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Devin Nunes Warns of Zombie Apocalypse Because of Homeless People and Released Inmates

Devin Nunes is not doing well. We understand that Nunes’ “normal” isn’t all that impressive, but he’s descending now into a zone where someone might consider calling his physician, or mother. Somehow, Nunes found his way on to the airwaves on Fox News Sunday morning to explain that the situation is direr than even we knew:

Our buddies at Rawstory (and you should visit them, and get quick stories, come back here for analysis), they have the transcript:

“The situation out here in California with the homeless population is quite dire and that was before the coronavirus,” Nunes explained to Fox News. “It’s almost like zombie apocalypse. You’ve seen the pictures.”

No, actually most of the pictures that I have seen coming out of California are of healthcare workers doing all they can to treat the sick and keep themselves and their family safe. So, no – Devin, we’re not on the same page on that one.

“I’ve got several thousand just in my district,” he continued. “It’s largely due because we let our criminals out. We pass laws that let multiple convicted drug abusers out. Now unfortunately, a lot of these people — I call it zombie apocalypse because a lot of these people have done drugs for a long period of time. You know, they’re just not well.”

I am not sure that drug abuse in and of itself is a crime, or we might be arresting half the United States right now using more pills than normal. The State of California – like many states – has let out many low rated offenders because inmates would be some of the most susceptible to catching the virus. But if the offenders have been in the system, they should not have been on drugs while in the system (yes, it happens, though), and very few have the money available to purchase drugs. So I am not sure what Nunes is referring to here, other than maybe looking for a way to say “Zombie Apocalypse.”

Nunes did note that the people (they are not “Zombies,” they are real people, with real feelings, and real problems – Nunes dehumanization of these people is disgusting), do have one thing going for them, and that is that their tragic existence makes them less susceptible to catching the actual virus:

“One of the positive things in all this is if you’re outside in the outdoors, you’re social distancing, we haven’t seen it run through homeless population,” he explained. “At least, that we know of yet.”

And how would you know, Devin? We’re not even able to test all the people coming through the E.R., and who is around to take many of these poor souls to the E.R.? But we acknowledge, not even having a home in which to be near people, living on the streets with fresh air blowing everywhere is a tragic way to go through the ordeal.

Devin Nunes comes in an extra-strength powdered form of Devin Nunes on Fox this morning:

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