Anger as Republican lawmakers who played down pandemic jump vaccine queue

[IsItJustMe]

Source: The Independent Louise Hall Mon, December 21, 2020, 9:24 AM CST

A number of Republican US lawmakers who played down the pandemic and undermined Covid guidelines have faced backlash online for being among the first to receive the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine.

The first people across the US began receiving the Pfizer Covid candidate last week, after the jab was given final approval by the US Food and Drug Administration for emergency use.

As those most vulnerable to the virus across the country began to receive their shots, a number of US lawmakers began getting publicly inoculated with the jab, sharing proof online.

Members of Congress from across the political spectrum, some outside the prioritisation criteria, cut the vaccine queue in an attempt to build public confidence in the jab, eliciting mixed reactions from social media.

However, certain Republican senators who have often downplayed the pandemic in line with messaging from party leader Donald Trump, and have flouted social distancing and mask guidelines, began to receive particular criticism online.

Florida Senator Marco Rubio’s announcement of his inoculation quickly garnered attention on Twitter, with many pointing out that the senator had recently attended a large Trump rally maskless....CONTINUED....

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If this is all a big hoax, then why are Republican congress people jumping in front of the line to get the vaccinations? Their hypocrisy is profound!!!

[Botany]

1. I wonder if Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue have got their shots yet?

n/t

[catbyte]

2. As always...

[Mr. Ected]

3. They're all liars. They can say whatever they want on TV, radio, and the halls of Congress

But put them in court where their testimony matters, and they sing a completely different tune.

And that's the problem. They can't be sued for lying to the American people unless they're under oath.

If we are ever to remedy this growing problem of fake news, we need to put our public servants under greater pressure to tell the truth at all times, but especially when a microphone is shoved in their faces.

[SWBTATTReg]

4. I am angry at such hypocrisy and double-dealing.

[Bayard]

5. Aren't most of them senior citizens?

But this is getting rolled out the right way--front line people first, then nursing homes.

[essaynnc]

6. wanna solve this???

pass a law that only allows them to get their second dose after EVERYONE gets a first dose, and medical all get their second. oh and refuse a second dose for ANYONE that said covid is a hoax....just my opinion.... lol

[Midnight Writer]

7. I bet all the FOX celebrities will also jump the line, if they haven't already.

Like turds in a punch bowl, they always float to the top.

[Brainfodder]

8. Doesn't this fall under some norm for keeping the govt. in order?

Really just being used now to gaslight people, it's BS?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

9. K&R

[Hortensis]

10. :) Remember all the DU threads with many insisting they'd refuse

vaccination when it first became available? Well, here we are. Time to hang back as intended anyway.

It'd of course be far more satisfying if greedy dose-snatchers would drop dead instead of smiling for the cameras.