The Left Channels Jerry Falwell
Saying “Trump deserves Covid” sounds like every other lunatic rant about the wrath of God visited upon those who have transgressed.
The news that Donald Trump has tested positive for COVID-19 and is currently receiving treatment at Walter Reed Medical Center has been met by a wave of vicious sentiment from the left.
Under the auspice that Trump is solely responsible for the over 200,000 Americans who have as yet succumbed to the virus since the epidemic began, high-profile Democrats have celebrated the news as Trump’s just deserts.
“Trump is getting what he deserves for not taking the virus seriously enough,” is a too-common refrain.
“I hope he dies,” isn’t uncommon either.
Democrats are getting dangerously far out onto thin ice with public statements to the effect of “Trump got what he deserved”. Say Trump’s is a mild case and he quickly recovers to tout current treatments for COVID-19? “See, everyone,” Trump might say, “I got it, took it seriously, got treatment, and now I’m fine.”
Is that “what he deserves”, too?
Of course, he could die. COVID-19 can be fatal, and as mass media outlets have been frequently reminding America, Trump is in a high-risk mortality group. Still, that “high mortality risk” designation means Trump has a 94.6%…