Rhode Island doesn't come up a whole lot unless you need a handy way to illustrate the size of, say, an asteroid or an isolated landmass in the Solomon Islands or something.

But the tiny little state was in the news recently for a piece of Democratic-backed legislation that would levy massive fines on unvaccinated state residents:

Violating the proposed vaccine mandate would come with a price. Violators would face "a civil penalty of $50 and shall owe twice the amount of personal income taxes."

Employers would be responsible for enforcement, requiring workers to provide proof or face a $5,000 fine for each unvaccinated worker.

Gee, that should be a slam-dunk piece of legislation; everyone in the state should love it! So it's a wonder these Democrats are apparently trying to sweep the whole thing under the rug:

Rhode Island senators put their names on Bill S.2552, which would require every person at least 16 years old in the state to be immunized against COVID-19.

NBC 10 News learned that two removed their names from the bill...

Some of the senators who introduced the bill on March 1 did not want to talk about it anymore. ...

NBC 10 reached state Sens. [and bill sponsors] Jonathon Acosta and Tiara Mack by phone. Neither wanted to comment.

Ahh, they didn't want to comment, huh?

I mean, it's a bit odd that they're being so quiet about it. If you're going to slap about one-fifth of your entire state with huge penalties because they didn't want to undergo an experimental medical procedure and sign up for a lifetime of "booster shots"—why wouldn't you want to run on that? It's electoral gold!

Own this, Democrats! You've earned it!

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