Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister wants his constituents to stay home this Christmas so they will be alive for the next one:
“I’m the guy who’s stealing Christmas to keep you safe because you need to do this now,” he said.
Pallister said he hoped Manitobans would respect him in the coming years for “having the guts” to tell them to do the right thing even if they aren’t happy with him now.
The premier said Manitobans will have much to celebrate next year, but for the time being, the right thing to do is to protect each other and stay safe by social distancing, wearing masks, and socializing only with people in their household.
“I am that guy” telling you not to go to church or to see your friends or to travel, Pallister said to Manitobans under Code Red restrictions for COVID-19. “I don’t like saying it, but it’s got to be said. Someone’s got to say it.”
South of the 49th parallel, we have Tucker Carlson:
He aired a clip of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, urging people to minimize travel and “indoor-type congregate settings.”
Carlson accused Fauci of using complicated language, telling his viewers, “What Fauci is saying here in English is that you need to avoid going to church. You need to avoid your own family.”
Death? Humbug! says Carlson. Real Americans would rather die first.
“If death is inevitable … maybe we should pause before we destroy the living in the name of trying to eliminate it,” Tucker Carlson declared Thursday night on “Tucker Carlson Tonight.”
So much for the military liberating prison camps and countries under siege. Got it, Tucker.