This is the quote:
"Well, if you're in a nursing home, you only have a five, six-month life expectancy. Almost nobody in a nursing home is in a point to vote."
Link to audio: https://x.com/highbrow_nobrow/status/1789840604748284167
Side note: He does not believe that 2020 was stolen but thinks things happened that weren't legit.
This is his explanation/correction of their take on what he said. https://x.com/EricHovde/status/1781027773147975755
Your thoughts? He's definitely a better choice than Tammy Baldwin but this sure doesn't sound good.
Unfortunately many in nursing homes may not have the cognizance to vote and it allows others to take advantage and steal those votes. Not sure how you guard against that. I don’t know this WI Senator tho and what is behind his motive for his decision.
Everybody of sound mind, a citizen of this country, over 18, and is registered should and will be allowed to vote. Just because you're in a nursing home should not be a reason you cannot vote.
Sound mind? How many in nursing homes have sound minds. My mother in law sure doesn't amd she shouldn't be voting nor should anyone be voting for her. I walked through that place and none of them are competent in the entire place. That's why there are there. That's whynit gets taken advantage of.
Because many times the workers and staff vote in place of mentally unfit residents.
True, but how do we determine "sound mind"? What we do know is that the level of fraud going on in these places is off the charts. We know good and damn well the Democrats have been voting for these people for years.
Good point it could be argued that voting for biden proves an unsound mind.
I'm not sure why people are downvoting my comment. Democrats have been stealing these votes for YEARS.
My point was there needs to be some way to determine if someone is of sound mind to vote. Not everyone in a long term care facility is. Sad thing is, they are being voted for regardless. It's disgusting. Damn it, we need to imprison everyone that has stolen someone's voice by voting for them.
I used to work in a number of nursing homes as a swallowing therapist. Most of my patients were close to dying. Swallowing often goes towards the end of life. So I wouldn’t expect any of these kinds of patients to vote. But I used to do brief evals of new residents and many of them were cognitively intact. So I believe these people have every right to vote.
I am a poll worker in a rural county. Each election there are two people from our Board of Elections (one from each major party) who go together to visit our nursing homes in advance of the elections. They register new residents if they wish to do so.
Then during early voting they bring over absentee ballots and deliver them to the registered residents. Each resident fills out their ballot and seals it inside the absentee ballot envelop. They have to sign the outside along with a witness. Could be a nurse/nursing aide, a family member of present or if no one else is available one of the two election board members. The ballots are all collected that same day and brought back to the county BOE.
After reading all the comments below I do have a small suggestion.
Perhaps all the people in the nursing home need to have a family member state that they believe their relative is cognizant enough to actually vote and sign a document to that effect.
If the relative does not believe their family member is cognizant enough than that document needs to be signed and the nursing home staff must follow the decision and signature of the relative.
Just a thought that I am sure will go nowhere in today's world.
Total loser.
Probably an unpopular opinion but old people, dumb people, there’s plenty of people who shouldn’t vote. Even women didn’t want the right to vote, it was forced on them via amendments.
Is he crazy...they voted 100% biden
If people are losing their cognitive ability such as Alzheimer’s or if they are very close to death, then they shouldn’t be voting because they don’t have to live with the consequences of who they vote for.
However if they are of sound mind and just have physical limitations but are otherwise expected to live for several more years, then they ought to be able to vote.
Sounds like he would give them the clot shot himself
My guess is, he is referencing on how the Democrats in many places were farming votes out of nursing homes rather the person was even of sound mind to make up their own minds, just giving them ballots and telling them what to check (if even that) and other such scandals. Of course, elder people should vote but, if they are not Able to even know what's going on or what date it is or what they had for breakfast in the first place, and someone else is deciding for them who they are voting for, ya no.. one of the way many abused things that should be addressed IMO. IF he said that because he thinks everyone over 80 is as brainless as Biden, then yeah.. not good. Saying all that, you need to look closer on him before deciding for yourself, you know how they all love the smear campaigns on people they dont like, twisting words, giving just partial words out of context.. Very Fine people on both sides.. for example.
Some are in nursing homes because their bodies are failing. They might be there because they don't have family, the family they have can't care for them or won't bother. Certainly not all are mentally gone.
I don't know the solution to determine competency, but they don't go in there for 5 to 6 months. Where did that idea come from?
If you're literally not capable of taking care of yourself, well, are you really of sound mind or body?
Honestly, they probably shouldnt be voting. I wish they would make people take a test to vote, just simple shit like can you speak English, does Hillary have people suicided, etc.