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Video catches entitled anti-masker claiming he's the real victim as he harasses Trader Joe's staff: 'I am so offended!'
March 07, 2021
A man in Texas filmed himself berating staff at a Trader Joe's grocery store after being denied entry for refusing to wear a mask. The video is now going viral on social media, where he is being derided as a male "Karen."
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has lifted the mandatory mask mandate in Texas. But businesses in the state can still put their own COVID-19 safety rules into place.
<p>"You're violating the law," the man claims in the video. "You're harassing me and discriminating against me because of my disability. You understand that? Do you understand the Americans with Disabilities Act?"</p><p>The anti-masker tells a Trader Joe's staff member that she was "reprehensible" for trying to enforce the store's mask policy, comparing her behavior to racism.</p><p>The man also accuses Trader Joe's of "holding him hostage" by not allowing him into the building, before walking into the store. </p><p>"I am so offended by this," he says after being confronted inside the building. "This is America at the end of the day."</p><p><br/></p>
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth celebrated on Sunday the sense of Commonwealth unity fostered by "a time like no other", just hours before a U.S. interview with her grandson Prince Harry and his wife Meghan that could deepen divisions in the royal family. In a speech to mark Commonwealth Day, dedicated to the countries mainly from the former British empire that maintain links with Britain, the Queen welcomed the "deeper appreciation of the mutual support and spiritual sustenance we enjoy being connected to others" during the coronavirus pandemic. "We have all continued to apprecia...
'Red states get a lot of money': Fox News host destroys Marsha Blackburn's 'blue state bailout' lie
March 07, 2021
Fox News host Eric Shawn on Sunday challenged Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) after she claimed that the COVID-19 relief bill was delayed because Democrats "wanted people to suffer."
"The Democrats did not want timely relief prior to the election," Blackburn told Shawn in an interview on Fox News. "They wanted people to suffer and Nancy Pelosi told us why. She said because they felt like it would help them win the election."
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Shawn interrupted: "Do you think it really is fair to say Democrats wanted people to suffer? I mean, they don't want people to suffer."
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"They delayed relief when people were saying we desperately need relief," Blackburn argued. "They delayed money to small businesses when small businesses were saying we need another round of PPP. That was a choice they made."
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Blackburn went on to insist that only 9% of the latest relief bill is related to COVID-19, a claim that <a href="https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/mar/01/ted-budd/budd-says-9-stimulus-targets-covid-rest-not-even-r/">Politifact has rated</a> as "half true."
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"So whether you want to say it was fair or not fair, it is an action they took," the Tennessee Republican continued. "And it is an admission that they have made. So I think it was just really unfortunate that it was their choice."
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Even though Blackburn voted against the latest COVID-19 relief bill, she argued that people "desperately need help."
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"But do you really need to bail out the blue states that have mismanaged their funds and have mismanaged their pensions?" she quipped.
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"But you also know," Shawn interjected, "your state get $6 billion, Florida gets $16 billion, Texas gets $27 billion. So red states get a lot of money too."
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"It is immoral to continue to pile debt on our children and grandchildren," Blackburn opined. "It is selfish not to sit down and work this out so that we are not adding to the debt. There are all sorts of good things that you can do with money but we have to remember, the federal government only has money that the taxpayer sends to them."
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"Socialism is fine until you run out of other people's money," she added. "And this continuing to say you're going to pick winners and losers with federal government money, which is taxpayer money, is completely inappropriate and, yes, it does need to stop."
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Watch the video below from Fox News.
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