Ohio State Rep. Tavia Galonski is not messing around. She just announced that she’s referring Donald Trump to the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity over his mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic.
“I can’t take it anymore,” Galonski tweeted Sunday. “I’ve been to The Hague. I’m making a referral for crimes against humanity tomorrow. Today’s press conference was the last straw. I know the need for a prosecution referral when I see one.”
I can’t take it anymore. I’ve been to The Hague. I’m making a referral for crimes against humanity tomorrow. Today’s press conference was the last straw. I know the need for a prosecution referral when I see one. https://t.co/XQin24gqY4
— Rep. Tavia Galonski (@RepGalonski) April 6, 2020
Galonski made the declaration shortly after Trump finished promoting the drug hydroxychloroquine during one of his daily televised campaign rallies press briefings.
Trump called hydroxychloroquine, which is normally used to treat malaria, a “game changer” in the fight against COVID-19. But its effectiveness has not been proven and is, in fact, the subject of fierce debate among medical experts.
It also has some pretty scary side effects, including loosening of the skin, inability to move the eyes, loss of color vision, paranoia, and feeling, seeing, or hearing things that are not there, just to name a few.
“What do you have to lose?” Trump said. “I’m not looking at it one way or another. But we want to get out of this. If it does work, it would be a shame if we didn’t do it early.”
Coincidentally, he also happens to have a financial interest in the company that manufactures it.
The New York Times reports that three of Trump’s family trusts have investments in a mutual fund whose largest holding is Sanofi, the company that makes Plaquenil, which is the brand-name of hydroxychloroquine.
Shortly after Trump boasted about the “game changing” drug, two federal agencies placed huge orders for it. And they used taxpayer money to pay for it.
Galonski tells the Beacon Journal that she plans to send a letter listing her concerns to the International Criminal Court within the next week.
According to its website, the court ”investigates and, where warranted, tries individuals charged with the gravest crimes of concern to the international community: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression.”
“Either by his intent or his incompetence, he is just gonna get people killed,” Galonski says, adding that she believes leaders must “follow the science” and not hunches to address this pandemic.
Related: Fox News is officially being sued for peddling coronavirus misinformation
ejkranz
And Trump is not even half as bad as Bolsonaro…
Kangol2
Are you sure? He is now presiding over one of the worst catastrophes in recent US history, took a far larger and more vibrant economy than Brazil’s and has driven it into the ground, his associations are documented to have repeatedly conspired with a hostile foreign power to put him in office, he then tried to frame his leading opponent by scheming with another country, he and his family have used the US government to enrich themselves, he violated campaign finance laws to hide affairs with a porn star and another woman, he’s been accused of rapes, he’s praised neo-Nazis, spewed anti-Semitic crap, stuffs the US courts with rabid homophobes, defies the US Constitution at will, and has had numerous associates be convicted of felonies, with a number of them now behind bars for their crimes. & this only scratches the surface of Dumpy the Con’s abominable behavior. Bolsonaro may be a fascist like Dumpy, but he’s still got a ways to go.
Creamsicle
@Kangol2 and that’s limiting it to the stuff he’s done while in office!
He’s stiffed so many contractors, I don’t know how he made it out of 2015 without at least one of them becoming a 60-minutes exposé. That’s to say nothing of the serial adultry he’s publicly bragged about on Howard Stern for decades, his many, many bankruptcies, or that Trump University was successfully sued for Fraud.
Josh447
6x bankrupt in his business life should have been the only red flag needed to send him down the river regarding presidency. We’re in bankruptcy as a nation and look who’s in office.
GayEGO
Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha! Another smear on Trump, he continues to be a buffoon!
Kangol2
Dumpy the Con’s family has trusts that have stakes in the manufacturers of hydroxychloroquine. Some intrepid reporter should ask Dumpy the Con about that at one of his daily blather-and-disinforrmation fests. He can’t rot in prison soon enough!
jlew64
I’m no fan of tRump but let’s not be misleading…. According WaPo: Trump’s stake in Sanofi from each trust is between $33 and $495 — or between about $100 and $1,500 in total.
Cam
You left out the part where major donors to Trump’s campaign have HUGE stakes in Sanofi.
Vince
“The billionaire and staunch Republican Ken Fisher—a donor to Trump—is one of Sanofi’s largest shareholders”
Yes. For the last few days they’ve only reported Dotards financial ties. Of coarse they’ll dig and now of coarse more comes out.
glennmcbride
*coarse?
o.codone
Using “coarse” is an error that Chrisk always makes. I’ve told him a thousand times about it, yet he persists. I wonder if Vince is another of Chrisk’s screen names or maybe it’s a common mistake made by … well. Can I say illiterates? Hmmm.
Cam
Is he color blind? That weird neon yellow color in the hair is ridiculous.
MISTERJETT
he thinks it’s cute.
MaxH
The US isn’t even a member of the ICC. They didn’t join because they knew their soldiers would be prosecuted for war crimes, not the majority of them, but the rapists and killers.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
• “It also has some pretty scary side effects, including loosening of the skin, inability to move the eyes, loss of color vision, paranoia, and feeling, seeing, or hearing things that are not there, just to name a few.”
• So basically we are now learning the Orange Turd has been mega dosing it for years!!
NealB
Once you’re elected president of the United States, incompetence is no longer a valid defense.
Jussie_Racist_Clown
It worked pretty well for Obama. But then again Obama had his entire presidency dismantled by Trump. So, who’s gonna notice.
SportGuy
Good!
Prax07
About time, hopefully he’ll be made to pay for his incompetence.
MISTERJETT
LOCK HIM UP!!!!!!
nitejonboy
He should have already been put on trial by them for putting kids in cages in camps.May he burn in hell.
youarederanged
Guess Obama and him would be cell mates then for doing the same thing. LOL
youarederanged
Her referral is going nowhere. And he’ll be re-elected. Yet derangement continues.
Cam
Aaaaaannnnnd another old screename is brought out of storage because the right wing troll account keeps getting exposed.
o.codone
@Cam. Is there anything else you’d like to say? All the angry rhetoric about “old screen names” and “trolls” is long since tired. Really tired. And, that anger is becoming intolerable. Why are you here if every single word triggers you into a homicidal rage? Go elsewhere. Your hostility is ugly and boring. Please. Stop it. You’re not convincing anyone of anything because nobody can hear a word of what you post. All everyone hears is your anger. I’m angry, I’m angry, I’m angry. Stop it.
rodzilla
Does everyone know the TRUMP VS VERA COKING story? It is the epitome of Trump’s vileness and incompetence. It should be shouted from the rooftops come election time. Loser indeed!
Jussie_Racist_Clown
Just read the Coking story. I’m still yawning. You’re making a really big deal out of absolutely nothing. Take a pill and relax a little.
o.codone
I regret that my comment about this post was deleted by the Q editors. It was one of my best comments and took a bit of time to compose. They zapped it because they didn’t want to hear that this congress person was making a public fool of herself. Can’t handle the truth.
Hey Cam, would you like to take a moment and call me a salacious name at this juncture? You know, your usual, “troll”, blah, blah, blah. I’ll never know why the editors let you get away with all your name-calling and negativity. Unless …. maybe ….