Noted Racine County GOP legislator, cultural affairs humanitarian and disease expert [sic] Robin Vos -
- echoing State Supreme Court Chief Justice Roggensack's Covid-19 pandemic pandering on behalf of "regular folks" who miraculously remained symptom-free - says unapologetically that the persistently steep disease curve in his home county for which he is unaccountable is due to immigrant culture.
This not-so-veiled reference to Latinos who didn't have access to the free, pandemic-protective gear which the privileged, public-trough employed/'work-from-home Vos got to use on election day, for example, ignores that many immigrants work in key industries like meat-packing and other environments which require close-quarters' work.
And data show that lower-income and minority Covid-19 sufferers are disproportionally victimized by Covid-19, having already been put at risk by discrimination and other longstanding social and public health problems.
Vos's repellant 'blame-the-victim' mentality is typical of Republican Party racism which the Covid-19 pandemic keeps releasing on an exhausted America:
- echoing State Supreme Court Chief Justice Roggensack's Covid-19 pandemic pandering on behalf of "regular folks" who miraculously remained symptom-free - says unapologetically that the persistently steep disease curve in his home county for which he is unaccountable is due to immigrant culture.
“I know the reason at least in my region is because of a large immigrant population where it’s just a difference in culture where people are living much closer and working much closer,” the Rochester Republican said of an outbreak in Racine County.Vos is condemning the recording of his remarks, rather than apologized for their content.
This not-so-veiled reference to Latinos who didn't have access to the free, pandemic-protective gear which the privileged, public-trough employed/'work-from-home Vos got to use on election day, for example, ignores that many immigrants work in key industries like meat-packing and other environments which require close-quarters' work.
And data show that lower-income and minority Covid-19 sufferers are disproportionally victimized by Covid-19, having already been put at risk by discrimination and other longstanding social and public health problems.
Vos's repellant 'blame-the-victim' mentality is typical of Republican Party racism which the Covid-19 pandemic keeps releasing on an exhausted America:
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