"Here comes the MEV - the Midterm Election Variant," tweeted Rep. Ronny Jackson, who, not for nothing, is also a physician. "They NEED a reason to push unsolicited nationwide mail-in ballots. Democrats will do anything to CHEAT during an election - but we're not going to let them!"

And then there was this from Fox News personality Pete Hegseth: "Count on a variant about every October, every two years."

The idea here is clear: The emergence of Omicron is a political gambit by Democrats designed to aid them at the ballot box."