revelers on Fire Island? Not in the least. Trump and his base think the virus is a joke, there’s no need for precaution, it doesn’t affect them, they can throw caution to the wind — and oh, if they are called out about doing the wrong thing, then it’s because they are being discriminated against because of who they are.
My needs first before anyone else!Does the Trump base’s attitude about COVID-19 sound any different than the throngs of partiers — or the Fire Island Entitled — who acted like brazen and boastful brats on the beach?
Absolutely not. Trump could have killed more than two birds with one stone, literally and figurately, by delivering racist and ridiculuous rhetoric directly to the mostly white, gay partiers on the shore.