Mitch McConnell to Run Ads Urging Vaccination

[BlueWavePsych]

Source: Political Wire

“McConnell, who was vaccinated for COVID-19 in December and has been promoting vaccinations in public remarks ever since, plans to run 60-second radio ads on more than 100 Kentucky radio stations in the coming days promoting the vaccine with money from his re-election campaign.”

Said McConnell: “There is bad advice out there, you know. Apparently you see that all over the place: people practicing medicine without a license, giving bad advice. And that bad advice should be ignored.”


Read more: https://politicalwire.com/2021/07/28/mitch-mcconnell-to-run-ads-urging-vaccination/

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Reuters link: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/mcconnell-strives-counter-bad-advice-boost-us-republican-vaccination-rate-2021-07-28/

McConnell aims to boost U.S. Republican vaccination rate by countering 'bad advice'

Many congressional Republicans have refused to say publicly whether they have been vaccinated, and some have attacked the shots as unnecessary or dangerous. This continues a pattern that began early in the pandemic when conservatives protested social-distancing restrictions meant to slow the virus' spread.

Too many GQP voters getting refrigerated

[madaboutharry]

1. Broken clocks are right twice a day.

He is still a fascist.

[BlueWavePsych]

2. He knows the GQP base is literally dying off.

[zentrum]

4. Yup.

[rurallib]

9. And many of those who live will figure out someday that the Republican Party

was trying to get them killed ad voting for them is bad.

[hibbing]

3. Good effort....golf clap n/t

[Bo Zarts]

5. " .. vaccinated for COVID-19 in December .."

Why? How? That's two months before the vaccine was available to most of us. Oh, I forgot. Mitch is a rich old white man with enormous power.

Also, Mitch was always wearing a mask way before most GOPers. That's good. And getting the vaccine, even if he cheated. That's good. I think that Mitch has a serious, concealed medical condition. That's good too (cue Robin Williams doing Gomer Pyle, "Oh, you're goin' to hell for THAT!" ).

[Deminpenn]

10. IIRC, all Representatives and Senators were vaccinated

before the general public.

[bullwinkle428]

20. Around the same time that Rupert Murdoch was as well. Hey, I think

I'm seeing a pattern here!

[LeftInTX]

21. The reason he is probably a vaccine supporter: He had polio as a kid

He got the vaccine in December along with the rest of congress.

[Lonestarblue]

6. Does anyone listen to Mitch anymore?

Especially the Kentucky voters who now worship their Trump Messiah, who has trashed Mitch.

[Auggie]

22. Does anyone listen to RADIO anymore?

[IronLionZion]

7. Cases are high in Kentucky

this is too little too late. It takes time to build up immunity.

[twodogsbarking]

8. I dislike him a little less but then again I couldn't have

disliked him more. That tank is full.

[Bayard]

11. As if anyone listened to him here!

And he must be talking to Rand Paul here: people practicing medicine without a license, giving bad advice.

[Raven123]

12. Now? Right. The GOP watched the success of the vaccine against COVID-19 and early variants

They planned to attack Biden, claiming he overreacted and wasted taxpayer dollars. Then Darwin entered the equation giving us delta and identifying the GOP’s miscalculation.

[Volaris]

13. Their internal polling on this must be fucking atrocious.

The GOP is gonna take the brunt of the blame for the Delta Spike, and when kids cant be in school after Christmas, they're gonna get blamed to the point that they're afraid it will tank their advantages for the midterms...DESPITE voter restrictions, gerrymandering and historic off-year election results.

[DBoon]

25. exactly

There will also be local economic impacts from the Delta variant's spread, even if (or especially if) local and state governments do not institute closure rules.

It isn't just the people who get seriously sick from Covid involved - it is their relatives, friends, co-workers, employers and the businesses they support.

[Grins]

14. Too many of his voters are dying while Democratic voters are not...?

Death by political ideology. Well, if it works...!

[bucolic_frolic]

15. GWP so far out in the weeds that even Moscow Mitch realizes they must sound relevant

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

16. Pelosi: GOP 'delinquent' on promoting vaccines

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) took a jab at Republicans on Wednesday over COVID-19 vaccinations, arguing the GOP has been "delinquent" in embracing the science of vaccinations.

Pelosi was asked during a new conference about Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) running radio ads in Kentucky to encourage residents to get vaccinated.

"Well I'm glad that he's doing those ads, long overdue," Pelosi said.

"This was so self evident and so obvious. I don't know, maybe they were getting - to use your term - political backlash for not doing it as they now sadly see people suffering, in some cases, with long-term COVID. So certainly, the Republican Party has been delinquent in embracing the science that people need to be vaccinated," she continued.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pelosi-gop-delinquent-on-promoting-vaccines/ar-AAMFwwx

[yaesu]

17. Just put a talking turtle on instead, make more of a impact. nt

[twodogsbarking]

18. At this point in the pandemic anything that gets people vaccinated is welcomed.

[maxsolomon]

19. 60 Seconds is probably Too Much Mitch

4x as many 15 second spots would work better on Blockhead Refusers.

I note that Rand Paul might put out spots telling everyone to ignore Mitch.

[paleotn]

23. Ironic thing is....

life expectancy for core MAGAs plateaued and started to decline in the 90's. Now add Covid to the list of morbidities decimating less educated, white males. They're just making things worse for themselves.

[rickyhall]

24. For the first since vaccinations began. Arkansas is advertising to get people vaccinated.

But Hutch still won't do a mask mandate. I must admit, he ain't as bad as some repug govs.

[DBoon]

26. so if enough people get vaccinated ...

... they won't have to see Mitch McConnell on TV any more?

THAT is an incentive to get vaccinated.