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Definitely, but she did literally politicize it. She could have left it at "I'll take it up on doctor's recommendation", but she didn't.
by systemvoltage 5y ago
Definitely, but she did literally politicize it. She could have left it at "I'll take it up on doctor's recommendation", but she didn't.
- mindslight 5y agoFrom my perspective, Harris was echoing what was already widespread common sense. Trump had four years of undermining longstanding American institutions (the "deep state"), which had just culminated in his fully committing to nonsensical covid denial [0]. Having an irrational autocrat at the helm destroys public trust, because in addition to the everpresent worry of nonpartisan political motives (eg approve this vaccine so some company can make money), we have to worry about more direct partisan political motives (eg approve this vaccine to make me look good). [0] Still trying to give him the benefit of the doubt, I personally thought Trump was going to come around to reality by June 2020. Doing so would have made him a shoe-in for a second term.
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