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You're the one trying to retcon reality. Trump undermined initial vaccination efforts, defunded health agencies and downplayed the severity of the pandemic[0..
by krapp 2y ago
You're the one trying to retcon reality.
Trump undermined initial vaccination efforts, defunded health agencies and downplayed the severity of the pandemic[0..2] and then took credit for all of it. He mocked masks and refused to wear a mask or get vaccinated[3..5], then he got vaccinated. And just days ago he said he would consider defunding schools that required vaccines[6].
No one is going to buy this narrative that Democrats were the anti-vaxxers all along and Trump and the Republicans were always pro-vaccine. All of this is recent history. It wasn't that long ago. We were all there. We remember how it was.
[0]https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/covid-vaccine-distribution-undermined-trump-playing-politics-transfer-power-ncna1247305 https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/covid-vaccine-distribu...
[1]https://www.science.org/content/article/inside-story-how-trumps-covid-19-coordinator-undermined-cdc https://www.science.org/content/article/inside-story-how-tru...
[2]https://www.statnews.com/2021/01/31/trump-officials-lobbied-to-deny-states-money-for-vaccine-rollout/ https://www.statnews.com/2021/01/31/trump-officials-lobbied-...
[3]https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-downplaying-virus-mocked-wearing-masks-months/story?id=73392694 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-downplaying-virus-mock...
[4]https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-says-he-is-unlikely-to-get-covid-19-vaccine-booster-shot-11630694477 https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-says-he-is-unlikely-to-ge...
[5]https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/06/politics/donald-trump-mask-arizona/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/06/politics/donald-trump-mask-ar...
[6]https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/trump-vows-to-defund-schools-requiring-vaccines-for-students-if-hes-reelected https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/trump-vows-to-defund-schoo...
- gadders 2y ago>>No one is going to buy this narrative that Democrats were the anti-vaxxers all along and Trump and the Republicans were always pro-vaccine. All of this is recent history. It wasn't that long ago. We were all there. We remember how it was. No-one is saying that. It's just as false as it is to say the Republicans (and Trump) were never pro-vaccine. They were, but once a) the lack of severity of COVID was better understood, and b) the lack of effectiveness and the side effects of the vaccine became known, they became more sceptical. And masks still don't work, and are a waste of time. The science tells us that.