Trump urges Americans to get Covid-19 vaccine: 'I would recommend it'

[RussBLib]

Source: CNN

Washington (CNN) - Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged Americans to get vaccinated to help curb the Covid-19 pandemic, calling it "safe" and "something that works."

The comments -- which amount to Trump's most energetic endorsement of vaccination -- come as vaccine hesitancy among Republicans continues to threaten the US' path to herd immunity. While 92% of Democrats either have gotten vaccinated or want to get vaccinated, that number plummets to 50% among Republicans, a CNN poll conducted by SSRS shows.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/16/politics/donald-trump-covid-19-vaccine/index.html

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Better late than never. How many will cooperate?

[Leghorn21]

1. Welllll, except for the part about everybody's freedoms, and he agrees with that part, too (2nd vid)

Trump encourages his supporters to get the coronavirus
vaccine but then says, "we have our freedoms, and we have
to live by that. And I agree with that also."

Link to tweet

Blabbidy blab blab blab

[Cinnamonspice]

2. I am glad he is encouraging that.....

For those who won't do it without his approval.

[TreasonousBastard]

3. OTOH, I hope a few of his trumpons wake up long enough to hear and obey. But

he always has to add something to fuck it all up.

Adding the "freedom" thing is another senseless trumpism.

[PatSeg]

16. Kind of like "there were fine people on both sides"

He has to add something that can be read as, "Yeah, but I'm just kidding", trying to please everyone at the same time.

[machoneman]

26. Fox and Newsmax will bury this statement, no doubt about it!

Darwin at work here: survival of the fittest will be Democrats inoculated and and handful of mindful R's, We win again.......

[Grokenstein]

4. "See? I did a good thing! And it only came a year and a half too late!!"

"Now I'm truly presidential!! Lemme back in the White House!"

[JohnnyRingo]

5. I was expecting Borowitz.

Now I hope those morans listen.
Just our luck they'll say it's a Deep State deep fake because Trump would never say that.

I'm glad he said it on Fox.

[Jonah Ide]

7. And he Said It Out Loud on TV!

{bracing for asteroid impact}

[raccoon]

8. Did somebody hold a gun to his head to make him say that? Nt

[tanyev]

17. Yep, that will be the Qanon talking point. "Deep State got to Trump."

[Deminpenn]

9. This is a good thing

Adding the part about still having freedoms actually is important for Trump supporters to hear. What they will hear is that it's ok if they really, truly don't want to get vaccinated, but otherwise they should.

[bucolic_frolic]

10. Traitor to the cause

People committed to Darwinism will not be swayed so easily.

[NEOBuckeye]

11. Fuck you, Former Guy

You dropped the ball in so many ways. You don't get to take credit for anything good that's happening now.

Fuck you, and fuck off.

[oldsoftie]

12. Then why dont you get your fat ass on TV & take the shot?

[Karma13612]

14. Unfortunately, he and Melania

Already got vaccinated in private.

Too bad they didn’t have cameras rolling, considering what media hogs they were/are.

[oldsoftie]

18. Oh, ok. Makes me wonder if they DID. He should tell everyone "we got ours"

I mean, i've always thought that in a perfect world only the deniers would ever get infected, but of course thats not reality. So if he can get more people to take the shot thats good for ALL of us in the long run

[Karma13612]

24. You raise an interesting point....

But, If they did get them (which has been reported), then WHY did they keep it a secret? Was it because they didn’t want backlash from their rabid anti-vax base?? At that point,, they were just trying to keep the donation gravy train going?


With Trump, who the f*ck knows!!!!!

And to quote “an Icon” in the world of the “genteel”

“I don’t really care, do you”?

[Maxheader]

13. Never worried much about the rest of us..

Did it?....

[Dopers_Greed]

15. Will there be a red (rural) vs. blue (urban) divide on herd immunity?

Where people in cities will be vaccinated and life can safely resume, while red areas will be overrun with disease and death?

Then of course, there will need to be a "red state bailout" at some point for their damaged economies and health care systems.

[oldsoftie]

19. I've seen a number of them actually getting the shot. Even a "biker for Trump"

And he even proudly posted on FB about getting his first shot. And ignored the comments too. And you should've seen THOSE; "cant believe you're getting microchipped". "you're letting bill gates into your body" and other similar intellectual BS. THOSE should be the ones who catch it instead of the rest of us

[Tommymac]

22. The second point you make is the real issue

Red State pols want as much Blue State $ocialism as they can suck up and grift from the public trough.

To them, it's always about grifting $$$.

[Dopers_Greed]

25. Exactly

The 'far-left" cities that are overrun with crime and Antifa have the strongest economies in the country.

Not very socialist methinks.

[area51]

20. And of course, Trump still won't mask up.

Too little, too late.

[RussBLib]

21. Yeah, that was missing

Tell your fellow fools to mask up, donny.

[Beastly Boy]

23. Is he trying to derail the whole vaccination effort?

The whole world knows that if Trump recommends something, it is doomed to failure!

Damn son of a bitch, he is still at it!

[mpcamb]

27. "Urges" or "Reluctantly Concedes"?

Shitty headline.