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Anti-Vax Cop Who Told Guv to ‘Kiss My Ass’ Dies After Battle With COVID
Washington State trooper Robert LaMay was fired in the fall for defying a vaccine mandate.
A former Washington State trooper who was fired for refusing to get the COVID vaccine—and then went viral in a video in which he told the governor to “kiss my ass”—has died after being infected with the coronavirus, two people close to his family confirmed to The Daily Beast.
Robert LaMay, 50, became a hero to anti-vaxxers in October when he defied the state mandate and became one of dozens of troopers to lose their job over it.
From his cruiser, LaMay filmed his final signoff, saying, “This will be the last time you hear me in a state patrol car. And Jay Inslee can kiss my ass.”
Afterward, he told reporters that he did not trust the vaccine, despite overwhelming evidence that it is safe and effective at preventing severe disease.
The married father of four said he was also waiting for a sign from God that he should take it and never got one, and also said the government should not be mandating vaccines (even though governments have long required other vaccinations).
“You should not be forcing this,” he told KOMO at the time. “If you start forcing things like this what’s next?”
After leaving the patrol, LaMay embarked on media appearances and public speaking engagements, at one point appealing for gas money in a GoFundMe post. In a profile piece shortly after he resigned, LaMay said he was working as a traffic flagger.
Jeffrey Thomas, a cousin, told The Daily Beast that his mother had kept him updated on LaMay’s condition since he was hospitalized about four weeks ago. Thomas was told LaMay had been on a ventilator before succumbing to the virus around 3 p.m. Friday.
“I was kind of in shock,” Thomas, 52, said. “I thought it was maybe from the flu or something. I was kind of shocked that it was COVID-related.”
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