‘Classic Race-Baiting’: MSNBC Medical Guest Blasts Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick for Blaming Unvaccinated Black Americans for Covid Surge

RUSH TRANSCRIPT The situation ░░░░░░░░ we ve never been ░░░░░░░░ before We are truly ░░░░░░░░ in uncharted territory Meanwhile ░░░░░░░░ saw more than 19 ░░░░░░░░ new cases on Friday ░░░░░░░░ And experts are predicting ░░░░░░░░ will peak in the ░░░░░░░░ weeks Faced with his ░░░░░░░░ dying by the hundreds ░░░░░░░░ Texas governor Republican Greg ░░░░░░░░ continues to fight against ░░░░░░░░ sense public health measures ░░░░░░░░ could save lives He ░░░░░░░░ tried banning masks and ░░░░░░░░ mandates and appeared himself ░░░░░░░░ crowded maskless events Before ░░░░░░░░ horror being diagnosed with ░░░░░░░░ himself earlier this week ░░░░░░░░ against that backdrop the ░░░░░░░░ s lieutenant governor Dan ░░░░░░░░ also a Republican had ░░░░░░░░ gal to go on ░░░░░░░░ and blame black Texans ░░░░░░░░ black Texans for the ░░░░░░░░ rates of Covid in ░░░░░░░░ state The Covid is ░░░░░░░░ particularly most of the ░░░░░░░░ are with the unvaccinated ░░░░░░░░ the Democrats like to ░░░░░░░░ Republicans on that well ░░░░░░░░ biggest group in most ░░░░░░░░ are African Americans who ░░░░░░░░ not been vaccinated and ░░░░░░░░ last time I checked ░░░░░░░░ 90 of them vote ░░░░░░░░ Democrats in the major ░░░░░░░░ and major counties and ░░░░░░░░ is up to the ░░░░░░░░ just as it is ░░░░░░░░ to Republicans to try ░░░░░░░░ get as many people ░░░░░░░░ but we respect if ░░░░░░░░ don t want the ░░░░░░░░ we are not going ░░░░░░░░ force it on them ░░░░░░░░ joins me now is ░░░░░░░░ Bessset the associate medical ░░░░░░░░ of the Baylor college ░░░░░░░░ medicine in Houston Texas ░░░░░░░░ so much for coming ░░░░░░░░ the show today What ░░░░░░░░ your reaction to Dan ░░░░░░░░ placing the blame for ░░░░░░░░ state s ongoing Covid ░░░░░░░░ on the S black ░░░░░░░░ who are yet to ░░░░░░░░ vaccinated Shame on data ░░░░░░░░ Patrick I don t ░░░░░░░░ him personally so I ░░░░░░░░ t speak to his ░░░░░░░░ but those staples sound ░░░░░░░░ classic baseless race baiting ░░░░░░░░ they are baseless and ░░░░░░░░ you compare the numbers ░░░░░░░░ Texans make up only ░░░░░░░░ of the Texas population ░░░░░░░░ to 70 white Texans ░░░░░░░░ are about 2 8 ░░░░░░░░ black Texans unvaccinated compared ░░░░░░░░ 6 4 million white ░░░░░░░░ so what that means ░░░░░░░░ for every one black ░░░░░░░░ in the state who ░░░░░░░░ not vaccinated there are ░░░░░░░░ white people in the ░░░░░░░░ who are not vaccinated ░░░░░░░░ and African Americans are ░░░░░░░░ who are driving the ░░░░░░░░ numbers up But we ░░░░░░░░ t even be looking ░░░░░░░░ the cases that way ░░░░░░░░ doesn t care what ░░░░░░░░ race is what your ░░░░░░░░ affiliations are, or what your