1. What #Pro-Life really means

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As a member of the party that consistently touts their position as pro-life, this smells to some of even greater hypocrisy.

Texas Lt. Gov. #DanPatrick actually said just that. That seniors should be willing to die to save the economy. I guess the right to life ends at retirement.

— Julie Gold (@michalski_julie) March 24, 2020

soooo i guess all lives don’t matter @DanPatrick? pic.twitter.com/WbVCX8Z8Wq

— Franchesca Ramsey (@chescaleigh) March 24, 2020

The GOP is pro-life no matter what unless the economy is struggling, in which case nana’s gotta go.

— Susie Meister (@susie_meister) March 24, 2020

2. The new #DeathPanels

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It’s another head spin when you remember that Republicans accused Obamacare of being a plan that would select elderly people to die.

GOP: 2008: "Evil Democrats want to create death panels to kill your grandma!"

GOP 2020: "Evil Democrats refuse to create death panels to kill your grandma!"

— Daniel Radosh (@danielradosh) March 23, 2020

3. It will free up some tax dollars

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Remember that Dan Patrick’s party has been willing to cut Medicare and Social Security—and of course, the ACA.

But did Americans really believe that Republicans truly cared about old people as they were screaming "#DeathPanels" regarding the ACA? I mean, this is the party that has consistently tried to cut Social Security and Medicare.

Their true colors are shining through. https://t.co/3Qc82XcioI

— Alicia Joseph (@AliciaJAuthor) March 24, 2020

4. Some people are expendable

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Like the 49 members of the LGBT community that were murdered in the Pulse nightclub shooting.

Also, remember that Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick tweeted out “you reap what you sow” after the Pulse nightclub mass shooting.

Republicans are so pro-life. https://t.co/ZQYana7CSc pic.twitter.com/KJFyhFqWsz

— HG Tomato 🍅 Wash Your Hands (@HGTomato) March 24, 2020

5. The New Nazi Republican?

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And for many, it’s not hard to draw a line from Adolf Hitler to Dan Patrick

In Nazi Germany, Hitler promoted the killing of the sick, the elderly, the infirm. Also artists, liberals, Jews, and anyone with brown hair. You see where this leads, Dan Patrick? (Maybe that's where he WANTS it to lead.)

— Lisa Pease (@lisapease) March 24, 2020

In light of the willingness of a certain political persuasion to use the bodies of Older Adults as economic fuel. @DanPatrick pic.twitter.com/SbJW1ZWB9y

— Mary-Ann Bowman (@SontagBowman) March 24, 2020

6. #NotDyingForWallStreet

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Those who choose health and safety over money during this pandemic know the difference between saving their grandchildren and saving an economy.

Hashtag #NotDying4WallStreet is trending after Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick suggested that grandparents are willing to die to save the economy.

Wow!

Just when you think GOP could not get any lower. Turns out, there is no bottom to that barrel.

Hide your grandparents, people!

— trista ferris (@FerrisTrista) March 24, 2020

7. The dystopian future is now.

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For those keeping track we have now reached the human sacrifice portion of the apocalypse https://t.co/NaOiTLHicc

— Stay At Home Sam 🇨🇦 (@ItsSamG) March 24, 2020

Students of the science fiction genre were quick to hop on the obvious parallels between Dan Patrick’s suggestion and some of the greats, like Soylent Green:

Psst. Soylent Green is Grandma.

— Nancy Richardson (@nanorich) March 24, 2020

or Logan’s Run:

I DO NOT WANT CAROUSEL. #logansrun pic.twitter.com/Gr0K0Z40oM

— Michelle ST (@oaklandmagpie) March 24, 2020

8. You blinded me without science

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Calling on the elderly does not just seem pathological, it is also scientifically flawed.

Trump & the GOP put Profits over People but also Fiction over Facts

Dan Patrick: Grandparents should be willing to die to save the economy for their grandkids
Cuomo: 55% of NYS #Coronavirus cases are ages 18-49

They're not just sacrificing Grandparents they're killing kids too https://t.co/DwXj6V0uy8

— Alison Greene (@GrassrootsSpeak) March 24, 2020

9. Not everyone is opposed to Patrick’s idea…

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Providing, of course, that Dan and his friends line up to go first

Please send Tx Lt Gov @DanPatrick and his "principled conservative" friends, especially the grandpas in the U.S. Senate, out to stock the grocery stores, wash down the ERs, pick up our garbage, run errands…so we can stay safe at home for awhile. #coronavirus #GOPDeathPanels

— Sue Yellin (@sueyellin) March 24, 2020

10. Step down

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One thing that plenty of people can agree on is that Dan Patrick is not a person who should be left with any power. And they’re happy to let him know it

Hey @DanPatrick why don't you go back to being an irrelevant patsy instead of calling for the death of a million of our fellow Texans just to buoy your retirement fund? The economy is not more important than peoples lives and if you disagree you need to step down immediately.

— Greg Moran (@darthnowitzki) March 24, 2020

Shame on you lieutenant governor Dan Patrick. How dare you say the elderly would rather die for their grandkids. How about the auto immune compromised, the sick, the chemo https://t.co/mUgvJkbgdP should step down. #Embarrassed #Covid

— Dale Bonavita (@HikerChick14) March 24, 2020