myrmepropagandistNov 22, 2023

I've noticed that conservatives have memory-holed the simple fact that the "lockdowns" (they weren't even real lockdowns more like strong advice from the government to stay home) began under Trump.

They talk about that period before the vaccines started coming out like Biden did it all. Or Obama ... it's very ... odd.

Show threadMorgan Foust
@futurebird My hypothesis: COVID hit blue states first (WA was US's ground zero), and mitigation measures were first implemented by Dem governors & mayors. In conservatives' minds, that cemented COVID as a liberal panic and COVID restrictions as liberal overreactions. That it ties into the conservative narrative of Dems as the big government party didn't help matters.
Nov 23, 2023 at 11:27amWeb