MSNBC’s Reid: Ebola Spread in ‘Private Hospital in a Red State’ (UPDATED)

While voices on the right have been criticizing the Obama administration for not more aggressively blocking ebola from U.S. entry (when they’re not just wantonly blaming Obama), some on the left have been decrying spending cuts on public health, especially in “Rick Perry’s Texas.”

On that note:

To the anti-government wingers in my thread: so far, the only "spread of Ebola" in the U.S. was caused by a private hospital in a red state.

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) October 12, 2014

The replies — and, oh are there replies — ran the gamut:

@JoyAnnReid thank you!

— Joan Walsh (@joanwalsh) October 12, 2014

@JoyAnnReid omg… Are u really that low?

— Stephanie King (@txstk) October 12, 2014

@JoyAnnReid @DAbitty yes where special legislative sessions 2 close safe abortion clinics more important thn protocols 4 infectious disease

— Jodi Jacobson (@jljacobson) October 12, 2014

I see that Joy Reid is on her usual sparkling form. http://t.co/koqhzlAVb8

— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) October 12, 2014

Those were the polite responses.

UPDATE: Reid followed up with a contextual tweets:

Context to my prior Ebola tweet: I was trying to make the point that politics – red or blue – is irrelevant to the "spread of Ebola."

— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) October 13, 2014

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