Anti-LGBT+ Republican who thinks the pandemic is a ‘hoax’ tests positive for COVID-19
(Jason Rapert/ Facebook)
A vehemently anti-LGBT+ Republican who thinks “liberal quacks keep spreading fear” by imposing lockdown measures and that the pandemic is a “hoax” has tested positive for COVID-19.
Republican Arkansas state senator Jason Rapert announced on Friday, July 24, that he was in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus and being diagnosed with pneumonia.
Rapert said in a statement: “This is a difficult time for my family, but we know that God is with us always. We’re sincerely grateful for the many prayers of love and support that have been expressed on our behalf.
But around three months ago, Rapert shared an article on Facebook which called the coronavirus pandemic the “biggest political hoax in history”, and wrote: “Open up the country and Arkansas now.”
In a tweet on July 7, he wrote on Twitter: “Of all the reports of major disease outbreaks in history – there seems to be ZERO record of isolating or restricting healthy people.
“And ZERO instances of wholesale suspension of Constitutional rights in the USA. Liberty is not something to take lightly.”
According to Friendly Atheist, Rapert has recently attended multiple events, including a church service, without a mask.
What do you see here #Arkansas and #America? An empty airport – I see real trouble. Get this nation back to work & stop trying to quarantine the healthy. You liberal quacks keep spreading fear & the nation will be hobbled economically for years. #WAKEUP #COVID19 @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/QqeyeSToOO
— Jason Rapert (@jasonrapert) May 16, 2020
Of all the reports of major disease outbreaks in history – there seems to be ZERO record of isolating or restricting healthy people. And ZERO instances of wholesale suspension of Constitutional rights in the USA. #Liberty is not something to take lightly. https://t.co/haETUemPgj— Jason Rapert (@jasonrapert) July 7, 2020
Jason Rapert, who thinks the pandemic is a “hoax”, has a long anti-LGBT+ history.
The Republican state senator has a long history of anti-LGBT+ comments, and has previously insisted that “homosexual activists are fascists”.
Biblical #marriage is only between one man and one woman. I’m really happy voters remember that because it was just a few judges who instituted gay marriage – not the majority of people in our country. @ChristLawmakers #MoralityMatters https://t.co/CCJsiPdZqy— Jason Rapert (@jasonrapert) June 14, 2020
Rapert encouraged people to vote against marriage equality in Ireland in 2015, and said on Twitter: “It amazes me that democracies would destroy the institution of family and natural marriage due to intimidation from very small gay lobby.”
“It is now becoming clear – the gay lobby has declared war on natural marriage between one man and one woman around the world,” he added.
It amazes me that democracies would destroy the institution of family & natural marriage due to intimidation from very small gay lobby.— Jason Rapert (@jasonrapert) May 14, 2015
He also believes that trans people do not exist, and wrote on Twitter in February this year: “Straight from a scientist’s mouth today: ‘It’s very simple – XX chromosome means you are a woman, and XY means you are a man. End of story.’
“This asinine rhetoric over gender from liberal ideologues is unscientific and laughable. Stop confusing kids.”
