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Pro-Life Pundit Called Out After Saying Older Person's Death From Virus Isn't As Tragic As Young Person's
30 April
Ben Shapiro, the conservative pundit who's so pro-life he once claimed he wouldn't kill baby Hitler if given the opportunity, is surprising nobody by devaluing the lives of elderly people.
He made the statements on his podcast.
<p><strong>Shapiro <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ben-shapiro-coronavirus-death-panel_n_5ea9f706c5b6dac085f52a6f" target="_blank">claimed</a> during an interview with Dave Rubin:</strong></p><blockquote><em>"If somebody who is 81 dies of COVID-19, that is not the same thing as somebody who is 30 dying of COVID-19. If this were killing children, everyone would be in lockdown forever. That's the reality."</em></blockquote><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="4bd7d" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="21d58da14708a1ef83fae594103e309c"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1255573596933685250" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Ben Shapiro: "If somebody who is 81 dies of COVID-19, that is not the same thing as somebody who is 30 dying of COV… https://t.co/93RR4LLl3X</div> — Jason Campbell (@Jason Campbell)<a href="https://twitter.com/JasonSCampbell/statuses/1255573596933685250">1588187047.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>Shapiro seems to believe whatever works for his desires in the moment. </strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="3d34f" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="3f6c69078a98d4c1c0cf540df1963a44"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1255615696316305409" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Repro advocates: Pregnant folks should be able to make their own choices.
Ben Shapiro: MURDERERS!!!
People: We ne… https://t.co/CMhNNMN3Ap</div> — Charlotte Clymer 🏳️🌈 (@Charlotte Clymer 🏳️🌈)<a href="https://twitter.com/cmclymer/statuses/1255615696316305409">1588197084.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="604cc" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="867c288b9b099b4d20cbda4153c8124c"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1255591791937511424" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Ben Shapiro, 2017: "A first-trimester fetus has moral value... more value than just a cluster of cells. If left to… https://t.co/3aHIlnG5YQ</div> — Steve Silberman (@Steve Silberman)<a href="https://twitter.com/stevesilberman/statuses/1255591791937511424">1588191385.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="ee74b" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="dc0da9330a617b5b544e0876057d621b"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1255608457664909318" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Remember when Ben Shapiro said he was so pro-life he wouldn't kill baby Hitler? https://t.co/vvN6os6fDk</div> — Public Citizen (@Public Citizen)<a href="https://twitter.com/Public_Citizen/statuses/1255608457664909318">1588195359.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>Pro-life conservatives will defend human life in any form...unless it interferes with the economy. </strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="123be" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="3bda74509d9c58b2b9b37664a472988c"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1255585132326649856" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">the idea that bureaucrats were going to be making decisions about the value of human life based on actuarial tables… https://t.co/SaIGtnWyvt</div> — Christopher Hooks (@Christopher Hooks)<a href="https://twitter.com/cd_hooks/statuses/1255585132326649856">1588189797.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>Few were surprised it took Shapiro so little time to reverse course on his previous statements. </strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="19e11" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="5bec0646000a3bc84e8dd3058bb0bf0a"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1255589939414269955" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">I have to admit I thought it would take longer than a month for the right to reach the point of “the useless old pe… https://t.co/s9v0YKK26Q</div> — Charles Johnson (@Charles Johnson)<a href="https://twitter.com/Green_Footballs/statuses/1255589939414269955">1588190943.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="1ee6c" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="1908d356f9e9867a7732addc473852ba"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1255596902369935360" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Remember this next time they claim "All Lives Matter" or that they are "Pro Life."
They never believed that. Now… https://t.co/HTKXf2Cv0v</div> — Qasim Rashid for Congress (@Qasim Rashid for Congress)<a href="https://twitter.com/QasimRashid/statuses/1255596902369935360">1588192604.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="22f1e" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="90af4e9b63584c86b8c6e769ca01c74a"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1255583067395194882" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">People like this love to use words like "tragic" and "terrible" hastily, and only while on their way to a different… https://t.co/Hp5vfKFOx4</div> — Mark Harris (@Mark Harris)<a href="https://twitter.com/MarkHarrisNYC/statuses/1255583067395194882">1588189305.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>Of course, Shapiro's comment was both heartless and factually dubious, considering the virus affects both the elderly AND younger people. </strong></p><p><div id="c7da91bc-8e44-492f-b7fd-c382c0e55bda"></div></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="74291" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="2e8244a4f16767b0601be41f5669a757"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1255578492646887436" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">@JasonSCampbell What if I told you that it didn’t need to be a choice and in South Korea they can save both the 80y… https://t.co/J2uqJhlVHy</div> — Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@Molly Jong-Fast🏡)<a href="https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/statuses/1255578492646887436">1588188214.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>It wasn't so long ago Shapiro was enraged by the idea of a group of younger people determining an older life's worth.</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="0ae47" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="dab2bfb29308e696fa40b4ee551efeca"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1255686977053241344" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Ah, finally, the death panels Ben Shapiro warned us about have arrived, and they're led by...Ben Shapiro. https://t.co/Rcpf7r5TZf</div> — Jennifer Wright (@Jennifer Wright)<a href="https://twitter.com/JenAshleyWright/statuses/1255686977053241344">1588214079.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="76575" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="bfaf6c82351b974ba8d05193d14042f8"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1255666632623443968" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Ben Shapiro literally thought "death panels" - where the lives of the elderly and expendable would be tossed aside… https://t.co/gK5X4OY5C2</div> — chaotic bisexuals inc (@chaotic bisexuals inc)<a href="https://twitter.com/JezButt91/statuses/1255666632623443968">1588209229.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>Twitter was, as always, ready to roast Shapiro like their lives depended on it.</strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="6ce75" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="86bef8df0949d175323ec16584ce0645"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1255633297570508801" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">So Ben Shapiro wants to save baby Hitler but wants to kill my grandmother?
Got it.</div> — Tony Posnanski (@Tony Posnanski)<a href="https://twitter.com/tonyposnanski/statuses/1255633297570508801">1588201281.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="f9efc" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="eeee1900785fd30e0da619d8a3d6209a"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1255652600516505600" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">me when I open twitter and see that we’re dunking on Ben Shapiro again https://t.co/aOT795wR21</div> — Isaac K. Lee (@Isaac K. Lee)<a href="https://twitter.com/IsaacKLee/statuses/1255652600516505600">1588205883.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="eb4cd" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="fb4e3f5257cbbe8184aceacce53f4db2"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1255702989429342208" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Siri, Set alarm for "Day Ben Shapiro turns 81." https://t.co/UinAbFNXmN</div> — Molly McNearney (@Molly McNearney)<a href="https://twitter.com/mollymcnearney/statuses/1255702989429342208">1588217897.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>Ben Shapiro might not be the sharpest knife in the drawer. </strong></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-twitter_embed">
</p><div id="fc958" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="961bb1d250fca6246ce0ae64ab6beec4"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1255690216066748416" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Ben Shapiro is a psychopath but did you know he is also very very very very dumb?</div> — Monjula Ray (@Monjula Ray)<a href="https://twitter.com/queerBengali/statuses/1255690216066748416">1588214851.0</a></blockquote></div>
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</p><div id="f2c6d" class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="d65556866ce9491983314697b8aad222"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-twitter-tweet-id="1255690133195587584" data-partner="rebelmouse"><div style="margin:1em 0">Ben Shapiro is such a powerful logical thinker that he can't even figure out that the life expectancy is 80 because… https://t.co/jNQL6HVGVK</div> — Alexandra Erin (@Alexandra Erin)<a href="https://twitter.com/AlexandraErin/statuses/1255690133195587584">1588214832.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p></p><p><strong>Let's make things easy. </strong></p><p><strong>If re-opening the country involves deciding whether your grandparents ought to die, it's too early to re-open the country. </strong></p>
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