As Twitchy reported, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal earlier this month blasted the president’s response to the Ebola crisis with his classic four-step “Barack Obama School of Crisis Management.” Republican Jindal has long urged a travel ban on flights from those West African countries where the virus is rampant, while Democrat Sen. Mary Landrieu has accused Republicans of “fear mongering,” preferring instead to demonstrate personally that Ebola can’t be transferred via a righteous keg stand.
Last week, the Washington Times reported that Landrieu “was pleased the Homeland Security Department is tightening airport screening for passengers from three West African countries with an Ebola outbreak, screening she urged in a letter to the administration;” however, she wasn’t on board with a quarantine or ban on commercial flights, accusing Republicans of using the African virus outbreak to “create fear” here in the United States.
That was last week, though. Landrieu has suddenly become more comfortable with a mandatory 21-day quarantine on travelers from the hot zone.
We should institute a mandatory 21-day quarantine so anyone traveling between the affected countries & US does not unknowingly spread Ebola
— Mary Landrieu (@MaryLandrieu) October 28, 2014
@MaryLandrieu #DayLateDollarShort
— Sean Bannion (@SeanBannion) October 28, 2014
https://twitter.com/ScottLofquist/status/526888754376491010
@MaryLandrieu How about trying to lose with a bit of dignity intact?
— Clay C. (@ClayC1969) October 28, 2014
@MaryLandrieu @MelissaTweets Says Senator Finger in The Wind.
— Papa G (@GregReid65) October 28, 2014
@MaryLandrieu @instapundit I challenge you go on national television right now and make that statement.
— CA Conservative (@Doobydoobydo) October 28, 2014
@MaryLandrieu This is bullshit and you know it.
— ShoX Æ A-12na (@shoshpd) October 28, 2014
@MaryLandrieu Pandering Senator, stop it.
— Connie C. Keys (@hotelkeys) October 28, 2014
https://twitter.com/TheRightWingM/status/526891077060399105
@MaryLandrieu cowardice like this is why I stopped responding to hyperbolic fundraising from the DSCC
— Alex Sens (@Reson8tr) October 28, 2014
@MaryLandrieu @GPollowitz think that one up all by yourself Mary? #mustbeelectionseason
— Leslie Heilman (@needleready) October 28, 2014
@MaryLandrieu @instapundit You may have lost the @ACLU there
— Eduardo Alvarez (@EdAlvarezB) October 28, 2014
Enough with the rubber stamp talk, OK?
@MaryLandrieu Nice timing. Trying to get that 97% voting with Obama percentage down to 96.8% ?
— Concrete Charlie (@JumpyNelson) October 28, 2014
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