Idiots of the Week ‘Evangelicals Political Event During Pandemic In Las Vegas Draws Hundreds

Evangelicals for Trump rally - August 2020. Credit:  Las Vegas Review-Journal, 

Last weekend I highlighted the annual motorcycle gathering of 250,000 people in South Dakota  without masks or social distancing. This week, there's another big batch of Idiots of the week-(AND a Bonus Idiot) and these are more than 500 Evangelical people who gathered in a political rally in Nevada for you-know-who (who should know better about having large groups meet during a Pandemic).
Throughout history, various religions have discounted science. In America, it seems that only the right-wing Evangelicals are that dumb (yes, I said "Dumb" because they choose to remain ignorant and place people's lives in danger). Now, these 500 plus IDIOTS have the capability to spread COVID19 back into their families and communities. STUPID.
If they do contract it, Darwin Awards need to be handed out...
 
Here's the story  (and Bonus Idiot follows):

‘Evangelicals For Trump’ Event In Las Vegas Draws Hundreds
  August 6, 2020  
A Las Vegas hotel received a civil penalty and a $250 fine this week after hosting a faith-based campaign event for President Donald Trump that violated the city’s COVID-19 social gathering restrictions.

More than 500 people attended Thursday’s “Evangelicals for Trump” event at the Ahern Hotel and Convention Center, which was headlined by the president’s pastor and spiritual adviser, Paula White.

According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, attendees were required to wear masks, and their temperatures were checked upon arrival. Signs urged anyone who felt ill to go home.

Ralph Reed, a political consultant and chair of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, said Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman and the City Council threatened the owners of the Ahern Hotel with fines and license revocation if they allowed the event to proceed.

500 Plus Evangelicals in NV demonstrate they are Idiots during a Pandemic 

White added during her speech that Gov. Steve Sisolak also attempted to block the event.

The Review-Journal obtained a copy of a letter sent by the city to the event’s organizers Thursday afternoon warning that the event would be a violation of Sisolak’s Phase Two order limiting gatherings to no more than 50 people during the COVID-19 pandemic.

$250 violation issued

City spokesman Jace Radke said Thursday evening that the event’s organizers and owner Don Ahern were issued a notice of violation from the city’s business licensing department, which includes a $250 civil fine.

More than 500 people attended the event, according to organizers, which was held in the hotel’s lobby. The lobby’s maximum occupancy is more than 1,600, organizers said. Masks were required, and attendees’ temperatures were checked at each entrance. A sign ordered anyone feeling ill to go home.

The Trump campaign maintained that hotels are allowed to hold events at 50 percent occupancy and are not subject to the 50-person event cap placed on churches and other venues.
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BONUS IDIOT  - You would think that someone speaking to reporters would at least have a cheat sheet about Historic Events. NOPE... and still cites his idea of history, which was off by about 30 plus years).
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Trump's version of world history, as relayed at his press conference on Aug. 10, 2020:: "The 1918 influenza pandemic happened in 1917. It probably ended World War II, which started in 1939."

This is the person who wants to make mental aptitude a major talking point of the 2020 election.