Negligent homicide is the killing of another person through gross negligence or without malice…It is characterized as a death caused by death by conduct that grossly deviated from ordinary care. Negligent homicide may be charged as a lesser-included offense of manslaughter. It is also sometimes referred to as “involuntary manslaughter”.
https://definitions.uslegal.com/n/negligent-homicide/
I thought he simply was the stupidest man that had ever sat behind the Resolute Desk. I thought his overlarge, supremacist ego prevented him from effectively doing his job. I was wrong.
He knew
In his own words, on tape to Bob Woodward in February, the President admitted that he knew COVID-19 was 5X deadlier than the ‘common flu;’ he knew that it was airborne. He lied to the American public. He said it would “go away like a miracle”. All of the unmasked, mask-ridiculing, MAGA events with a thousand people standing shoulder to shoulder were scenes of negligent homicide. The President has been killing the people who would vote for him, if they were still alive. If he had merely told people to wear masks, thousands of people would not have died. What kind of person does that?
From Jennifer Rubin:
When the president deliberately lies to the American people — as multiple presidents during the Vietnam War did (as we learned from the Pentagon Papers) — and many Americans die as a result, even loyal members of his own party must condemn him and demand he step away. His actions cost critical time, prevented earlier lockdowns and provided a false sense of security to vulnerable people. In all likelihood, tens of thousands of dead Americans would be alive today if he had acted with minimal competence and honesty.
This situation is not unlike Trump’s impeachment hearings. Overwhelming evidence, including the president’s own words documented in the rough transcript of the July 25, 2019, call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, demonstrated that Trump had betrayed the United States by extorting an ally at war with Russia for his own electoral benefit. Senate Republicans are not stupid; they merely refused to acknowledge what was before their eyes.
Now, we have similar malfeasance — precisely the sort of noncriminal but impeachable behavior that the impeachment clause is designed to uncover. Once again, Republicans will claim up is down and night is day. They will refuse to accept Trump’s own words confessing to a deception that cost thousands of American lives. They will not call for his resignation or call for him to withdraw from the election. They would rather continue to support a president demonstrably unfit than risk the wrath of Trump and his cult, just as they overlooked the threat to the lives of Ukrainians…
In his memorable summation at the impeachment trial, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) declared, “History will not be kind to Donald Trump. If you find that the House has proved its case, and still vote to acquit, your name will be tied to his with a cord of steel and for all of history.” Republicans did not care. Now that Americans’ lives have been sacrificed at the altar of Trump’s ego, Republicans face another hinge moment: say nothing and join Trump in the dumpster of history, or speak up, call for his resignation and recapture a modicum of respect. Sadly, there is little doubt they will choose the former.
Bob Woodward is complicit in this negligent homicide. He knew in February, also. He had the President’s words on tape. And he chose not to say anything.
Sometime next week, 200,000 US citizens will have died.
This was not necessary.
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