'Even if we all get sick, I'd rather die than kill the country,' the TV personality said.
Younger people, he said, could stay home to protect themselves from the virus that causes COVID-19 while older people ― whoare more prone to the most serious cases ― should keep working.
“I would rather have my children stay home and all of us who are over 50 go in and keep this economy going and working,” he said in comments posted online by Media Matters. “Even if we all get sick, I’d rather die than kill the country.” Beck’s comments came after he said he was concerned that Democrats would “jam down” the Green New Deal in economic stimulus legislation while Americans are home “panicked” over COVID-19.“It’s not the economy that’s dying,” he said. “It’s the country.”
Glenn Beck says older Americans should return to work: “Even if we all get sick, I would rather die than kill the country”
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