This Is So, So Horrible, Especially For The Beleaguered Voters Of South Carolina

Lindsey Graham offered an amendment to the Pandemic Bailout Bill that would have penalized some workers, maybe even starved a few of their families to death or forced them into homelessness. We looked at that a couple of days ago. So did that naughty, naughty South Carolina actor (Anna Karenina-- The Musical and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle) Billy Hipkins. Thankfully, Lindsey's amendment failed. I hope Billy's portrayal, on the other hand, goes viral from Spartanburg and Greenville right down through Columbia and Charleston to Beaufort, Hilton Head Island and the suburbs north of Savannah.

This morning, Robert Costa and Phil Rucker retorted for the Washington Post that when Lindsey wasn't trying to screw workers out of food and rent money or ripping the heads off his dollies, he was calling Señor Trumpanzee and delivering a blunt message to try to save the Republican Party from COVID-19 blame: "If you reopen the nation’s economy too early against the advice of public-health experts, you will own the deaths from the novel coronavirus that follow. Trump’s stalwart ally also warned that the president wouldn’t be the only one held responsible. Graham said the Republican Party itself risks being defined ahead of this fall’s elections as prioritizing commerce and the stock market over the health and safety of the American people. Graham’s private plea illustrates the political calculations underway inside the leadership ranks of the Republican Party as the president balances dual crises as he seeks reelection: the pandemic that is claiming lives and overburdening hospitals, and the resulting economic meltdown that already has left millions jobless, with many facing financial ruin."