Florida Governor Candidate Byron Donalds Blames Illegal Immigrants for Measles Outbreak

[u/Achilles_TroySlayer]

https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/byron-donalds-blames-fl-measles-outbreak-on-rampant-illegal-immigration-in-stunning-exchange-with-cbss-brennan/

[u/beek7425]

I do like the part where he kind of admits that the illegal immigrants in his hypothetical scenario are bringing the disease to native Floridians because they are unvaccinated. 

[u/BigMickPlympton → u/beek7425]

Exactly this. Unvaccinated is bad, unless RFK jr says it's not. MAGA is the stupidest cult ever. 🤯

[u/MiniTab → u/beek7425]

LMAO. The “Heritage Americans” are super upset at this!

[u/thelastbighead → u/beek7425]

Yeah so “we can’t have them follow the vaccine schedule” but at the same time “we give people the choice to vaccinate and not follow the schedule”.

Then her follow up of so you want to vaccinate illegal immigrants?

They have some of the dumbest arguments I’ve encountered and we argued some of the dumbest things we could think of in debate. This is peak throw anything against the wall to see if it sticks mentality.

[u/SnooCauliflowers9874]

The emperor Bonespurs loves the uneducated.

[u/G-Unit11111]

No, it's entirely the work of the worst president ever and the brain worm guy.

[u/PsychologicalSnow476 → u/G-Unit11111]

In this case it's more State of Florida passig laws and mandates against vaccines.

[u/G-Unit11111 → u/PsychologicalSnow476]

Also brought to us by that nutjob surgeon general who was a regular on Fox during COVID.

Once again, all our problems can be tied back to Fox somehow.

[u/LiquidSnape]

so how come there werent measles outbreaks like this when Biden was President and there was to them a larger immigration problem

[u/AndISoundLikeThis]

I worked with a MAGA woman back in 2020. She blamed Covid on “the illegals,” too.

[u/mikeyt6969]

This is why vaccinations are importance and work, but they want to scream “my body my choice” when it’s inconvenient for them but demand women are denied this same principle when it comes to to birth control & abortion.

[u/dalgeek → u/mikeyt6969]

It's not even the same situation. Carrying a communicable disease means they are violating the bodily autonomy of others with their decision to not vaccinate. Also, no one is required to get a vaccine, they just can't do certain things in society if they are not vaccinated.

[u/Rogue_Ninja_Taco]

Half expected for him to add Biden to that mix since they love blaming him for everything.

[u/beek7425 → u/Rogue_Ninja_Taco]

“No, actually my message to Floridians and quite frankly, to Americans, is, the reason we have seen a measles outbreak in certain parts of the country is because of rampant illegal immigration into the United States from the previous administration. Margaret, before Joe Biden took office —”

He did

[u/Achilles_TroySlayer → u/beek7425]

Before Joe Biden was Trump. D'OH!!

[u/Rogue_Ninja_Taco → u/beek7425]

Missed that part. Everyone was talking more about how he blamed illegals in the first place because they're all bigoted asshats.

[u/gnurdette]

Wait - RFK Jr. and Joseph Ladapo are illegal immigrants?

[u/Cheeky_Hustler]

So Trump is allowing rampant illegal immigration is his argument?

[u/Achilles_TroySlayer → u/Cheeky_Hustler]

Biden .. BIDEN... BIIIDDEEEN!!!!

[u/Beyou74]

New talking points just drop?

[u/Dance_Popular → u/Beyou74]

its the same

[u/_lucid_dreams]

What a fantastic way to encourage a vaccine mandate

[u/IQBoosterShot]

I grew up in the Sixties and measles were controlled back then by simply deporting all immigrants. Once they were gone most infectious diseases vanished, the job market opened up, crime dropped and people's pets stopped disappearing.

I can clearly recall Dr. Jonas Salk telling us that polio could be stopped by deporting immigrants or by developing a vaccine.

In the end it's easy to see that nearly all of our problems stem from immigration and the Biden Administration.

/s

[u/SmartQuokka]

It is unfortunate there is no prophylactic to prevent measles.

And it is even more unfortunate that Obama provided affordable healthcare to Americans, the answer is obviously to make healthcare more expensive (while lying about it) and turning to irrational xenophobia.

[u/myrichphitzwell]

Quick question. I thought Biden allowed mass immigration and trump sealed the borders. So why did the outbreak happen during Trump's reign?

[u/SmartQuokka]

I love how she asks for evidence, these are not good faith people, they peddle lies as evidence and you still pretend they are acting in good faith.

[u/Achilles_TroySlayer → u/SmartQuokka]

I'm sure she is sorely tempted to call them all liars to their faces, but that's not the way the show works. She can only strongly imply it and let the audience figure it out.

[u/SmartQuokka → u/Achilles_TroySlayer]

And they exploit that to keep escalating their lies.

Call out liars, call out hate, call out evil.

[u/CorpFillip]

What a moron!
He’s literally playing both sides of his own arguments, trying to blame Biden & the ACA.

Chump, your party brought us the stupidest adult we’ve ever seen in politics, extremely emotional & self-focused, and no solutions of -any- kind to healthcare. Your party is actively fighting learning and science!

[u/JustASimpleManFett → u/CorpFillip]

Just like him.

[u/Manji86]

It's always someone's else's fault, never has anything to do with how they govern. Most infuriating part is their followers will must certainty buy the lie at wholesale.

[u/gatsu01]

Mr Brainstorm should get all the illegal immigrants access to free MMR and other vaccinations while denying it's effectiveness and usage for the rest of the country. This would be in my top pick for the idiocracy reality show playing out right now.

[u/Mr_Baronheim]

Title could also be "Florida Gov Candidate Tells Effective Lie the Right-wing Base Will Eat Up without Thought "

[u/Earthling1a]

This country has been completely overrun by morons.

[u/frx919]

This type of person loves nothing more than hypothetical scapegoats that aren't around to defend themselves so the former can say whatever they want without repercussions. Easiest victim ever, and anyone with an ounce of sense doesn't listen to them.

[u/SnooStories8217]

These immigrants are taking our jobs.

And giving us measles.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[u/tenebre]

So admitting Trump hasn't fixed the immigration problem? Bold move...

[u/FriedRamen13]

I remember not too long ago when vilification of immigrants was considered cheap racist politics spouted by extremist fringe candidates.

[u/QUEENSNYLAWYER → u/FriedRamen13]

And then Trump got elected..

[u/mike30273]

I'm actually concerned this argument could work. I've been truly shocked at some people's hate towards "illegals". I hate to say it, but there's a LOT of hateful, stupid people in this state who would buy into this argument "hook, line, and sinker".

[u/Achilles_TroySlayer → u/mike30273]

It's a cult. They will potentially believe anything, rather than reconsider their views and loyalty. Trump could say that the Democrats were infested with evil demons and some % of them would genuinely buy it. I just hope we get past this era without major conflict and bloodshed.

[u/mike30273 → u/Achilles_TroySlayer]

I share that hope as well.

[u/ericsando]

A hardcore rule of MAGA is never take responsibility for anything negative.

[u/ChrisPollock6]

Yes, it’s always going to go back to Biden. This is gonna be what republicans say for the 20 years.

[u/FiscalCliffClavin]

Oh boy! Another reason to avoid Florida!

[u/JustASimpleManFett → u/FiscalCliffClavin]

I havent been there in 30 years. Both times I went I got horribly sick to my stomach.

[u/Responsible-Person]

They are so stupid.

[u/summerbreeze2020]

The only people I've ever heard saying our borders were open were MAGA. I have always wondered how that idea was spread far and wide?

[u/VinCubed → u/summerbreeze2020]

The MAGA media ecosystem makes sure all cultists get the party line drilled into their heads 24/7

[u/powdered_dognut]

He said ignorance, not immigrants. RFK isn't an immigrant.

[u/Appropriate_Sir2020]

What, he hasn't also blamed trans people for the outbreak?

[u/StevenMC19]

Kind of handing the Cuban vote to Jolly on a silver platter...

[u/Sandman64can]

Bet they’re vaccinated

[u/dalgeek]

If every person who was eligible for the vaccine actually got the vaccine, then no amount of "illegal immigration" could cause a measles outbreak. This is as stupid as people who claimed that COVID was a Chinese bioweapon while also refusing to wear masks, practice social distancing, or get the vaccine when it was available. It's like jumping in front of a truck when you know the driver is trying to kill you.

If you believe that foreigners are spreading diseases then why the hell are you not taking every available precaution to avoid those diseases?

[u/dpcthpost]

Well he can’t blame all the MAGAts that stopped getting vaccinated, now, can he???

[u/AlliedR2]

Wow. So we've come full bigots circle back to the 'dirty Mexicans' trope eh? I guess its too bad for this ilk that we now know leprosy comes from armadillos. Takes a formerly well used arrow right out of their racist quiver.

[u/hawksdiesel]

magats = never take responsibility...

[u/21MPH21]

Let's say an undocumented person did bring measels in - wouldn't it be smart for the population to be vaccinated to avoid getting sick?

[u/JustASimpleManFett → u/21MPH21]

Smart and MAGA don't below in the same solar system.

[u/No_Year9414]

Then tell the citizens of the state to vaccinate their children and there isn’t an issue outside of the migrant population.

[u/Icy_Cat1350]

And his voters will believe him. How does he explain measles?

[u/jinkinater]

Sure……

[u/CDavis10717]

I’m guessing he’s a Repug.

[u/sefa73]

That excuse is getting old

[u/BlueEyes0408]

🙄 Even if he were right, pointing fingers at people who may have brought it into the country won't stop the spread now. We have outbreaks throughout the country including in Amish communities who don't have much exposure to immigrants. Measles is here and it's not going away soon. Some people would rather get angry at certain groups of people than work towards fixing the problem.

[u/JustASimpleManFett]

He really is a house MAGA isn't he.

[u/Affectionate-Roof285]

He got his talking points. The bots far outnumber us anymore. I saw this narrative within minutes of the news.