The Insane Conspiracy Theory That Republicans Are Trying to Prolong the Pandemic

Conspiratorial thinking runs deep among a certain species of progressive pundit, but even by that standard, this is nuts. Brian Beutler of Crooked Media argues that the Republican Party has intentionally “sabotaged” vaccination and pursued a deliberate strategy of “killing people” in order to prolong the pandemic and blame Joe Biden:

Greg Sargent of the Washington Post approvingly shared this theory. It is obvious nonsense.