Anti-Vax GOP State Rep Begs For Medication Because He’s Stranded In El Salvador And Sick With Something

The Seattle Times reports: 

State Sen. Doug Ericksen is stranded in El Salvador after testing positive for COVID-19 there, and he has sought help from fellow Republican lawmakers to send him monoclonal antibody treatments. Ericksen told KIRO radio he was “fighting a bad bout” with the virus. A fierce critic of Gov. Jay Inslee’s emergency pandemic orders — including the recent vaccine mandates — Ericksen this year sponsored legislation to protect the rights of people who won’t get vaccinated.

It was unclear Friday why Ericksen visited El Salvador — but it’s not his first visit to that country or others in recent years. Ericksen in 2019 registered with the U.S. Department of Justice as a foreign agent to conduct lobbying work on behalf of the Cambodian government, scoring a $500,000 contract for his new firm. That contract came after Ericksen traveled to Cambodia to observe — and ultimately praise — the country’s widely condemned 2018 elections.

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NEW: Washington Sen. Doug Ericksen, R-Ferndale is stranded in El Salvador after testing positive for COVID-19 there, and has sought help from fellow Republican lawmakers to send him monoclonal antibody treatments.@OlympiaJoe: https://t.co/dapkdmBstC

— The Seattle Times (@seattletimes) November 13, 2021