Meghan McCain Blames Kamala Harris for Republicans' Vaccine Hesitancy

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Source: The Daily Beast

The View’s Meghan McCain on Tuesday cast blame on Kamala Harris for how a large share of Republicans express hesitancy about getting a coronavirus vaccine, citing remarks made by the vice president made last fall to claim “both sides are equally responsible for this.”

Concern has grown in recent weeks as polls show that Republicans, and specifically supporters of former President Donald Trump, are increasingly resistant to receiving a vaccination. In a recent NPR/Marist survey, for instance, 49 percent of Republican men said they won’t choose to get a shot if it’s made available to them.

Public-health experts, meanwhile, have tried to appeal to the ex-president to publicly express support for the vaccines in the hopes that could reverse these trends among Republicans. (Trump did not participate in a pro-vaccine ad campaign featuring other living ex-presidents.) At the same time, however, Fox News and other right-wing media outlets have progressively peddled vaccine skepticism as the Biden administration ramps up vaccinations.

Addressing this growing issue on Tuesday’s broadcast of The View, McCain first warned viewers that she “may trigger” them with her belief that even more Republicans are skeptical of vaccines than what the polls are showing. The conservative host, though, wanted the audience to know that she herself was “happy to get the vaccine” live on the air as a form of advocacy.



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Oh FFS. More excuse from the party of personal responsibility.

[Siwsan]

1. I always hit the mute button, the instant she opens her mouth

Her screeching scares my little kitty, Sophie Stinky Toes, and I think her voice makes nails on a chalkboard sound like a symphony orchestra.

[niyad]

3. Thank you for protecting little Sophie. Such a good parent you are. Mute buttons are such a

great invention.meghan makes me want to throw things.

[Iliyah]

16. LOL . . .

You named your kitty "Sophie Stinky Toes"

Made my day.

[Ocelot II]

2. She's a fatuous, trivial person who has a tv slot only because of her father,

who would probably be embarrassed over her dumb comments. I wasn't a particular fan of John McCain, but except for that one episode where he chose Sarah Palin as his running mate, he wasn't an idiot like his spawn. Maybe Meghan is trying to emulate Palin. If so, she's getting close to succeeding.

[Trueblue1968]

10. she is a petty, snot of a woman who hates herself so much she is a miserable slob

why does she have to wear 23 pounds of makeup everyday.

[jaxexpat]

38. "wear 23 pounds of makeup everyday."? Or anyone else? What the f--k is up with people?

Can they really not see their own god-given beauty? Has self-doubt so crawled into every mind's mirror? This, above all else, makes me weep.

Unmoored people are capable of great atrocity.

[Trueblue1968]

46. 23 pounds of makeup everyday. .... I NEED TO MENTION, i am prone to exaggeration.

prob 1/4 pound!!

[speak easy]

18. Sarah Palin was Governor of Alaska

and recommended by his campaign manager, Steve Schmidt. Ultimately McCain was responsible, but had little reason to suspect she was an absolute dingbat.

There is that scene in Game Change, the look of growing horror on Schmidt's face, after he asked Palin about the 'Special Relationship' with the UK. Palin replies she would love to work with Queen.

Even Rick Perry would have done better than that.

[BComplex]

34. Ha! "Even Rick Perry would have done better than that. "

Great line!

It's hard to believe Steve Schmidt has come so far. Bless his little democratic heart!

[hlthe2b]

4. What did VP Kamala Harris (supposedly) say?

[LymphocyteLover]

12. she said she would wait for Fauci and the health experts to say it was safe, not trump.

Hardly controversial. Such a stupid charge by MM.

[hlthe2b]

14. McCain is beyond ridiculous and annoying. I still have a modicum of respect for her mother, but

Meghan is just a walking irritant.

[Bev54]

28. So what, republicans not doubt have never seen this clip

They do not watch anything the dems say.

[Irish_Dem]

5. Instead of blaming others, why doesn't McCain help overcome GOP hesitancy.

That would be a mature, responsible thing to do.

[not fooled]

22. "Die to stop Biden's Covid numbers from looking good"

that's basically what the GQPee avoidants are saying.

Might we see an increase in the nation's collective IQ as a result? Just wondering.

[Irish_Dem]

25. Right, IQ goes up. Psychopathology and criminality goes down.

[PerceptionManagement]

6. i had to click through to see what flawed logic Ms John McCain's daughter used to be racist

and you know what?

I'm so pleased republicans are not getting vaccinated.

[RussBLib]

7. Harris said she would trust the experts

But she would not just take Trumps word on it.

So Dems don't trust Trump, but trust the experts.

The GQP, on the other hand, does not trust Biden OR the experts.

McCain being an exception.

More bullshit we have to wade thru and counter.

[brush]

8. McCain's only credentials for having that job is her name.

other than that...

[niyad]

9. What, exactly, did VP Harris say last fall?

Do I recall correctly that little miss conservative was whining a few weeks ago because older people were getting the vaccine unfairly, while she wanted to see her family? Entitled princess.

[riversedge]

36. some here.............

..........What appears to be missing from McCain’s seemingly strawman argument is that Harris specifically stated at the time that while she would not take Trump “at his word” on the efficacy and safety of any vaccine approved prior to the election, she would trust what scientists and health officials said about it.

And despite conservatives and right-wing pundits accusing Biden and Harris of trafficking in “anti-vaccine” rhetoric at the time, both the vice-president and president publicly received immunizations shortly after they were approved by the FDA. Trump, meanwhile, received his vaccine in secret, something that was only reported weeks later.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

11. But the question is, did she start her statement with "My fatherrrrr......"? nt

[SWBTATTReg]

13. What a partisan hack. Instead of really digging into what the issue(s) really are, such as

the blatant misinformation put out by the pino djt on covid 19, etc., she blames Kamala and/or the democrats, kind of pathetic considering that the Biden admin. just got in towards the tail end of Jan. 2021. I barely could handle her before, and now, with the way she's been opening her stupid mouth w/o thinking about really what she is saying (certainly not on a factual basis), I've lost ALL respect for her. 100%.

Next thing she's going to moan about is that when one fixes a turkey, that it's doesn't need to be cooked in an oven at all or some other similarly dumb thing.

[sanatanadharma]

15. Mc Cain is acknowledging Republicans are the problem...

...and they are motivated by ego and appearance rather than factual reasons.

[jorgevlorgan]

17. She's become extra dumb since Biden won.

Smdh

[speak easy]

19. She's a sock puppet for hubby.

[dlk]

20. McCain blithely gives a pass to the Covid misinformation intentionally spread by Trump & Co.

Typical Republican twisting of the facts to spin their false agenda. If you can stand listening to Meghan for any length of time (which I can’t), it’s clear she’s not well.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

21. I thought the Great Leader ripped his mask off and told his acolytes to "tough it out."

That's why the Repugs are blowing off the vaccine. If he had only been honest with them and taken his shot in public, and joined the PSA with the other former presidents, the results would be different.

Instead, McCain falls back on the Republican saw, "It's all the black person's fault." She had to go back to last year to find a Harris quote she could distort. The only acceptable answer for a Repug is that the coronavirus was created by the Chinese and spread through the U.S. because the Democrats ignored T*****'s wise leadership.

Trump is waiting for Biden to ask (which in his warped mind means "beg&quot for his assistance, which he will grant only if a list of conditions are met, the first of which Biden travel to Mar-A-Lago to make his plea. Alternatively, T***** wants to address both houses of Congress and the nation to tell them what a great president he is (since he won the election).

[Scalded Nun]

23. Of course she's right!

What else would one expect to happen when Trumpers and other Righties see an intelligent, compassionate woman of color?
1. Attack her
2. Run away
3. Do the opposite of whatever she is doing.

Feel free to combine or mix/match any of those 3.

[Xoan]

24. Why does this nobody get oxygen on DU?

[Rebl2]

26. Don't watch

The View because of her. Wish she would go away.

[Yonnie3]

27. What Ms. McCain says is not important to me

Those who are listening to her and are believing what they hear are likely lost causes, unlikely to change.

[rurallib]

29. The View ought to consider removing her for the irresponsible things she says

[MyOwnPeace]

30. Let's talk about parenting.......

Do you think she hit her head crawling out of the crib - or did she hit her head when her Dad crashed one of his planes?

[IronLionZion]

31. Republicans can make their own choices

they have resisted the mask mandates and other guidelines, and rejected the election results. They have chosen to share misinformation and sow distrust among themselves. And they're the ones spreading this virus and made this pandemic last this long.

It means shorter lines for the rest of us who want vaccines. There will be plenty for them to get it if they come around eventually.

[Me.]

32. Wow, Racist MUch Meghan?

been reading your husband's playbook?

[PortTack]

33. Why..why do they keep her on The View?? .she is awful!l

[Downtown Hound]

35. Why is anybody surprised?

I know I'm supposed to "respect" her father John McCain because he was an "honorable Republican." LOL. There's a reason why I didn't join in the remembrance ceremonies on DU when her father died. Her father was a scumbag, and so is his daughter. He spent his whole life building up the evil that is the modern Republican Party, and was an avid cheerleader for its imperialist war in Iraq. But I was supposed to respect him and mourn him as a great American when he passed? Um, no. All he ever did was put a fake, so-called respectable face on the evil that the GOP has become. But instead of making it less evil, he just made it more difficult for millions of Americans to be able to come out and say that it is evil. "But what about John McCain? He's a good guy. Served his country, right? How can you call the Republicans evil when he's a Republican?" That's all I would ever hear from idiots too stupid to know the difference when I talked about how evil the Republicans had become. McCain didn't make them less evil. He made it more difficult to call their evil out by pretending to be respectable.

His daughter is no different.

[zaj]

37. They can't take responsibility for their own failures.

[Deuxcents]

39. I wish she'd just go away

Instead of helping with the problem, she lays blame on others. Roll your sleeve up n get a shot on your show. Be a leader n not a road block. 45 n his enablers did get their shots behind closed doors.. was not leadership n she’s no better. Her negativity is not helping anymore all.

[Rebl2]

41. I agree

[amb123]

40. What next? "The vaccine is a BLM plot to exterminate White Men!"

[Renew Deal]

42. Republicans started caring what Kamala says.

They don't care about anything else she said but they care about this.

[Midnight Writer]

43. So, Republicans are basing their health care decisions on a comment Harris made last year?

I would bet 99.9% of Republicans have no idea that Harris said anything at all about the vaccine.

[tikka]

44. A couple of weeks ago she was complaining about not knowing when she would get her shots.

Now she "was 'happy to get the vaccine' live on air as a form of advocacy." JFC! What an utterly transparent ploy to get the vaccine like her getting the shot would convince anybody to do so. If she got her vaccination, she probably wouldn't mention the vaccine again. After all, she is a republican and for them "It's I got mine, screw you."

[QED]

45. Meghan McCain Wants Fauci Replaced With 'Someone Who Understands Science'

Yeah, right Meghan.

Meghan McCain Wants Fauci Replaced With ‘Someone Who Understands Science’

The host also had trouble squaring the fact that she is a celebrity television host with how little information she is receiving.

“The fact that I Meghan McCain, co-host of The View, I don’t know when or how I will be able to get a vaccine because the rollout for my age range and my health is so nebulous, I have no idea when and how I can get it. I want to get it,” McCain said.

McCain pivoted back to Fauci saying he should be removed because, “We need to have more people giving more opinions.”

“So, I’m over Dr. Fauci,” she said. “I think we need to have more people giving more opinions. And I honestly, quite frankly, I think the Biden administration should remove him and put someone else in his place that maybe does understand science or can talk to other countries about how we can be more like these places that are doing this successfully.”

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/meghan-mccain-fauci-science-1131575/

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