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NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
Tue Jul 20, 2021, 08:00 PM Jul 2021

Why the deep fried fuck are republicans suddenly endorsing and recommending the vaccine today?






Even a local Florida State Rep republican who can usually be found safely up desantis' butt is advocating for them. It looks like he got told to go get it today?



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Why the deep fried fuck are republicans suddenly endorsing and recommending the vaccine today? (Original Post) NightWatcher Jul 2021 OP
News broke that Faux has employee vax "passport!" SheltieLover Jul 2021 #1
Do you think that its about getting in front of that story? NightWatcher Jul 2021 #4
Reaction to it imo SheltieLover Jul 2021 #8
I hope that's the case - I thought the same. Treefrog Jul 2021 #27
Ikr? SheltieLover Jul 2021 #38
I think strategists have finally gotten through to them that it is their own supporters dying... hlthe2b Jul 2021 #2
Pls see post 5 SheltieLover Jul 2021 #6
Yup.. It is all additive and Fox is 'caught' hlthe2b Jul 2021 #14
👍 SheltieLover Jul 2021 #39
because the stock market tanked yesterday... agingdem Jul 2021 #3
Bingo Walleye Jul 2021 #33
yep. nt BootinUp Jul 2021 #36
News links about vax "passport" SheltieLover Jul 2021 #5
I Expect, Sir The Magistrate Jul 2021 #7
We blame republicans for the stacks of dead school kids shot by guns and they don't care. NightWatcher Jul 2021 #10
I think they realized that nine out of ten people (or is that 99 out of 100?) Mr.Bill Jul 2021 #40
News broke yesterday that Faux has an employee vax "passport" SheltieLover Jul 2021 #11
Was the CNN piece sep. posted here, yet? appalachiablue Jul 2021 #20
They are realizing they are killing their base...Not a good business model ace3csusm Jul 2021 #9
That is my guess. nt Blue_true Jul 2021 #18
Me too. panader0 Jul 2021 #30
The rabid right is so transparent. They see the numbers and the people who are dying. Blue_true Jul 2021 #32
This message was self-deleted by its author Blue_true Jul 2021 #37
It's a lousy political strategy for "owning the libs"...... lastlib Jul 2021 #48
Yesterday's stock market dive Sanity Claws Jul 2021 #12
Exactamundo. vanlassie Jul 2021 #23
+1 sarcasmo Jul 2021 #52
Ask the men who write the checks. bluedigger Jul 2021 #13
McConnell just got word that Chump is no longer planning FakeNoose Jul 2021 #15
It is about numbers. Blue_true Jul 2021 #16
Because their moronic voter base is about to get stomped on by the "New Wave" of the virus. nt Progressive Jones Jul 2021 #17
This is a result of a couple of things... BigmanPigman Jul 2021 #19
I'll add a #3. Their pollsters are telling them that more people dying of Covid is not Raven Jul 2021 #24
This news for me is that - this rw pro-vaccine shift is not good for trump. empedocles Jul 2021 #21
Stock market dropped and the business titans hammered them in the head about no money. Pisces Jul 2021 #22
my guess: threats of being sued Skittles Jul 2021 #25
This con lsewpershad Jul 2021 #26
They know that any surge will be blamed on them. Nt Baked Potato Jul 2021 #28
Love your question ... Delphinus Jul 2021 #29
News that 99% of those infected are unvaccinated. panader0 Jul 2021 #31
"Another major outbreak might hurt the stock market!" nt Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2021 #34
Because they realize their base will possibly die off JesterCS Jul 2021 #35
I have a personal reason to explain why. My mother. GulfCoast66 Jul 2021 #41
+1, uponit7771 Jul 2021 #47
They saw President Biden's 66 pct approval on handling the pandemic. roamer65 Jul 2021 #42
Yep. The script is already published. The resurrection is on them. GulfCoast66 Jul 2021 #49
800-point dip in the DOW yesterday... JHB Jul 2021 #43
Check out Pfizer's 5 day stock price average. KentuckyWoman Jul 2021 #44
It's about the election next year... kentuck Jul 2021 #45
They know it's their people that are dying uponit7771 Jul 2021 #46
They're afraid their voters are dying off? Retrograde Jul 2021 #50
Wild guess.. 'cause his voters are Cha Jul 2021 #51

hlthe2b

(101,730 posts)
2. I think strategists have finally gotten through to them that it is their own supporters dying...
Tue Jul 20, 2021, 08:03 PM
Jul 2021

Plus, I think it is possible that Fox in-house counsel have probably been hearing (possibly from WH counsel) how damned exposed they are to class-action lawsuits.

Behind the scenes I suspect a lot is being discussed and RWers are realizing they are holding the bag.

agingdem

(7,759 posts)
3. because the stock market tanked yesterday...
Tue Jul 20, 2021, 08:03 PM
Jul 2021

Last edited Tue Jul 20, 2021, 09:37 PM - Edit history (1)

and those republican assholes are invested in the market...

The Magistrate

(95,237 posts)
7. I Expect, Sir
Tue Jul 20, 2021, 08:05 PM
Jul 2021

Some finally realized August and September are going to look like last January, and they will be blamed.

Great piles of corpses command attention, and cannot be blinked away.

'Vote for me! I've killed a million, and want to do more!' is a pretty poor campaign platform, even, I suspect, in Mississippi....

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
10. We blame republicans for the stacks of dead school kids shot by guns and they don't care.
Tue Jul 20, 2021, 08:07 PM
Jul 2021

I wonder if there's something bigger, like a divorce from trump.

Mr.Bill

(24,104 posts)
40. I think they realized that nine out of ten people (or is that 99 out of 100?)
Tue Jul 20, 2021, 10:23 PM
Jul 2021

who die in the next wave will be republican voters.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
32. The rabid right is so transparent. They see the numbers and the people who are dying.
Tue Jul 20, 2021, 09:20 PM
Jul 2021

I bet if the people dying due to not being vaccinated were Democratic Party leaning, Mitch and Co would not care.

Response to panader0 (Reply #30)

Sanity Claws

(21,822 posts)
12. Yesterday's stock market dive
Tue Jul 20, 2021, 08:07 PM
Jul 2021

They don't give a damn about people's health. They heard from their wealthy donors about how their stock portfolios were being affected.

FakeNoose

(32,356 posts)
15. McConnell just got word that Chump is no longer planning
Tue Jul 20, 2021, 08:17 PM
Jul 2021

... to knife him in the back. Suddenly Chump is backing off of this, so these guys don't have to lie any more. Even Faux Noise is changing their tune.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
16. It is about numbers.
Tue Jul 20, 2021, 08:19 PM
Jul 2021

Their voters are the people that are refusing to get vaccinated, and the Delta variant is likely to kill some of them. Democrats are heavily vaccinated and my guess is the 6 percent of Democrats who don’t plan to get vaccinated either have valid medical reasons or they are basically republican types who just haven’t bothered to re-register as republicans.

I suspect that among African Americans, the people who are not getting vaccinated either have valid medical reasons, or they are people that have simply tuned out and likely have never voted.

Make no mistake, republicans and Fox News likely have access to numbers showing that they are attriting active voters to COVID19 much, much faster than Democrats are, that makes a huge difference in close races.

BigmanPigman

(51,432 posts)
19. This is a result of a couple of things...
Tue Jul 20, 2021, 08:21 PM
Jul 2021

1. Fux Ruse's vaxxed its employees and word is getting out that they are hypocrites.
2. The Dow tanked so $$$ is what the GQP usually respond to.

Raven

(13,872 posts)
24. I'll add a #3. Their pollsters are telling them that more people dying of Covid is not
Tue Jul 20, 2021, 08:29 PM
Jul 2021

going to be good "optics" for the mid-terms so they figure that they'll get on the pro-vaccine bandwagon and then lie and say they've been on it from the start.

Pisces

(5,592 posts)
22. Stock market dropped and the business titans hammered them in the head about no money.
Tue Jul 20, 2021, 08:25 PM
Jul 2021

Money is their God and the only thing that matters. Money not lives matter.

Skittles

(152,967 posts)
25. my guess: threats of being sued
Tue Jul 20, 2021, 08:37 PM
Jul 2021

we all know they don't give a DAMN about people but they care about money

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
41. I have a personal reason to explain why. My mother.
Tue Jul 20, 2021, 10:36 PM
Jul 2021

She is a republican voter. Religious but not what you would consider trumps base. Not bat shit crazy. Just a religious 80 something year old woman who allowed the abortion thing to get her voting Republican. But she is also troubled by the way black folks are treated.

But the virus killed her friends. And her group has stopped playing cards with those who are not going to get vaccinated.

I am with her this week for the first time in 16 months. She told me tonight she is glad Biden won and wishes she had voted for him.

Not all trump voters are batshit crazy Q people.

Republicans polling is showing that Americans are blaming the resurgence in Covid on them. My mother sure is. I’m hopeful she will return to the Democratic Party.

Republicans can’t afford to lose even 5% of their rapidly shrinking percentage of the electorate. Even with voter suppression.

They now realize that if we have a huge resurgence in Covid, which we are now seeing, the blame will be on them.

And causing the death of voters is not a good way to get re-elected. Especially when most of the deaths are your voters.

roamer65

(36,739 posts)
42. They saw President Biden's 66 pct approval on handling the pandemic.
Tue Jul 20, 2021, 10:38 PM
Jul 2021

They realize they will take the blame.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
49. Yep. The script is already published. The resurrection is on them.
Tue Jul 20, 2021, 11:23 PM
Jul 2021

I have friends who generally vote Republican. My mother does. None are the batshit crazy type Q people. I would not associate with that type.

They are super pissed off at this resurgence and most now admit the blame is on the republicans.

My mother grew up as an FDR Democrat. But is religious and over 80. The Abortion thing got her voting Republican. She was already troubled about the treatment of black folks since she is southern and supported the Civil Rights movement in the 60’s when she was younger

She is super pissed off that Covid is not gone and blames republicans. Told me tonight she is glad Biden is president and wishes she had voted for him

And don’t attack my mother. I’m with her for the first time in 16 months. She’s a good woman but does not follow the news that much. Just listens to her church. Which she has not attended in 16 months due to Covid. Told me she is not going back since in her mind by meeting in person they killed. people. She just an older lady who I hope to goodness is returning to her Democratic roots.

On a personal note I’m not someone who ever cry’s. But when I hugged my mother after getting off the plane I was crying like a child. Very embarrassing. But meant a lot to her. And I’m a 55 year old liberal redneck!

kentuck

(110,950 posts)
45. It's about the election next year...
Tue Jul 20, 2021, 11:04 PM
Jul 2021

If the Covid returns this winter, they might find themselves on the wrong side of the issue?

They are trying to cover, in my opinion.

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