GOP Candidate: COVID “Wasn’t Bad Enough” Because Not Enough “Fat People” Died

GOP Candidate: COVID “Wasn’t Bad Enough” Because Not Enough “Fat People” Died

House Nominee Wishes COVID Killed More Fat People

The Meidas Touch reports: Republican congressional candidate Brandon Herrera implied COVID-19 “wasn’t bad enough” because not enough obese people died. The remarks were made during Herrera’s appearance on Elijah Schaffer’s Slightly Offensive on July 31, 2022, approximately a year before his first congressional run. The conversation began with the participants discussing diversity on romance and … The post House Nominee Wishes COVID Killed More F…

Audio emerges of MAGA candidate wishing COVID killed more people: 'Wasn't bad enough'

Newly resurfaced audio shows Texas Republican congressional candidate Brandon Herrera suggesting COVID-19's death toll wasn't severe enough because the virus failed to disproportionately kill overweight Americans, comments he made years before launching his current campaign.The remarks surfaced from a July 2022 appearance on Elijah Schaffer's podcast "Slightly Offensive," roughly a year before Herrera's first run for Congress. The conversation b…