Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called a petty tyrant

 Red States:

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) went on a Twitter rampage on Wednesday as he posted a thread lashing out at wasteful government spending and “petty tyrants” like Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who has faced criticism for her handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In his “Festivus Grievances” thread, he took aim at Whitmer, comparing her to a character in the Harry Potter series.  “Speaking of what they petty tyrants do for themselves, I would like to congratulate Governor Whitmer of Michigan on her new role as Head of Hogwarts,” he tweeted.

The tweet included a picture of Whitmer with an image of Dolores Umbridge, one of Harry Potter’s most hated villains. In the novels, she is an evil professor at Hogwarts and shows herself to be a capricious, sadistic, and corrupt authoritarian figure. She wields her power in a dictator-like fashion as she torments the school’s students.

Paul followed up with other tweets slamming “petty tyrants” who used the coronavirus as an opportunity to enact restrictive measures that devastated many Americans.

“We could sit here all day and talk about petty tyrants both thinking they should run your life, and then thinking the rules don’t apply to them. No one in government who shut down a business lost a paycheck. Think about that.”

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There is more.

These actions by some Democrat governors look borderline sadistic.  They have little to no impact on the spread of the virus, but they have a huge impact on the livelihoods of small businesses.  In states where there are no lockdowns, there is little to no difference in the curve of the spread of the virus and to the extent that there is it is often worse in the lockdown states. 

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