Um. Was he a private contractor who could sell his services to anyone? Didn't the public pay him to be a public servant? Seriously asking, didn't know this was even remotely acceptable.
The country I'm from (Cameroon) is a cesspool for that. RIP to him but also fuck him. Why? Cuz no African tyrants are paying sensors to monitor actual free elections. Don't need to buy legitimacy when it's legitimate.
The joke is that you can tell exactly where the line is between the Republicans who know it's all bullshit, and the ones are buying all of it. National figures are mostly in on the game, local radio and political hacks...not so much. They're getting badly owned all across the country.
Reminds me of Biden's commentary on Trump during the debates. Something to the extent of Trump being scam, telling his supporters there's nothing to worry about, yet putting up a 10 ft fence to keep all of his supporters 30 ft away and Secret Service dealing with any normie that tries to even shake Trumps hand.
Lmao the fucking idiots in his district (I grew up in it) might try to paint him as a martyr, BUT there was just a HUGE massive flooding event there, that he was absent from, and people were pretty much pissed about that already. Swing it blue, whatcom!
Imagine being low enough in the pecking order of the Republican Party that nobody cares enough to pull you aside and say, "Hey, you realize all that anti-vax stuff is for the rubes, right? Get your shots like the rest of us."
And I have to go through training that tells me that if I take somebody who happens to work for the government to our free Cafe, I could be fired. Cool cool cool.
I live in the district that he represented. Ferndale, WA. He was in El Salvador doing “consulting” work for some corporations down there. It’s entirely legal, but was frowned upon by the state of WA government…DUE TO THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC. Imagine that, huh? Plus, he was part of the GOP, and was an avid anti-vaxxer to boot. Never got the vaccine. The prevailing belief is that he contracted the virus shortly after arriving there, and emailed colleagues in an attempt to get monoclonal antibodies-which were not available down there-but was unable to. Then he was flown to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He was taken to a hospital in that city, where he was placed in intensive/critical care, and was intubated/on a ventilator. Yesterday it seems he succumbed to the virus. Another preventable death at the hands of COVID. Had he been vaccinated, or had he not gone to fucking El Salvador (one of the most corrupt countries in Central America), he’d probably still be alive. He had also voiced opposition to virus-spread prevention measures. Idiot. He leaves behind a wife and 2 daughters. It’s just sad. 🤦♂️ Mainly I feel bad for his wife, daughters and other family members.
I can't tell you how many men in particular I've seen leave behind wives and small children because of their petulant insistance to not get vaccinated.
Someone very close to me worked at a restaurant in Bellingham when we were in college last year and he bullied the shit out of restaurant staff for wearing masks, and generally treated them like shit.
Maybe the Democrats plan all along was to push mandates because they knew the conservative toddlers would dig their heels in and do even less to protect themselves. Now that's what I call Deep State™.
Every 2 months around 100 under 18's die of COVID and they're the lowest risk group. I don't know of that ever happening with any Flu which typically hits the very old. Think of all those Q's who refuse to vaccinate who also want to "save the children". Vaccinating would save around 50 a month.
I quote the article-State Sen. Doug Ericksen, R-Ferndale, was the biggest beneficiary of lobbyist expense accounts this year, according to public records. (Wash. St. Legislature photo)- end quote. That's all I have to say.
It still blows my mind that's how that guy went out. When he died, even Trump campaign staffers thought it was their fault. Sad to see that he just became an allegory of where loyalty to Trump gets you.
I heard from a reliable source that he was a pain in the ass to work with whenever he decided to show up from trying to suck up to get a position in the trump administration. Well, turns out all he ever got was covid while in el salvador FOR SOME REASON NO ONE KNOWS and then never came back.
He absolutely was a pain in the ass and a jerk to boot. Personal experience. He was in El Sal to rubber stamp a strong man election and in the employ of a corporation as a “consultant”. He has done some similar work in Cambodia apparently. Odd how both those countries have strong man leaders AND a thriving sex tourism industry, but I will leave that debate to the more informed.
I don’t get why an antivaxer would use monoclonal antibodies. It almost the same thing, they “vaccinate” genetically modified hamsters and harvest the human spike protein antibodies. Inject you with these vaccine like antibodies. You’ll even test positive as being vaccinated if you take the 3 in 1 antibody test.
I'm 53. Regularly hearing about seemingly healthy and active people in my age group dying of Covid has been a constant reminder to take all available precautions. Double vaccinated and I can't wait to get my booster shot.
On top of all other precautions - N95s indoors, booster shots etc - regular aerobic exercise will properly tune up your immune system. "The immune cells that are mobilized with exercise are primed and ‘looking for a fight.’"
Helping to rig fraudulent elections and possibly to take advantage of the fact that child sex trafficking is rampant there. From what I gather, this was not a good dude.
Oh shit. I was sort of waiting for this one but totally missed that he got back into the US and was being treated here. At least he died on American soil. I wish people would learn from these stories and start taking things seriously
The exceedingly ignorant political cult this fool is a card-carrying leader of thinks that doing the opposite of the right thing to win cheers for the drooling talk radio crowd is more important than doing the right thing. I think they call it "owning the libs", and they'll literally kill themselves to do it.
Why do articles such as this skip over including whether they were vaccinated or not? Seems like an important biological, cultural, and sadly political thing to skip over.
Non-sarcastic stuff like that is the reason I pushed hard to work from home. So many unvaccinated not wearing a mask. Half of the company currently has covid and they are still having a Christmas party and want me to come see the other maybe not sick half. Hell no.
His district is actually really purple, he just barely snuck in with something like 49.9% of the vote last time. There was a third party candidate that took a few percent.
Not necessarily. I’m from Western Washington and Whatcom County is kinda purple, so it could go either way. Plus who wants to vote for the dead guy’s party?
State Sen. Doug Ericksen, R-Ferndale, was the biggest beneficiary of lobbyist expense accounts this year, according to public records. (Wash. St. Legislature photo)
Imagine living a life where the most productive thing you did for society was provide an example of how not to think or live by willingly dying in a stupid preventable way. This is the most important legacy this man leaves behind because its the only part of his life that could tell others how to save their own.
"Through it all, Ericksen managed to continuously win reelection in Whatcom County’s 42nd Legislative District, even as Democrats picked up both state House seats in recent years. In 2018, Ericksen fended off a Democratic challenger, winning by fewer than 50 votes."
Oh no. Not another Republican politician dying from COVID. How could this be? We’re taking no precautions and relying on our immune systems how could this have happened?!?!
Interesting how those of us in Washington learned about this via tiktok, not the news, last week that he was "missing" after going to a hospital in Florida. Now its released he's passed?
I mean, this is what he wanted right? His body, his choice to not get the vaccine and instead take his chances with his immune system. He gambled and he lost. Republicans should think he's a goddamn hero for walking the walk. The only way he could have done it better is if he didn't immediately run to medical science once he caught it.
A tragedy for his family I am sure—but will his Republican co-conspirators refrain from telling lies about COVID and the vaccines? Hell no. They are trying to burn down the country.
He's been MIA for weeks now, and other R state senators and his office refused to say what they knew about his whereabouts, despite being dead or dying. I would say constituents have a right to know when their elected official is dying of a communicable disease and working to fix elections in a foreign country, but maybe I'm just old school.
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This guy got sick “monitoring” elections in 3rd world countries for pay as a “Senator from Washington”.
This is the guy that got stuck in El Salvador??
*State Senator
Right. I read
Um. Was he a private contractor who could sell his services to anyone? Didn't the public pay him to be a public servant? Seriously asking, didn't know this was even remotely acceptable.
What the fuck is that all about? Grift?
Monitoring elections is the reason given having sex with underage girls is the real reason
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Crazy stuff.
The country I'm from (Cameroon) is a cesspool for that. RIP to him but also fuck him. Why? Cuz no African tyrants are paying sensors to monitor actual free elections. Don't need to buy legitimacy when it's legitimate.
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Such a tragic loss.
Fucking Ferntucky
Is this the idiot that got stuck in another country with it?
Yep, El Salvador, monitoring their elections as... a state senator?
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He's a crisis actor, trying to make the virus look bad
He's not dead, he just got his angel wings.
Herman Cain recipient
This goes deeper than we thought.
Virus claims he is a hoax now.
It was his body and his choice and now it's his funeral
It was his choice, and he chose death.
Live free and die
His dirtnap.
Did his colleagues forget to tell him their anti-vax stance is suppose to be a scam?
The joke is that you can tell exactly where the line is between the Republicans who know it's all bullshit, and the ones are buying all of it. National figures are mostly in on the game, local radio and political hacks...not so much. They're getting badly owned all across the country.
Imagine leaving your family fatherless just to own the libs
Reminds me of Biden's commentary on Trump during the debates. Something to the extent of Trump being scam, telling his supporters there's nothing to worry about, yet putting up a 10 ft fence to keep all of his supporters 30 ft away and Secret Service dealing with any normie that tries to even shake Trumps hand.
Lmao the fucking idiots in his district (I grew up in it) might try to paint him as a martyr, BUT there was just a HUGE massive flooding event there, that he was absent from, and people were pretty much pissed about that already. Swing it blue, whatcom!
Imagine being low enough in the pecking order of the Republican Party that nobody cares enough to pull you aside and say, "Hey, you realize all that anti-vax stuff is for the rubes, right? Get your shots like the rest of us."
as with all cults eventually true believers start getting promoted.
Like the wealthy and elite scrambling to be the first in line? Hmmm..
Don't need to imagine what is actually happening.
The only one I truly believe isn’t vaccinated is Alex Jones. Am I alone in thinking this?
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And I have to go through training that tells me that if I take somebody who happens to work for the government to our free Cafe, I could be fired. Cool cool cool.
Auf wiedersehn, good bye
"I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure"
5 years ago I never would've felt joy upon hearing of someone's death, but that's pretty common these days. This timeline fucking sucks.
as IF they’re only $49. who’s lobbying? the topless barista girls union?
America just got greater
This is the dude that got covid in South America, requested the govt send him monoclonal antibodies, went radio silent, and died.
Central America! He was in El Salvador.
Yeah, just found something interesting on Twitter:
Damn, glad you said something cause I forgot to post a remind me(!)
Also isn't the monoclonal treatment is made from aborted fetuses?
All of his blood money and party connections couldn't arrange a treatment to be sent?
He should've called Joe Rogan im sure he would've sent him some along with some Alphabrain and elk jerky
I live in the district that he represented. Ferndale, WA. He was in El Salvador doing “consulting” work for some corporations down there. It’s entirely legal, but was frowned upon by the state of WA government…DUE TO THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC. Imagine that, huh? Plus, he was part of the GOP, and was an avid anti-vaxxer to boot. Never got the vaccine. The prevailing belief is that he contracted the virus shortly after arriving there, and emailed colleagues in an attempt to get monoclonal antibodies-which were not available down there-but was unable to. Then he was flown to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He was taken to a hospital in that city, where he was placed in intensive/critical care, and was intubated/on a ventilator. Yesterday it seems he succumbed to the virus. Another preventable death at the hands of COVID. Had he been vaccinated, or had he not gone to fucking El Salvador (one of the most corrupt countries in Central America), he’d probably still be alive. He had also voiced opposition to virus-spread prevention measures. Idiot. He leaves behind a wife and 2 daughters. It’s just sad. 🤦♂️ Mainly I feel bad for his wife, daughters and other family members.
I can't tell you how many men in particular I've seen leave behind wives and small children because of their petulant insistance to not get vaccinated.
what gets me is that they're ok with MAB's but not the vaccine. This is one of the most insane things about these anti-vaxxers
Someone very close to me worked at a restaurant in Bellingham when we were in college last year and he bullied the shit out of restaurant staff for wearing masks, and generally treated them like shit.
Yeah, pretty ashamed to be from here when this guys name came up. He tried to make protesting pipelines illegal. Science denying moron.
That's quite a lot of money wasted
Here's a news story
This comes as Republicans in Washington are suing Democrats for mandating vaccines or weekly testing in order to be in person
So, an idiot.
Maybe the Democrats plan all along was to push mandates because they knew the conservative toddlers would dig their heels in and do even less to protect themselves. Now that's what I call Deep State™.
So, not just like the flu then?
Yeah, well, it wasn't the COVID that killed him, it was the total shutdown of his organs. Stupid libs!
Every 2 months around 100 under 18's die of COVID and they're the lowest risk group. I don't know of that ever happening with any Flu which typically hits the very old. Think of all those Q's who refuse to vaccinate who also want to "save the children". Vaccinating would save around 50 a month.
Not over by Easter? How about the election? No?
Apparently not. Who could have known?
Lib here: so owned right now. Please stop.
I don't know, I'm pretty liberal and am barely feeling owned... MAYBE they should lean into the curve more.
Covid: notice me sen. Pai
If you look at this dudes website, he was railing against the WA governor for enacting/enforcing public health measures.
A lot of people dying jn hospitals this way too
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I suspect they are redefining Republicans who die from Covid as RINOs and traitors.
and he stuck tax payers with the bill
You say that as if its some kind of problem
he was also incredibly corrupt and went to el salvador to help corrupt people get other corrupt people in power where he got covid
You mean to tell me the "stay abstinent until marriage" crowd from the last 50 years doesn't understand 8th grade biology and sociology?
That’ll show us libs.
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I quote the article-State Sen. Doug Ericksen, R-Ferndale, was the biggest beneficiary of lobbyist expense accounts this year, according to public records. (Wash. St. Legislature photo)- end quote. That's all I have to say.
Icarus flew too close to the sun.
Instead of blood money, could I have actual blood this time? Monoclonal antibody blood to be exact.
The curse of Herman claims another
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Here I am. Rock you like a Herman Cain!
It still blows my mind that's how that guy went out. When he died, even Trump campaign staffers thought it was their fault. Sad to see that he just became an allegory of where loyalty to Trump gets you.
He bore the mark of (Herman) Cain
I’m glad that this is what remains of Cain’s legacy.
... curse?
The vaccine is available everywhere. His freedom of choice not to take it literally killed him.
Anti-vaxxer, anti-masker dies of Covid-19.
At this point we click these kinda stories for the entertainment not the news.
If we just kept it this way...
Glad he did his own research 🙏
🙏gained his 'angle' wings . God gained a new angle today, 361°🙏
Shoutout to all the comments exposing this guy for meddling in foreign elections. This article sanitizes the shady stuff he was doing.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Ericksen
Yet another grifter falling for his own grift...
Never get high on your own supply
If you can't say anything nice about someone, then don't say anything at all.
I heard from a reliable source that he was a pain in the ass to work with whenever he decided to show up from trying to suck up to get a position in the trump administration. Well, turns out all he ever got was covid while in el salvador FOR SOME REASON NO ONE KNOWS and then never came back.
He absolutely was a pain in the ass and a jerk to boot. Personal experience. He was in El Sal to rubber stamp a strong man election and in the employ of a corporation as a “consultant”. He has done some similar work in Cambodia apparently. Odd how both those countries have strong man leaders AND a thriving sex tourism industry, but I will leave that debate to the more informed.
I feel that you using all caps is implying somebody knows the reason?
TLDR- Republican got sick and stuck in El Salvador and wanted Regeneron flown to him.
I don’t get why an antivaxer would use monoclonal antibodies. It almost the same thing, they “vaccinate” genetically modified hamsters and harvest the human spike protein antibodies. Inject you with these vaccine like antibodies. You’ll even test positive as being vaccinated if you take the 3 in 1 antibody test.
Frequent trips to El Salvador and Cambodia. I've read elsewhere he was into sex tourism.
I'm 53. Regularly hearing about seemingly healthy and active people in my age group dying of Covid has been a constant reminder to take all available precautions. Double vaccinated and I can't wait to get my booster shot.
Good on you man. My wife and I are going to get our boosters tomorrow and the flu vaccine. Omicron seems to be a serious threat.
On top of all other precautions - N95s indoors, booster shots etc - regular aerobic exercise will properly tune up your immune system. "The immune cells that are mobilized with exercise are primed and ‘looking for a fight.’"
That’s too bad……fuck it, let’s go bowling
“Shut the fuck up, Donnie!
Oh no... anyway
Hey Niko, it's your cousin!
I wonder which party he … oh.
Wow! I was looking for an update on this guy just last week. Saw that no one had heard from his camp for weeks. Now we know why.
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Does being a Trump-supporter count as an underlying condition?
I just hope he didn't take up a bed refusing a vaccine, a bed that was needed by someone else.
“I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.”
Capital R…IP
The fuck was he doing in El Salvador?
Helping to rig fraudulent elections and possibly to take advantage of the fact that child sex trafficking is rampant there. From what I gather, this was not a good dude.
Oh shit. I was sort of waiting for this one but totally missed that he got back into the US and was being treated here. At least he died on American soil. I wish people would learn from these stories and start taking things seriously
The exceedingly ignorant political cult this fool is a card-carrying leader of thinks that doing the opposite of the right thing to win cheers for the drooling talk radio crowd is more important than doing the right thing. I think they call it "owning the libs", and they'll literally kill themselves to do it.
I guess that qualifies as another “ fuck around, find out” case.
This guy is sketch as hell. Check out his wiki:
Why do articles such as this skip over including whether they were vaccinated or not? Seems like an important biological, cultural, and sadly political thing to skip over.
Who travels to third world countries without vaccines ?!
Republican state senators who are there for nefarious purposes.
A GOP Senator who was going there to give a stamp of approval to a shady election by a strongman.
Don’t worry he probably got all of the other recommended travel vaccines. Just not the most important one
Let me guess, a Republican?
Yep, and very anti-vaccine.
Covid-19 is a hoax! Fake news! The Deep State took him out! He really didn’t die from Covid! /s
Non-sarcastic stuff like that is the reason I pushed hard to work from home. So many unvaccinated not wearing a mask. Half of the company currently has covid and they are still having a Christmas party and want me to come see the other maybe not sick half. Hell no.
Sadly, another dipshit like him will just take his seat.
His district is actually really purple, he just barely snuck in with something like 49.9% of the vote last time. There was a third party candidate that took a few percent.
Not necessarily. I’m from Western Washington and Whatcom County is kinda purple, so it could go either way. Plus who wants to vote for the dead guy’s party?
"[...] former leader of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in Washington and an outspoken critic of COVID-19 emergency orders
Yes but was he vaccinated or not?
I was wondering what happened to that guy, and I had a feeling when nobody seemed to hear from him or know where he was.
I wonder what his vaccination status was. Article doesn't say.
This is the guy who “disappeared”, right? No one wanted to admit he died of COVID.
Yup. Been in a hospital in Florida since bring medevac'ed out of El Salvador where he came down with it.
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I guess he didn't have enough thoughts and prayers.
70 million unvaccinated Americans are so stubborn they would rather die than admit they are wrong.
Pro-covidism claims another.
Wait, did he not consult the leading COVID expert Joe Rogan?
At least there’s not a go fund me plea at the end. Geesh.
State Sen. Doug Ericksen, R-Ferndale, was the biggest beneficiary of lobbyist expense accounts this year, according to public records. (Wash. St. Legislature photo)
Imagine living a life where the most productive thing you did for society was provide an example of how not to think or live by willingly dying in a stupid preventable way. This is the most important legacy this man leaves behind because its the only part of his life that could tell others how to save their own.
Odd when the death of a senator makes the avg age of a senator go up.
"Through it all, Ericksen managed to continuously win reelection in Whatcom County’s 42nd Legislative District, even as Democrats picked up both state House seats in recent years. In 2018, Ericksen fended off a Democratic challenger, winning by fewer than 50 votes."
Interesting statistics
He was a pro virus Republican
I’ve run out of sympathy for people Like this.
Does anyone ever tire of reading articles about natural selection? Like cuddling up with a good book.
But it's only 1% of Republican senators who die, so who cares right?
Wonder what party he’s from… checks notes… yeah, that tracks.
Oh no. Not another Republican politician dying from COVID. How could this be? We’re taking no precautions and relying on our immune systems how could this have happened?!?!
If only there had been some kind of vaccine that could have saved his life….
there goes another great mind of our generation, cellphone scientist and toilet time analytic
>The U.S. State Department has, since August, been advising Americans to reconsider travel to El Salvador because of COVID concerns.
Why was I so certain he was a Republican even before reading the article?
Oh well. Thoughts and prayers, I guess? 🤷♀️
Interesting how those of us in Washington learned about this via tiktok, not the news, last week that he was "missing" after going to a hospital in Florida. Now its released he's passed?
There have been small articles about it the last few weeks. Scant on details for at least the past week.
Yeah I don't have much sympathy for terrible people.
How you gonna die from a virus that doesn't exist, Doug?
Another anti vaccine moron dead. Pretty soon there won’t be any anti vaxxers due to them all winning the Darwin Award.
Bummer.
One red vote we don’t have to worry about now.
After reading up on him, it appears he was not a nice man at all.
I mean, this is what he wanted right? His body, his choice to not get the vaccine and instead take his chances with his immune system. He gambled and he lost. Republicans should think he's a goddamn hero for walking the walk. The only way he could have done it better is if he didn't immediately run to medical science once he caught it.
Without looking it up let me guess...he was a Republican and vocally anti-vax right?
https://www.thedailybeast.com/washington-state-senator-doug-ericksen-dead-at-52-after-battling-covid-19
A tragedy for his family I am sure—but will his Republican co-conspirators refrain from telling lies about COVID and the vaccines? Hell no. They are trying to burn down the country.
Thinking about making a really nice spicy red pepper pasta sauce tomorrow.
So is this guy a republican? I’m kidding. Of course he is.
The livestock dewormer should kick in any day now
If only there had been a safe, freely, widely available vaccine that could have prevented this… 🤦🏽♀️
He's been MIA for weeks now, and other R state senators and his office refused to say what they knew about his whereabouts, despite being dead or dying. I would say constituents have a right to know when their elected official is dying of a communicable disease and working to fix elections in a foreign country, but maybe I'm just old school.
blink twice if he is republican.