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Tue Apr 28, 2020, 08:46 AM Apr 2020

Kelli Ward Urges 'Reopen' Protesters To Masquerade As Health Care Workers [View all]


Kelli Ward Urges ‘Reopen’ Protesters To Masquerade As Health Care Workers

By Kate Riga

April 27, 2020 11:27 a.m.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/kelli-ward-arizona-republicans-reopen-covid-protests


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“If anyone’s status as a health care professional should be questioned it’s Dr. Kelli Ward’s, considering her unwillingness to promote the advice of health experts,” said Matt Grodsky, spokesman for the party. “Irresponsible, shameful tweets like this do nothing to help people afflicted with the virus or the health care heroes who are working to save lives.”



#ProblemSolved #WeAreAllHeroic #1A #JustWearScrubs 😷 pic.twitter.com/fqFDvqs3nT

— Dr. Kelli Ward 🇺🇸 (@kelliwardaz) April 25, 2020

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Earlier last week, Ward also falsely accused the counter-protesting health care workers of being phonies. But even if they are real doctors and nurses, she said, “when they appeared at rallies they were actors playing parts.” She hashtagged that tweet with “Propaganda” and “FakeOutrage.”

Even before the COVID-19 epidemic, Ward was no stranger to half-baked conspiracy theories.

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Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey’s (R) stay-at-home order is scheduled to expire on April 30. He’s been less aggressive than some GOP governors in his efforts to reopen the state, only definitively green-lighting elective surgeries on May 1. He said that he’s still looking at the data to determine whether he’ll extend the stay-at-home order, or start relaxing some of the restrictions.

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