The Hice Man Foam-eth
A tale from the great uncover-up
For some reason — stupidity, masochism, the belief that you ought to know your opposition — I subscribe to the email newsletter of Jody Hice, the Republican who “represents” the grossly gerrymandered Congressional district in which blue Athens, Georgia, is trapped.
The newsletters annoy me routinely because the Congressman’s smug updates invariably presume that all his constituents share his happy-go-fork-you hard-right ideology. But the email that came this week is particularly offensive.
Hice is practically peeing himself with joy over the “freedom” that oppressed Americans have regained because a judge struck down a CDC mask mandate.
Here’s the relevant part of his email verbatim:
FREEDOM TO FINALLY BREATHE
Dear friend,
Masks are no longer required on planes, trains, and automobiles!
That’s right, folks. A Trump-appointed judge struck down the CDC’s mandate yesterday afternoon, ruling that the government overstepped its authority when issuing the mask mandate for public transportation — just days after the Biden Administration had extended it for another 15 days!
Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, who was nominated by President Trump, called out the CDC for trampling on the Constitution — something Democrats let them get away with for over a year.
Much to the Biden Administration’s chagrin, Americans are finally getting their freedoms back, finally allowing them to breathe.
If Hice stayed true to that reasoning, he would be championing selfish citizens’ “freedom” to keep their lights and big screen TVs on during wartime air raid blackouts. Screw the “common good” — and Christian values such as looking out for others, for that matter.
Hice wants to be Georgia’s next Secretary of State. He’s challenging the incumbent, Brad Raffensperger, also a Republican, because Raffy had the integrity to resist Trump’s attempt to bully him into overturning Georgia’s 2020 election results.
I may register as a Republican in next month’s primary just to vote against Hice Hice Baby.
Then maybe I can breathe freely.
