A few neighbors attended the local school board meeting on Thursday. Not a mask in sight as a crowd protested a decision making face coverings mandatory for unvaccinated Buncombe County Schools staff and students when the school year begins on Aug. 23.
Conspiracy theories. Crank remedies. Charges that Covid is a lie.
“I don’t care about neighbors or kids or anything,” should be the motto for their movement, as one of Josh Holland’s Trumpist neighbors says.
Aspiring thespian, Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) made a surpise appearance [timestamp 51:20]. The freshman congressman began his remarks by trolling school board members. Cawthorn seems to believe trolling is a congressperson’s primary job function.
In the video linked above, Cawthorn is immediately followed at the lectern by someone you’ve seen before. Yes, this guy:
Add to the mass insanity on display in the clips above, CNN’s looney-tunes interview with MyPillow’s Mike Lindell from yesterday.
♫The people that you meet each day.
I was an election judge at 18. I’ve worked with/beside election officials for the last 9 cycles. Lindell is completely nuts. Still, I was ready to despair for my country last night.
But after a good night’s sleep, it’s back to work. It’s that or surrender.