Larry Klayman, the co-founder of the conservative groups Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch, has sued the Chinese government, alleging that the COVID-19 pandemic was the result of a Chinese bioweapon that made its way around the world.
" alleging that the COVID-19 pandemic was the result of a Chinese bioweapon that made its way around the world."
Well, this is demonstrably false.
This is an effort by Trump and associates to stoke xenophobia to cover up their incompetence. Thy had been calling it “coronavirus” for weeks and now all of the sudden they feel an urge of calling it “chinese virus”. And Tucker Carlson says that it’s Trump at his best? All the Fox and Friends “talent” are on board as well. Do they want to start a pogrom?
I hold Fox News responsible for any Korean grocer that gets beaten up by the disgusting Trump voters.
So…are my cheeks burning with the embarrassment of being an American or is it fever from Covid19?
Can China sue him for defamation?
They could have read the same thing right here at TPM, multiple people in The Hive have made this statement, with zero supporting evidence. Scientists have clearly said it developed naturally, and that should be the end of the matter until scientists study it further and find something that indicates the genome was artificially generated.
The entire reason that the virus is spreading so much in the US, and will kill a lot of people instead of a few, is because of people like Klayman, who are spinning nonsense out as reality and convincing conservatives that it’s just a hoax or the flu. It’s infuriating, and should cause them to lose any voice that they have in our political system…they should become pariahs and be outcast from the system.
Gonna be funny when Judge Kinkeade orders Larry to get local counsel because he’s in violation of Local Rule 83.10 without one. He’s going to have a hard time finding someone dumb enough to join his insane lawsuit without getting paid for it.
Beyond silly.
Maybe we should sue Trump for deliberately infecting the US by allowing passengers off an infected ship to be met by unprotected persons who were allowed to scatter. And for alarming citizens abroad into returning to the US en masse and corralling them in conditions ideal for spreading the disease and then allowing them to scatter across the country.
At least in that series of claims, the facts are known and only motivation would have to be proved.
Klayman has no facts beyond the existence of the lab and the existence of the disease.
And another lonely, angry, unloved, self-loathing Conservative begins the slow descent into the pit of irrelevancy. Fare thee well, worthless one!
Larry Klayman - going after the Chinese government for 20 trillion. He has finally lost his damn mind.
I got nothin’. Too stupid for any known human words.
Let us hope that the Chinese government invites Mr. Klayman to tour their country and address his concerns whilst he is there. Preferably from a re-education camp.
Whatever happened to conservatives being against frivolous lawsuits?
That was until they packed the courts with frivolous judges.
“Conservatives” are Reactionaries.
It appears the Klayman-20 Virus has already taken hold.
Klayman must have a line on Koch money or some other right wing oligarch. This stuff he’s doing isn’t cheap.
I liked these guys better back in the 80s when they were called Judicial Swatch.
Like a fly buzzing over a battlefield. And while these parasites look to their own interests, Washington has done next to nothing to prepare. Words fail.
Newsweek, posted earlier today: