http://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2025/02/13/oilfield-rando-ngo-behind-taiwanese-woman-who-died-from-lack-of-oxygen-n2408278
Yesterday, we saw the Left blame the USAID funding freeze for the death of a Taiwanese woman in Thailand (a nation that has universal healthcare, FYI).
It was the first official entry in the 'Donald Trump's DOGE is killing people!' log, and it certainly won't be the last. But there's more to the story than meets the eye, of course.
We'll start here, with this claim that such an action is 'evil':
Armand Domalewski (@ArmandDoma) ~ evil
No, it's not evil at all.
(((Aaron Walker))) (@AaronWorthing) ~ {Replying to @ArmandDoma} Your screencap leaves out the fact that this woman wasn’t even in the United States or a United States citizen. Is it America’s job to take care of every person on the planet? Go yell at the people running the country that she lives in.
As we mentioned, Thailand has universal healthcare. Why didn't they step up?
(((Aaron Walker))) (@AaronWorthing) ~ {Replying to @ArmandDoma} Also @ArmandDoma, note that the article does not make any specific allegation that cutting off funds caused this death. Your screenshot says that she died after we stopped giving her free supplementary oxygen. So literally, she could’ve been run over by a car and that sentence would’ve still been true. The article itself indicates that she’s been in and out of that clinic, meaning that she didn’t have to constantly be in it.
And, you still have to ask yourself why didn’t the local authorities do what they needed to do to provide aid to her and why is it suddenly our job to provide it. She’s not an American citizen. She’s not in America.
And we are over $30 trillion in debt.
Bingo. She could've been run over by a car, kicked by a horse. If she was in and out of clinics, she was chronically ill and could have died of natural causes regardless of oxygen.
But let's dig deeper into the NGO who was 'helping' this woman:
Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) ~ The NGO that let the old lady in Thailand die because they couldn't afford oxygen is: International Rescue Committee (IRC). IRC's CEO, David Milliband, has a salary of $1.2 MILLION. Big score for former member of British Parliament! Other officers pulling $300k-400k. Also ... 🧵
Oh, look at that.
The CEO and several officers were making a lot of money.
Yeah, and are the American taxpayers footing part of the bill for these substantial salaries???
But, it doesn't stop there.
Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) ~ Did you know that IRC's annual revenue is over $1.3 BILLION? A big driver of their revenue? HHS and State Department grants for ... assistance/resettlement for "refugees" and entrants to the U.S. Yep, an illegal immigration NGO!
They received $430 million for it from '21-'23.
Well now, lookie here! Not only is the American taxpayer unwittingly funding a good portion of these NGO officer salaries, but we're paying them to help foreigners illegally invade our country. Calling Attorney General Pam Bondi! May we have your attention please, Madam Attorney General?
And they couldn't pay for her oxygen?
A quick Google search shows that an oxygen concentrator costs less than $800. If you don't know what an oxygen concentrator is, it's a machine that takes in room air and converts it to pure oxygen. So as long as it's plugged into a power source, it has unlimited oxygen.
Why couldn't they find $800 in that $1.3 billion to get her a concentrator and power source?
Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) ~ My previous reporting on this laughably corrupt NGO that suddenly didn’t have the money for old Thailand meemaw’s oxygen because the mean orange man cut USAID funding:
http://randoland.us/bill_breakdowns/refugee-revenue-internation-rescue-committees-430-million-in-grants-under-biden/
Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) ~ In 2023, IRC reported having $630 MILLION in assets, including $169 million in CASH!!! Also $98 million in the stock market. So, why exactly did @RESCUEorg not just buy that old lady some oxygen? Where's the money?
But, BAD ORANGE MAN TOOK THEIR MONEY!
Nope. President Trump is trying to recover OUR money - stolen from us by Biden and his Democrat comrades.
Jeff Richman (@jcrichman) ~ It sounds so terrible. And then we look into it and find a crazy story of wealthy aristocrats exploiting day laborer refugees around the world. What do we all want to bet that these aristocrats had some involvement in the very violence that created the refugees?
And this stuff would never be reported if not for X.
Chad West (@Chad_WestReal) ~ It happened in Thailand, not the middle of nowhere. The government of Thailand could provide care if they wanted to, but they don't. End of story.
Thailand has universal healthcare, the thing Lefties love to tell us is morally superior.
Weird how it doesn't function without U.S. taxpayer money.
justburt (@anonymou5e_1) ~ Congress needs to act to end this shit. Executive Orders ain't good enough.
If this writer were in Congress, every single E.O. would become a one- or two-page piece of legislation brought forth for a vote.
Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) ~ What are odds they cut off her oxygen for a headline they thought would sway public opinion against @DOGE?
Would any of us be surprised by this? They will find ways to be extraordinarily cruel just to blame Trump.
Bank on that.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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