/16