Senator Martha McSally Gage Skidmore, CC 2.0
By Josh Kelety | Phoenix New Times
Republican Arizona Senator Martha McSally said recently in an interview that government-mandated lockdowns to curb the spread of COVID-19 are about “power” and “control.”
Her statements come as new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are rising across the United States, including in Arizona. Some states, like Idaho, have reinstated restrictions on outdoor and indoor gatherings to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
McSally’s comments were made during an October 26 interview with Robert Kraychik of Breitbart News, a conservative news outlet. McSally had been asked for her “thoughts” on the coronavirus and “lockdowns.”
In response, McSally, who has consistently trailed her Democratic challenger Mark Kelly in the polls during the course of her reelection campaign, repeatedly claimed that government-imposed lockdown measures designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19, especially when enacted in “blue states,” are about “power” and “control.” She also asserted that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and Kelly will “lock down the country.”
