West is a twisted pol.
Allen West, Republican running for governor of Texas, hospitalized with covid-19
By Rachel Pannett
Today at 1:56 a.m. EDT
Allen West, a tea party firebrand who is seeking the Republican nomination in the Texas gubernatorial race, is in the hospital after testing positive for the coronavirus.
West, a former Republican congressman from Florida, is unvaccinated. His diagnosis Saturday came days after he attended a crowded political fundraiser at a yacht club in Seabrook.
From his hospital bed, he issued a string of tweets attacking vaccine mandates and promoting controversial treatments, vowing that if elected, he would “vehemently crush anyone forcing vaccine mandates” in Texas.
“Our bodies are our last sanctuary of liberty and freedom, I will defend that for everyone,” he wrote.
West also said that he and his wife, Angela, who is vaccinated, had received treatment with monoclonal antibodies — a move that a number of people argued on social media was at odds with his remarks against vaccines that he said were “enriching the pockets of Big Pharma.”
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In a separate tweet, West, 60, said he had taken the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine and the anti-parasitic ivermectin, also a popular animal dewormer. Neither drug is approved for the treatment of covid-19. West didn’t respond to an emailed request for comment Sunday.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/11/allen-west-covid-texas-republican-governor/
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