Democrat Seth Moulton: Red States ‘Getting What’s Coming To Them’ with Coronavirus

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David Rufful
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Breitbart reported on statements made by Representative Seth Moulton, where he claimed that red sates were “getting what’s coming to them” in regards to the number of coronavirus deaths in states outside of the northeast.

Moulton spoke with Kentucky candidate for Senate Amy McGrath during a virtual event hosted by the nonprofit 92nd Street Y. He inquired about how states like Kentucky were handling the coronavirus and if people were adjusting their beliefs towards the dangers of the coronavirus.

The coronavirus has claimed an estimated 150,000 American lives.

The Massachusetts democrat said to McGrath; “We certainly have this perception in the Northeast that all the red states are, you know, they kind of — they’re getting what was coming to them because they refused to follow these mandates, and they’re playing politics with this rather than listening to the science,”

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Moulton:

I also remember saying when people asked me, ‘Hey, is McConnell in the Senate ever going to support another relief package?’ My answer was, ‘I think when they go home to their districts, it’s going to be pretty hard for them to ignore what’s going on.’ But when I said that I didn’t expect them to be facing the surge in cases that we’re seeing today.”

A clip of the conversation and remarks from Moulton were shared to social media by Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s press secretary, Katharine Cooksey, who noted McGrath’s behavioral response.

Michaela Johnson, a spokeswoman for Moulton, disregarded his remarks and instead focused on McConnell’s campaign and the “cheap shots” they have taken.

Johnson stated:

While Mitch McConnell’s constituents are trying to figure out how they’re going to pay their rent and feed their kids because he’s letting their unemployment benefits expire, his staff is clipping videos in an attempt to troll his opponent on Twitter. This is a great example of why we need Amy McGrath in the Senate. McConnell and his office would do well to spend more time working to pass the relief legislation Americans so desperately need, and less time taking cheap shots on Twitter.

GOP strategist Pat Griffin issued a statement to the Boston Herald and called Moulton’s remarks an “unfortunate choice of words.”

“Obviously no one deserves to get the coronavirus,” Griffin said. “It’s obvious hyperbole, and that is the kind of hyperbole that Democrats get mad at Donald Trump of using.”

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