FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2021
Trump promotes coronavirus vaccines and booster shots, still opposes Biden’s vaccine-or-testing mandates
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Trump at an Aug. 21 rally in Cullman, Ala., where he was booed
after encouraging vaccination for the coronavirus. (Photo by Chip
Somodevilla, Getty Images, via The Wall Street Journal)
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“Some in and around Trump’s orbit have long pleaded with him to get behind vaccination pushes, if for no other reason than to remind Americans of the scientific achievements that advanced during his presidency,” including rapid development of the vaccines, Rick Klein writes for ABC News.
“Yes,” Trump said. O’Reilly replied, “I got it too,” Mr. O’Reilly said. Many boos were heard, and Trump waved his arms, saying, “Don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t,” and pointing to what he called “a very tiny group over there.”
In a later interview with conservative commentator Candace Owens on the Daily Wire, Trump said the vaccine development “was one of the greatest achievements; we did it in less than nine months. . . . Some people aren’t taking it; the ones that get very sick and go to the hospital are the ones that don’t take the vaccine, but it’s still their choice. And if you take the vaccine, you’re protected.”
ABC adds, “Both Trump and Owens expressed their continued opposition to vaccine and mask mandates, and Trump also claimed that prior infection from Covid-19 protects in a similar way to the vaccine. That claim is disputed by medical experts who say that the protection from the vaccine and a booster shot is stronger than protection from prior infection.”
Trump “has previously encouraged his supporters to get vaccinated,” notes The Wall Street Journal. He was briefly booed at a rally in Alabama in August after urging attendees to get a Covid-19 shot. “You got to do what you have to do, but I recommend: Take the vaccines,” he said. “I did it. It’s good.” In September, he told the Journal that he probably wouldn’t get a booster shot. But that was before the Omicron variant appeared.
Too late now should of done this a year ago. Going to be hard for his people to take this in after being silent on the vaccines for over a year. Just like what he caused on January 6th he has started something going to be hard to stop.
You must be confused. It was Joe and Kamela who was sowing doubt in the vaccine leading up to and just after election. Trump sees the fast tracking of the vaccines one of his greatest accomplishments. Just because Trump or Biden say take it doesn’t mean you should. Research it, speak to your doctor, and make up your own mind. As far as Jan 6th goes its a farce to blame the breaching of the capital on Trump. When there is video evidence of the day before people (who has not been arrested or charged) going around suggesting to breach it. That was right up front Jan 6th telling folks what to do. If the truth ever comes out they were most likely FBI informants who were encouraging that behavior, planning it, and helping to achieve it. If that comes out to be true, it’s sad when the govt encourages/orchestrates citizens to commit crimes. To my knowledge no one has been charged with insurrection so why is it still being called that? Where are those so called fact checkers calling out the media?
Jeremiah if your boy Trump had any evidence at all of election fraud where is it ? It’s been over a year now even MyPillow guy has gave up. As far as the vaccine if your boy Trump had done a TV shot of him and his wife getting the vaccine instead of sneaking around and getting it could of saved a lot of lives instead he has poisoned the water with his actions. If your boy Trump has nothing to hide why is he sueing congress from getting his records
How did you go from vaccines and Jan 6th to election fraud claims? I don’t know how much or little fraud happened in the 2020 election. I said the day after they declared Biden the winner it would not be overturned and any claims by Trump or any one else that it would be were most likely wrong. What did happen was 2 months of mail in voting, ballots sent to every residence registered to vote or not, little steps to verify the voter, drop boxes on corners for ballots, no voter ID, different rules for mail-in ballots than voting in person, extended time frames to vote, etc. All took place in 2020. What happend to 1 day to vote showing an ID or absentee voting? Now on to the Trump getting his shot. Who cares! I don’t ask Trump or any government official to decide if I should or should not take a shot. Their decision to take it does not matter to me. I will make my own mind up if I want to put an experimental gene therapy in my body. Why do you need the government or some celebrity to tell you it’s ok to take a medicine? Why does them doing it on TV or in secret matter? I trust politicians about as much as I trust Elvis flying in a space ship and Bigfoot being your neighbor Kag. You democrats incapable of making up your own minds or must you have Big Brother to tell you?
Jeremiah January 6th is about election fraud your guy Trump told you and his sheep that the election was stolen and to this day is still telling the Big Lie without showing ANY PROOF.
Jeremiah your boy Trump talked thousands into stopping the certification of the election on January 6th and when they stopped the count he told them to go home and they did. If your guy Trump can talk his people into something this crazy just think what good he could of done if he and his wife would of took the vaccine in front of the TV cameras instead of sneaking around and taking the shots.
Jeremiah you ever hear that old saying it’s not what you think but what you can prove it’s good advice.
It’s funny republican’s won a lot of other races in those states but not the president. So by your way of seeing things then those republican wins are fraud you can’t have it both ways. Now as far as voting by mail. First you have to be registered voter to vote we can agree on that at least I hope we can. But after 14 months there has been NO PROOF of election fraud. I believe it should be easy to vote there are states that now any resident can vote by mail some of them it’s the only way.
Now as far as accusation Biden and VP Harris of sowing doubt about the vaccine that’s not true they said they would not believe Trump but would follow the science and doctors they did get the vaccines in front of the cameras.
Kag,
I will agree I don’t think “fraud” in the sense that Trump was pushing was major wide spread. The fraud was partially what I laid out above. Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada etc. changed election rules, many states allowed voting for weeks before election, they sent ballots to everyone including dead people because they don’t update voter roles. I can go on and on. In that mail in ballot how do some of these states know who filled it out or signed it. They never even went back to verify signature compared to a registration. That stuff was the “fraud”. Voting has always been meant to have informed citizens on the candidates and issues to be voting. Not people who just fills in a circle cause the person next to them told them to. It’s not about everyone voting in the country but about every informed citizen who wants to vote getting to. I want as many informed people as possible voting. Your informed Kag even though we disagree politically. We will never agree on Jan 6th. I listened to Trumps speech and heard him say “to let our voices be heard” he never told them to breech the capital. Again I would like to point out the very real likely hood that our own FBI encouraged storming the capital the day before. Now on to the shot situation with Trump getting his in secret maybe someone cares idk but I don’t. It shouldn’t influence people one way or another. If it does idk what to say. Biden getting it didn’t make me want to or not want to get it. I can say the same if you insert the name Trump.
Jeremiah it’s the states right to change election laws and 2 of the states you say changed their election rules are controlled by your republicans Nevada controlled by democrats you are making no sense. As far as dead people voting can you and your boy Trump proved they voted as of today NO. I think they showed a couple of dead people voted but it was for Trump. Again it’s not what you think it’s what you can prove. Her is a couple examples of dead people voting that actually got caught.
https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-government-and-politics-d34effeea6c341d6c44146931127caff
https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/oct/26/how-gop-spun-dead-voter-allegation-nevada/
And yes Trump was behind the attempted coup on January 6th he lied to his people the election was stolen without any proof without the lies January 6th would not happen. Why did it take Trump over 3 hours to tell his people to go home if you actually believe his hands are clean of the attempted coup. As far as your FBI tale let’s just say you are reaching for excuses for Trump. If you think Trump done no wrong about January 6th let’s get the evidence out and let all the people decide for themselves.