Somebody make it stop. Please.
Tennessee Dem Rep. Steve Cohen appeared this morning on “CNN Newsroom” to discuss some governors’ support for Ebola quarantines. He concluded with some impressive intellectual acrobatics:
And, the parting shot – Rep Steve Cohen compares Maine nurse to Terry Schiavo case. @CNN
— Karen Townsend (@penguinponders) October 30, 2014
https://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/527824637133340672
We’d better go to the videotape:
https://twitter.com/BeEtLjOoZ/status/527855734352924672
Transcript:
“They are doing what the public has been driven to think, and they’re appealing to the public, which I understand, and politicians should respond to the public, but they should respond to science first. And there hasn’t been a single scientist who’s come out and said that these people that come back from serving the populations in those three African countries should — unless they show symptoms — be under any particular house arrest or observation, and the lady in Maine shows no symptoms […] I think this has been strictly driven by politics and fearmongering and I think we’ll look upon it one day like Terri Schiavo.”
Welp, give Rep. Cohen points for creativity, at least. We never in a million years would’ve seen that one coming.
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/527825075802624000
https://twitter.com/JustEric/status/527825924193259521
What? “@NoahCRothman: "I think we'll look upon it one day like Terri Schiavo." – Rep. Steve Cohen on Kaci Hickox quarantining.”
— Sarah (@sarah_wxtx) October 30, 2014
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What in the world? RT @NoahCRothman "I think we'll look upon it one day like Terri Schiavo." – Rep. Steve Cohen on Kaci Hickox quarantining.
— Princess Consuela Banana-Hammock (@kimmie_c_) October 30, 2014
https://twitter.com/seanagnew/status/527825357601505280
No, we won't. RT @NoahCRothman: "I think we'll look upon it one day like Terri Schiavo." – Rep. Steve Cohen on Kaci Hickox quarantining.”
— Sigh-tama (@jewfulnoise) October 30, 2014
@NoahCRothman oh for sure. identical.
— Christine "Go Donate Blood" Rousselle (@crousselle) October 30, 2014
@NoahCRothman What an asinine thing to say.
— Ashley McCully (@TXTrendyChick) October 30, 2014
Oh dear Lord! RT @NoahCRothman @coolhandschlute "I think we'll look upon it one day like Terri Schiavo." – Rep. Cohen on Hickox quarantine.
— Newman (@mt_newman) October 30, 2014
@NoahCRothman @hboulware @sarahrstevenson I'm starting to wonder if I'm living in an alternate universe. More bizarre all the time.
— Friendly neighborhood accountant (@magicalmomU7) October 30, 2014
.@NoahCRothman Are you kidding me? Holy crap.
— Dina Fraioli (@DinaFraioli) October 30, 2014
https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/527825119545028608
Have you lost your mind @RepCohen ? You cannot possibly compare Nurse Ratchet with Terry Schiavo.
— WhigsnTwigs (@WhigsnTwigs) October 30, 2014
I'm old enough to remember when Teri Schiavo jumped on a bike and rode around defying government orders. @RepCohen you are insane.
— Pouncing Coder Brad (@bradcundiff) October 30, 2014
https://twitter.com/hboulware/status/527826835560620033
@NoahCRothman he came off like an angry lunatic. Appalling interview.
— the Frank Kelly (@frankkelly63) October 30, 2014
Well, for the record, at least one tweeter disagrees with that assessment:
@repcohen – THANK YOU! Outstanding espousal of TRUTH. Hard to get @CarolCNN to understand science is not another opinion but you did well.
— Mxyzptlk (@reuableahcim) October 30, 2014
Oh yeah. He did great.
Editor’s note: Ms. Schiavo’s first name was misspelled in an earlier version of this post. The typo has since been corrected. We regret the error.
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