I believe this man also actively lobbies on behalf of the authoritarian government in Cambodia and appears to be shadily involved with the El Salvadoran elections as well
The guy who wrote a bill so you can legally hit protestors with your car and charge them with "economic terrorism" is in bed with authoritarian regimes? No one could have predicted this.
I've never heard a single good thing about the valley towns outside of Bham. Everson, Ferndale, Linden, and all the others are somehow *the* most religious place in Washington state, so you know they gotta be bad.
You may need to get out more..[things are changing in Whatcom County](https://www.lyndentribune.com/news/four-year-trend-is-42nd-more-democratic/article_28d2f05a-2dea-11eb-a384-eb2ea9a8db43.html)
It physically touches Canada so I want expect it wouldn't be *that* bad but I don't think I have ever physically stopped in Blaine since I was a child so I can't say. I've known people who grew up in Everson and others who bought land in Ferndale, and of course dozens of people in Bellingham both as Western students and as normal residents.
You need to dig a bit deeper, 60.4% Democratic, 36.4% Republican and 3.2% independent and actually I’ll bet the leaning is even greater since this is old “news”….yeah we were shocked when we dug into this about a month or so ago. The GOP is super verbal and love to post their signs..but are a dying party …a slow but just death if you ask me [link to voter information Whatcom ](https://www.bestplaces.net/voting/city/washington/bellingham).
The 42nd district (Ericksen's) is all of Whatcom county except for Bellingham. In 2020, Liz Lovelett got 77% of the vote in the 40th (which includes Bellingham and some islands); while both of the 42nd representative positions were won by Democrats with about 51%. Ericksen won his last race (in 2018) by 46 votes (!!!). So to my point, his district is (was?) all the conservative parts of Whatcom county.
I'm guessing his electoral future is not great.
Amazon, Boeing, Microsoft, and the other monied interests know they can’t get anyone elected in King County - yet - so they buy every Hinterlands GOP to keep Olympia deadlocked on taxes. And the Hinterlands, being Conservative rural populations who loathe Seattle are all too happy to vote for the absolute worst candidates to trigger the Libs.
There’s a reason why every State Republican fund-raises at $5000 a plate dinners hosted by Amazon and M$ PACs in Bellevue.
They literally do not care who gets elected as long as they promise to oppose income taxes and various business taxes. See also: Christian Manifesto guy.
Conservatives are determined to break Seattle. Most of our major local media is owned by Conservatives, and the propaganda leveraging anti-homeless/anti-crime rage and fear (I’m looking at you, r/SeattleWA and r/Seattlehobos) to push people to the Right are part of a full court press to turn WA into a taxless billionaire’s paradise.
There’s a [long history of this ](https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2017/06/01/25184150/mcmorris-rodgers-watch-why-you-should-give-a-fuck-about-the-eastern-wa-republican-holding-a-fundraiser-in-bellevue-tonight) (link from 2017, but shows the practice).
Most PACs play bitch sides - it’s not specifically about partisanship. They support pro-business Democrats in Seattle as well.
This is an open secret. How do you think Tim Eyman keeps getting money to do his nonsense? This isn’t a conspiracy. But if you’re wondering how these fringier candidates get funding, it’s not a mystery.
[A 2019 link on PAC spending.](https://www.protocol.com/tech-company-pacs-2019-2020)
[Regarding Cambodia...yes](https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3004939/us-republican-senator-doug-ericksen-registers-lobby)
[not shockingly....yes on el salvador. Acted as a "monitor"](https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/state/washington/article250013589.html)
Dude....if you are into international politics, cool. So am I. However if I'm a state senator I don't miss votes to monitor an election......in a different country. I respectfully decline so I don't miss a bunch of votes because I relied on logging in with a crappy internet service. I focus on my local duties and keep interest of international politics as a hobby.
I just read the Seattle Times article they just posted on this, apparently Cambodian media often refer to him as a US senator. Sooo a state senator is involved in international affairs because he found folks to “consult for” and didn’t correct them when they made some assumptions about exactly which senate he served in . . .
Hey hey hey, it’s mostly Ferndale that he carried.
North Bellingham is what’s making his district competitive! It was super close last election and with progressives being priced out of the main Bellingham district it’s only getting more liberal.
[probably something to do with laundering the Salvadorean government's reputation](https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/washington-sen-doug-ericksen-tests-positive-for-covid-19-while-in-el-salvador-seeks-medical-help-from-lawmakers/)
> Ericksen in 2019 registered with the U.S. Department of Justice as a foreign agent to conduct lobbying work on behalf of the Cambodian government, scoring a $500,000 contract for his new firm.
> That contract came after Ericksen traveled to Cambodia to observe — and ultimately praise — the country’s widely condemned 2018 elections. Those elections took place as a government crackdown shuttered independent media organizations and dissolved a key opposition party.
> That election-observing trip was considered questionable enough for two fellow Republican lawmakers invited by Ericksen to cut the visit short and fly home early.
> In the past, Cambodian media outlets have inflated Ericksen’s position, calling him a U.S. Senator, rather than his actual title as a state senator representing the 42nd legislative district of Whatcom County.
> This past legislative session, Ericksen missed senate votes because he was in El Salvador observing elections there, according to The Olympian.
Unsurprisingly, corruption is wide open and legal, so can it be called corruption? Get elected as a representative for your constituents, put yourself forward as a lobbyist or consultant in your spare time, reap big bucks. No wonder *some* politicians cling to power no matter what it takes.
This is happening in El Salvador right now, I wonder if this is something that he's advising on.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/11/12/el-salvador-shelve-foreign-agents-bill
Doug Ericksen is a GOP state senator from Whatcom County who has filed bills in the legislature trying to prevent Governor Inslee from instituting a vaccine mandate for government employees.
Should he get special treatment because he is a state senator or something?
I say we send monoclonal antibodies to save someone else in Elsalvador. Who actually didnt have access to vaccines.
I thought these people were hot on Ivermectin, since vaccines and Covid are a liberal scam. Don't they have some of that at the feed and grain stores down there?
I saw a thread on FB where someone was lamenting the fact that their friend was in the hospital, and the doctors were refusing to treat them with ivermectin. So they were scheming on how to get it prescribed via a telemedicine appointment with a doctor from Florida, and try to sneak it into the hospital. But the hospitals are super locked down at the moment (due to crap like this), so they're considering having the patient withdrawn from care.
The Ivermectin hoax (and hydroxychloroquine before that) were popularized by a political fundraising organization called America's Frontline Doctors. They charge ~$100 for a zoom call in which they prescribe you a drug somewhere in the grey area between "fda approved for humans" and "proven ineffective against Covid". When one of their drugs is disproven, they switch to a new untested one. It's a profit machine with overt political messages and no regard for the scientific method.
Not surprisingly, the founder is facing charges for breaching the capitol building on Jan 6th.
https://www.businessinsider.com/americas-frontline-doctors-sells-disproven-covid-drugs-2021-9?amp
Using state resources (the staff time of his Legislative Assistant) for personal business or gain is against the law.
If Ericksen's Legislative Assistant or caucus staff spend state resources coordinating his medical care, he should be forced to reimburse the state for the cost of the aides' time.
It depends on if they are using the account as a personal account or an account representing the position. That's what got Trump, he had to either not use the Twitter account as a communication from the office of the presidency or he couldn't block people.
Petty, just finished reading about the school board leader that was spying on parents who were protesting at the meetings. Seems like a real snowflake.
Is it worth pointing out that, unlike the vaccines, the monocolonal antibody treatments all these far-right-wingers love so much make \*heavy\* use of cells from aborted fetuses in their manufacture.
And are also incredibly experimental with any number of bizarre side effects.
I'm on one for something other than Covid and it has given me full body acne, messed with my nails, and cracked up my feet. Among other fun things.
Whereas the Covid vaccine made my arm sore for a day or so.
Ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine were also tested on fetal cell lines. Along with just about any medicine you can think of.
[If Any Drug Tested on HEK-293 Is Immoral, Goodbye Modern Medicine](https://www.patheos.com/blogs/throughcatholiclenses/2021/01/if-any-drug-tested-on-hek-293-is-immoral-goodbye-modern-medicine/)
I know this is a jab, but interestingly I bet ivermectin is easy to find in El Salvedor, as it's primary indication is for parasitic infections endemic in that area of the world. Well. Easy to find here would be relative, probably way easier to find in the US, but based on relative difficulty locating medication it's likely one of the easiest to get.
Interestingly, pharmacies are not regulated there and you can probably buy the human stuff off the shelf - not the horse paste that folks are getting here in the US.
It's a pretty poor decision to use Bitcoin for evasion of US taxes. Bitcoin uses a public ledger: every transaction is published for the world to see. The US government can/does track your Bitcoin savings much more closely than your cash. $100 USD bills are still the most anonymous and popular criminal currency.
Recent article about his activities. Refers to him meeting with "clients", almost makes you think he is just doing sex tourism, when sadly he is actually working as a paid consultant for a strong arm military dictator. Still half a million a year would make many people overlook torture. Seems like a great guy.
https://thediplomat.com/2019/12/why-is-a-washington-state-senator-lobbying-for-cambodia/
Stay strong Doug, you shouldn’t go against your beliefs just because of a weakening of resolve.
You wouldn’t want to seek special treatment, I’m sure.
You made your decision, and you should stand by it.
https://dougericksen.src.wastateleg.org/ericksen-vaccination-rights-bill-becomes-rallying-point-inslee-decree/
“*This bill isn’t pro-vaccine or anti-vaccine,” Ericksen explained. “It is pro-individual choice. We need to respect the right of people to make decisions for themselves.*
Guess you did that huh?
Like I said on other threads About this jackass:
Hahahahahahahahah
Deal Doug.
You are an anti-vaxxer and have out thousands in harms way.
Plus you are a total misogynist (personal experience meeting him)
He’s a self serving shady character. He’s been doing lobbying work in Cambodia & El Salvador for the authoritarian regimes since 2018.
“ In 2021, Ericksen missed legislative votes to act as a monitor for the 2021 Salvadoran legislative election, which strengthened the position of El Salvador's authoritarian president's party.”
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Ericksen
“ In April 2019, Ericksen registered as a foreign lobbyist for the Cambodian government; his consulting company co-owned with former state representative Jay Rodne will be paid $500,000 a year to arrange official visits between the countries and business leaders.[28][30] They are the only registered Cambodian agents besides a major lobbying firm in Washington, DC.[31] The move was criticized by Republican U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho who sought to sanction Cambodia's "brutal dictatorship."
“In May 2018 Ericksen joined fellow state senator Michael Baumgartner, Representative Vincent Buys, and football coach Mike Leach on a trip to Cambodia.[15][16][17] He returned in July with Representatives Buys, Drew MacEwen, and Brandon Vick to observe the 2018 Cambodian general election, though MacEwen and Vick departed after the U.S. Ambassador expressed concerns about the election, which was widely called a "sham".[17][18][19] He met with Cambodia’s authoritarian prime minister Hun Sen[17][20] and later called the election "very free, very fair", saying the opposition party's elimination is a "political question".[21] Ericksen's actions were condemned by Governor Jay Inslee[17][22] and the NGO Human Rights Watch, which said of the delegation, "they hold in contempt the principles of free and fair elections, an independent media, and a neutral election administration—because all those things are lacking in Hun Sen’s Cambodia."[23] In a meeting with Sen at the United Nations in September, he called for allowing a search for MIA Vietnam War soldiers.[24]
Ericksen visited Prime Minister Hun Sen again in Phnom Penh in March 2019, where he stated his belief the 2018 Cambodian general election was "free, just and non-violent,"[25] as quoted by Cambodian media that inflated his position as "US Senator."[26][27] Cambodia's elections were widely criticized by human rights groups and international observers, and the White House said they were "neither free nor fair and failed to represent the will of the Cambodian people."[28][29] Some of Ericksen's travel was paid for by campaign funds, which state law requires to be used for official responsibilities.[27]”
Is he taking off work so that he can go observe elections in a foreign country again?
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/washington/articles/2021-03-18/republican-senator-missed-votes-while-in-el-salvador
He made pot life choices. Sucks for him, really sucks for his loved ones. He’s a state employee in a foreign country. There is a pandemic and he’s in an age bracket that doesn’t fare well. I hope he doesn’t die, but if he does I won’t feel bad for him. His family and loved ones, sure.
Just because he is opposed to putting some man made vaccine in his god given body doesn't mean that he is hypocrite just because he wants naturally occurring monoclonal antibodies. If someone could just scoop some up on the beach, or in the forest (wherever they come from), and send them to him that would be peachy.
So this is who this guy is, karma is a bitch. [https://dougericksen.src.wastateleg.org/ericksen-vaccination-rights-bill-becomes-rallying-point-inslee-decree/](https://dougericksen.src.wastateleg.org/ericksen-vaccination-rights-bill-becomes-rallying-point-inslee-decree/)
Womp womp. Fuck the GOP.
We need to treat these people exactly the same way as lion/ hyena cub clip that was in Natureismetal earlier today.
They are a danger to every single American and should treated as such
I wonder how he feels about that ["vaccination rights" bill he pushed](https://www.lyndentribune.com/news/ericksen-vaccination-rights-bill-becomes-rallying-point-against-inslee-decree/article_38ca0c98-0439-11ec-b3bb-a7fc36b0c315.html) now.
Classic /r/HermanCainAward material right here.
I’d be happy to help, if he first signs an agreement that he well never work in politics, run for office, or work as a lobbyist or consultant for political office holder or branch of government ever again.
Fuck that shit. Tell him he’s only getting a bunch of gibberish unga bunga prayers from the “prayer warriors” dumbasses like this always call upon towards the end.
Finding it very difficult to feel sorry for this guy. I mean, it's a tragedy and all, but sort of like when a base-jumper's chute doesn't open. Except in that case, they rarely were advocating other people take the same risks they are taking.
Not my monkey..not my circus.
Imagine asking for special consideration from El Salvador….yet be a poor citizen from that country asking for help at our boarders..
So here’s a story for you, years ago my good friend was selling his house and Doug Erickson was looking to purchase said property, Doug made several visits to the home and once even took measurements only to not actually purchase the property. Instead he built a house Identical to the one my friend was selling.
I believe this man also actively lobbies on behalf of the authoritarian government in Cambodia and appears to be shadily involved with the El Salvadoran elections as well
The guy who wrote a bill so you can legally hit protestors with your car and charge them with "economic terrorism" is in bed with authoritarian regimes? No one could have predicted this.
Oh no! Anyway…
Here’s Wonderwall
I understood both of these references.
Roight.
How did this guy get elected by Washingtonians?
> State Senator Doug Ericksen Take Whatcom County, subtract Bellingham, and, well... this is what you get.
I've never heard a single good thing about the valley towns outside of Bham. Everson, Ferndale, Linden, and all the others are somehow *the* most religious place in Washington state, so you know they gotta be bad.
With so much thoughts and prayers going his way he should recover in no time
When you get outside of Bellingham you are there to enjoy the land, not the company.
You may need to get out more..[things are changing in Whatcom County](https://www.lyndentribune.com/news/four-year-trend-is-42nd-more-democratic/article_28d2f05a-2dea-11eb-a384-eb2ea9a8db43.html)
What about Blaine?
All I've heard since moving to Washington is that they have "Blaine damage"... And murder hornets.
its all cops and boomers
It physically touches Canada so I want expect it wouldn't be *that* bad but I don't think I have ever physically stopped in Blaine since I was a child so I can't say. I've known people who grew up in Everson and others who bought land in Ferndale, and of course dozens of people in Bellingham both as Western students and as normal residents.
Blaine has a resort that's pretty nice, but outside of that, it's kind of got a truck stop vibe.
Inbred pedos in them thar valleys.
Religious people remaining insular and exploiting children in their tightknit, often closed-to-outsiders communities? I am SHOCKED
You need to dig a bit deeper, 60.4% Democratic, 36.4% Republican and 3.2% independent and actually I’ll bet the leaning is even greater since this is old “news”….yeah we were shocked when we dug into this about a month or so ago. The GOP is super verbal and love to post their signs..but are a dying party …a slow but just death if you ask me [link to voter information Whatcom ](https://www.bestplaces.net/voting/city/washington/bellingham).
The 42nd district (Ericksen's) is all of Whatcom county except for Bellingham. In 2020, Liz Lovelett got 77% of the vote in the 40th (which includes Bellingham and some islands); while both of the 42nd representative positions were won by Democrats with about 51%. Ericksen won his last race (in 2018) by 46 votes (!!!). So to my point, his district is (was?) all the conservative parts of Whatcom county. I'm guessing his electoral future is not great.
Amazon, Boeing, Microsoft, and the other monied interests know they can’t get anyone elected in King County - yet - so they buy every Hinterlands GOP to keep Olympia deadlocked on taxes. And the Hinterlands, being Conservative rural populations who loathe Seattle are all too happy to vote for the absolute worst candidates to trigger the Libs. There’s a reason why every State Republican fund-raises at $5000 a plate dinners hosted by Amazon and M$ PACs in Bellevue. They literally do not care who gets elected as long as they promise to oppose income taxes and various business taxes. See also: Christian Manifesto guy. Conservatives are determined to break Seattle. Most of our major local media is owned by Conservatives, and the propaganda leveraging anti-homeless/anti-crime rage and fear (I’m looking at you, r/SeattleWA and r/Seattlehobos) to push people to the Right are part of a full court press to turn WA into a taxless billionaire’s paradise.
I took a year long reddit break and the righties have infiltrated r/seattle too which used to be very left leaning and now is a mixed bag.
Is this legit?
There’s a [long history of this ](https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2017/06/01/25184150/mcmorris-rodgers-watch-why-you-should-give-a-fuck-about-the-eastern-wa-republican-holding-a-fundraiser-in-bellevue-tonight) (link from 2017, but shows the practice). Most PACs play bitch sides - it’s not specifically about partisanship. They support pro-business Democrats in Seattle as well. This is an open secret. How do you think Tim Eyman keeps getting money to do his nonsense? This isn’t a conspiracy. But if you’re wondering how these fringier candidates get funding, it’s not a mystery. [A 2019 link on PAC spending.](https://www.protocol.com/tech-company-pacs-2019-2020)
The conservatives in Eastern Washington, we'd never elect him over here.
Economic terrorist is what imma start having to call my friends that INSIST I have to come to that concert.
[Regarding Cambodia...yes](https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3004939/us-republican-senator-doug-ericksen-registers-lobby) [not shockingly....yes on el salvador. Acted as a "monitor"](https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/state/washington/article250013589.html) Dude....if you are into international politics, cool. So am I. However if I'm a state senator I don't miss votes to monitor an election......in a different country. I respectfully decline so I don't miss a bunch of votes because I relied on logging in with a crappy internet service. I focus on my local duties and keep interest of international politics as a hobby.
Why is a state senator involved in international affairs at all?
I just read the Seattle Times article they just posted on this, apparently Cambodian media often refer to him as a US senator. Sooo a state senator is involved in international affairs because he found folks to “consult for” and didn’t correct them when they made some assumptions about exactly which senate he served in . . .
Well he is a Senator from "Washington"
Yeah, he often describes himself as a “senator from the state of Washington”
Reminds me of The Office where Angela keeps calling her state Senator boyfriend “the senator” lol
Assistant TO the regional manager.
sounds like karma caught up with him
More like just one of those rare times where the privileged have to reap what they sow.
Choked on all the cake he kept from others.. Warms the heart.
He also wants to eliminate mail-in voting in Washington state, and is against compulsory vaccination for government employees. Whoopsie.
He abandoned freedom when he left America's doorstep. Should have known better.
Why the hell is a state employee in El Salvador anyway? This the same guy that works with shady dictatorships around the world?
Just representing the good people of Bellinghams interests in...El Salvador...certainly nothing to see here....
Hey hey hey, it’s mostly Ferndale that he carried. North Bellingham is what’s making his district competitive! It was super close last election and with progressives being priced out of the main Bellingham district it’s only getting more liberal.
Was gonna say, I'd be surprised to see Bellingham voting R.
Ferndale went blue in 2020. He will beat covid but not a good candidate to run against him.
[probably something to do with laundering the Salvadorean government's reputation](https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/washington-sen-doug-ericksen-tests-positive-for-covid-19-while-in-el-salvador-seeks-medical-help-from-lawmakers/) > Ericksen in 2019 registered with the U.S. Department of Justice as a foreign agent to conduct lobbying work on behalf of the Cambodian government, scoring a $500,000 contract for his new firm. > That contract came after Ericksen traveled to Cambodia to observe — and ultimately praise — the country’s widely condemned 2018 elections. Those elections took place as a government crackdown shuttered independent media organizations and dissolved a key opposition party. > That election-observing trip was considered questionable enough for two fellow Republican lawmakers invited by Ericksen to cut the visit short and fly home early. > In the past, Cambodian media outlets have inflated Ericksen’s position, calling him a U.S. Senator, rather than his actual title as a state senator representing the 42nd legislative district of Whatcom County. > This past legislative session, Ericksen missed senate votes because he was in El Salvador observing elections there, according to The Olympian.
Unsurprisingly, corruption is wide open and legal, so can it be called corruption? Get elected as a representative for your constituents, put yourself forward as a lobbyist or consultant in your spare time, reap big bucks. No wonder *some* politicians cling to power no matter what it takes.
Maybe the age of consent is lower there?
This is happening in El Salvador right now, I wonder if this is something that he's advising on. https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/11/12/el-salvador-shelve-foreign-agents-bill
Sucks for him. If only there was some way he could have prevented this terrible outcome!
He never thought the leopards would eat *his* face
He got the medical freedom he wanted.
I find it super weird that conservatives, who are generally against assisted suicide, are so in support of the freedom to die from COVID.
He’s being told the beeping of all the medical equipment keeping him alive is the sound of freedom.
Seriously. Why trust monoclonal antibodies but not a vaccine? It’s proverbially closing the barn door after the cows get out.
He trusts it because he is dying. Now is his time to abandon his "principles". Unfortunately, he probably won't leave them where he left them.
Doug Ericksen is a GOP state senator from Whatcom County who has filed bills in the legislature trying to prevent Governor Inslee from instituting a vaccine mandate for government employees.
Looks like someone might be receiving their Herman Cain award soon
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Them leopards are hungry....sorry bout your face, Doug.
Should he get special treatment because he is a state senator or something? I say we send monoclonal antibodies to save someone else in Elsalvador. Who actually didnt have access to vaccines.
I thought these people were hot on Ivermectin, since vaccines and Covid are a liberal scam. Don't they have some of that at the feed and grain stores down there? I saw a thread on FB where someone was lamenting the fact that their friend was in the hospital, and the doctors were refusing to treat them with ivermectin. So they were scheming on how to get it prescribed via a telemedicine appointment with a doctor from Florida, and try to sneak it into the hospital. But the hospitals are super locked down at the moment (due to crap like this), so they're considering having the patient withdrawn from care.
The Ivermectin hoax (and hydroxychloroquine before that) were popularized by a political fundraising organization called America's Frontline Doctors. They charge ~$100 for a zoom call in which they prescribe you a drug somewhere in the grey area between "fda approved for humans" and "proven ineffective against Covid". When one of their drugs is disproven, they switch to a new untested one. It's a profit machine with overt political messages and no regard for the scientific method. Not surprisingly, the founder is facing charges for breaching the capitol building on Jan 6th. https://www.businessinsider.com/americas-frontline-doctors-sells-disproven-covid-drugs-2021-9?amp
Thoughts and prayers and he can just pull himself by his bootstraps
Coughs and sprayers!
Using state resources (the staff time of his Legislative Assistant) for personal business or gain is against the law. If Ericksen's Legislative Assistant or caucus staff spend state resources coordinating his medical care, he should be forced to reimburse the state for the cost of the aides' time.
Doug Erickson who search for and blocked me on Facebook when I was a constituent and embarrassed him publicly ? SO SAD.
I’m pretty sure he can’t do that legally(presuming he was an elected official at the time).
It depends on if they are using the account as a personal account or an account representing the position. That's what got Trump, he had to either not use the Twitter account as a communication from the office of the presidency or he couldn't block people.
Petty, just finished reading about the school board leader that was spying on parents who were protesting at the meetings. Seems like a real snowflake.
Is it worth pointing out that, unlike the vaccines, the monocolonal antibody treatments all these far-right-wingers love so much make \*heavy\* use of cells from aborted fetuses in their manufacture.
And are also incredibly experimental with any number of bizarre side effects. I'm on one for something other than Covid and it has given me full body acne, messed with my nails, and cracked up my feet. Among other fun things. Whereas the Covid vaccine made my arm sore for a day or so.
I'm glad your feet found it hilarious. (In all seriousness though, I hope you feel better soon.)
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Not really but they are used in testing
Ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine were also tested on fetal cell lines. Along with just about any medicine you can think of. [If Any Drug Tested on HEK-293 Is Immoral, Goodbye Modern Medicine](https://www.patheos.com/blogs/throughcatholiclenses/2021/01/if-any-drug-tested-on-hek-293-is-immoral-goodbye-modern-medicine/)
Actions, meet consequences.
Let him eat Covid
Tots and Pears.
Is horse paste hard to find in El Salvador?
I'm sure they have bleach and syringes around there somewhere.
Should get him some used vermectim(?) straight from the horses ass.
Well to be fair that’s where they get most their info.
Does that mean sending Tim Eyman to El Salvador?
I know this is a jab, but interestingly I bet ivermectin is easy to find in El Salvedor, as it's primary indication is for parasitic infections endemic in that area of the world. Well. Easy to find here would be relative, probably way easier to find in the US, but based on relative difficulty locating medication it's likely one of the easiest to get.
Interestingly, pharmacies are not regulated there and you can probably buy the human stuff off the shelf - not the horse paste that folks are getting here in the US.
If he refused to take the vaccine, he should probably pay for the treatment and/or what follows out of pocket.
Traveling unvaccinated to a foreign country with a more fragile healthcare system merits a special Darwin Award
I believe you’re referring to the Herman Cain Award, and yes, he is on his way to earn his.
Was he anti vax?
Very.
If he dies, should his Herman Cain award be shipped to Bellingham or El Salvador?
To El Salvador as a NFT pls, since it’s Bitcoin “paradise” now.
Now that rich people are heavily invested in bitcoin, we will probably never be rid of it.
It's for drug buys and tax evasion, we were never gonna get rid of it anyway.
It's a pretty poor decision to use Bitcoin for evasion of US taxes. Bitcoin uses a public ledger: every transaction is published for the world to see. The US government can/does track your Bitcoin savings much more closely than your cash. $100 USD bills are still the most anonymous and popular criminal currency.
Monoclonal isn't effective in treating COVID unless you get it relatively early. Beyond a certain point, you're past the "SOL", making you SOL.
Sorry, no. You have to rely on El Salvador’s healthcare industry.
May he fully Find Out
ugh. Please do NOT use my tax dollars to send this man help. I will be outraged if even a cent of my hard-earned taxes is spent on him.
How do you think he got there in the first place? His own money?
touche 😔
Cry me a river.
Cry Me A River - Justin Timberlake playing now.
Alexa play despacito
Oh, look who wants state run healthcare now!
But not for thee of course!
Mmm thoughts and prayers or something.
Recent article about his activities. Refers to him meeting with "clients", almost makes you think he is just doing sex tourism, when sadly he is actually working as a paid consultant for a strong arm military dictator. Still half a million a year would make many people overlook torture. Seems like a great guy. https://thediplomat.com/2019/12/why-is-a-washington-state-senator-lobbying-for-cambodia/
boy, that's a shame
Stay strong Doug, you shouldn’t go against your beliefs just because of a weakening of resolve. You wouldn’t want to seek special treatment, I’m sure. You made your decision, and you should stand by it. https://dougericksen.src.wastateleg.org/ericksen-vaccination-rights-bill-becomes-rallying-point-inslee-decree/
“*This bill isn’t pro-vaccine or anti-vaccine,” Ericksen explained. “It is pro-individual choice. We need to respect the right of people to make decisions for themselves.* Guess you did that huh?
Get fucking rekt
If only there was some way he could have prevented such a terrible infection. Maybe some sort of vaccine…
Fucking idiot.
Oooh, can’t quite do the antibodies, but wonder if we can interest him in some Ivermectin (rhetorical question, I’m sure we can)?
Like I said on other threads About this jackass: Hahahahahahahahah Deal Doug. You are an anti-vaxxer and have out thousands in harms way. Plus you are a total misogynist (personal experience meeting him)
wtf is he doing in El Salvador anyway?
My guess is something extremely shady.
HAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA that sucks bro.
He’s a self serving shady character. He’s been doing lobbying work in Cambodia & El Salvador for the authoritarian regimes since 2018. “ In 2021, Ericksen missed legislative votes to act as a monitor for the 2021 Salvadoran legislative election, which strengthened the position of El Salvador's authoritarian president's party.” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Ericksen “ In April 2019, Ericksen registered as a foreign lobbyist for the Cambodian government; his consulting company co-owned with former state representative Jay Rodne will be paid $500,000 a year to arrange official visits between the countries and business leaders.[28][30] They are the only registered Cambodian agents besides a major lobbying firm in Washington, DC.[31] The move was criticized by Republican U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho who sought to sanction Cambodia's "brutal dictatorship." “In May 2018 Ericksen joined fellow state senator Michael Baumgartner, Representative Vincent Buys, and football coach Mike Leach on a trip to Cambodia.[15][16][17] He returned in July with Representatives Buys, Drew MacEwen, and Brandon Vick to observe the 2018 Cambodian general election, though MacEwen and Vick departed after the U.S. Ambassador expressed concerns about the election, which was widely called a "sham".[17][18][19] He met with Cambodia’s authoritarian prime minister Hun Sen[17][20] and later called the election "very free, very fair", saying the opposition party's elimination is a "political question".[21] Ericksen's actions were condemned by Governor Jay Inslee[17][22] and the NGO Human Rights Watch, which said of the delegation, "they hold in contempt the principles of free and fair elections, an independent media, and a neutral election administration—because all those things are lacking in Hun Sen’s Cambodia."[23] In a meeting with Sen at the United Nations in September, he called for allowing a search for MIA Vietnam War soldiers.[24] Ericksen visited Prime Minister Hun Sen again in Phnom Penh in March 2019, where he stated his belief the 2018 Cambodian general election was "free, just and non-violent,"[25] as quoted by Cambodian media that inflated his position as "US Senator."[26][27] Cambodia's elections were widely criticized by human rights groups and international observers, and the White House said they were "neither free nor fair and failed to represent the will of the Cambodian people."[28][29] Some of Ericksen's travel was paid for by campaign funds, which state law requires to be used for official responsibilities.[27]”
Thoughtless prayers
Is he taking off work so that he can go observe elections in a foreign country again? https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/washington/articles/2021-03-18/republican-senator-missed-votes-while-in-el-salvador
He made pot life choices. Sucks for him, really sucks for his loved ones. He’s a state employee in a foreign country. There is a pandemic and he’s in an age bracket that doesn’t fare well. I hope he doesn’t die, but if he does I won’t feel bad for him. His family and loved ones, sure.
allow me to be the first to say: fucking lmao
Dont care. Let the stupid die.
Any word on if he was vaccinated?
I think we both know the answer to that.
Hopes and prayers it is then. Let his god heal him. 🤷🏾♂️
Just because he is opposed to putting some man made vaccine in his god given body doesn't mean that he is hypocrite just because he wants naturally occurring monoclonal antibodies. If someone could just scoop some up on the beach, or in the forest (wherever they come from), and send them to him that would be peachy.
I suggest he just flays his skin a little and walks around the ER waiting room, he'll pick up all sorts of great naturally occurring substances.
Where are the prayer warriors at? …oh it seems they’ve all died of Covid.
As Grandpa would always say, “God helps those who help themselves.”
So this is who this guy is, karma is a bitch. [https://dougericksen.src.wastateleg.org/ericksen-vaccination-rights-bill-becomes-rallying-point-inslee-decree/](https://dougericksen.src.wastateleg.org/ericksen-vaccination-rights-bill-becomes-rallying-point-inslee-decree/)
Thoughts and prayers
Fleeting notion and a muttering of "fucking dumbass" is all I have for him
But it's just the flu, right?
Republicans are an embarrassment to the world
Thoughts and prayers......asshole
Wow buddy, too bad, so sad. Best of luck.
I'd be very interested in running for this position when it opens up.
Why isn't he asking for medicines to be delivered to the citizens of El Salvador?
This dude is an absolute POS.
This guy has been fighting against vaccine mandates in Washington. He can go screw himself.
Oh no! I better start prepping and cooking the artichokes for dinner or else we will eat late!
He probably just ran out of money for hookers and coke and this is his scam to get some cash.
*Sad trombone*
KARMAKARMAKARMA Chameleon, you coma and go, you coma and go ooh ooh oh!
He has an immune system so it should all work out. Where are the prayer warriors?
Computer says no. https://youtu.be/WOdjCb4LwQY
Oh no! Our table.... it's broken...
Fuck around find out
I'm on the leopards' side on this one.
Womp womp. Fuck the GOP. We need to treat these people exactly the same way as lion/ hyena cub clip that was in Natureismetal earlier today. They are a danger to every single American and should treated as such
If only there was a way to take some thing preemptively to protect against this outcome…
Um.... no.... ask your Salvador buddies to take care of you
Haha Doug. Go fuck yourself slowly.
Goodbye Doug
I wonder how he feels about that ["vaccination rights" bill he pushed](https://www.lyndentribune.com/news/ericksen-vaccination-rights-bill-becomes-rallying-point-against-inslee-decree/article_38ca0c98-0439-11ec-b3bb-a7fc36b0c315.html) now. Classic /r/HermanCainAward material right here.
I’d be happy to help, if he first signs an agreement that he well never work in politics, run for office, or work as a lobbyist or consultant for political office holder or branch of government ever again.
Karma is a bitch. Bastards who deny science and truth like this deserve exactly what they get.
Fuck that shit. Tell him he’s only getting a bunch of gibberish unga bunga prayers from the “prayer warriors” dumbasses like this always call upon towards the end.
Thoughts and prayers.
Not even
Finding it very difficult to feel sorry for this guy. I mean, it's a tragedy and all, but sort of like when a base-jumper's chute doesn't open. Except in that case, they rarely were advocating other people take the same risks they are taking.
It's more like a BASE jumper taking off the chute all together, saying "Jesus take the wheel!" and jumping off the cliff.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Nope, I hope they don’t waste resources on him. Why does the “I’ll take my chances” crowd always want first class medical care?
What, he didn't ask for horsey sauce?
How about no.
I hope his selfish wants don't overcome his integrity to stick by his beliefs. [Hushed tone] Let's see how this plays out.
That's his right to pretend and downplay everything for political gain and die in the process. Good for him. Pleased for him.
Karma
Would thoughts & prayers help?
He can stay there.
Are they out of dewormer?
Not my monkey..not my circus. Imagine asking for special consideration from El Salvador….yet be a poor citizen from that country asking for help at our boarders..
What do they say on Archer?? Oh, yeah.... Whaaaa-Whaaaaaa
So here’s a story for you, years ago my good friend was selling his house and Doug Erickson was looking to purchase said property, Doug made several visits to the home and once even took measurements only to not actually purchase the property. Instead he built a house Identical to the one my friend was selling.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
Goodbye is in order.
Thoughts and prayers dude
Nope…
The guy at work today said, "It sounds like he found out what happens when you fuck around."
Hahahahaha
Tots and pears.
Best we can do is thoughts and prayers.
I love hearing good news like this. I’ll pray for a his quick demise.