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SouthBayDem

(31,961 posts)
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 08:01 AM Aug 2021

Donald Trump booed at Alabama rally after encouraging his supporters to get vaccinated against COVID

Source: Business Insider

Former President Donald Trump was booed by some of his supporters at a "Save America" rally in Cullman, Alabama, on Saturday night after he suggested that they get vaccinated against COVID-19.

"I believe totally in your freedoms, I do, you've got to do what you've got to do," Trump said to the crowd. "But I recommend that you take the vaccines."

The former president then told his supporters that the vaccines are "good" and once again encouraged them to get a shot.

This suggestion was met with boos, as can be heard in a video shared by Vox journalist Aaron Rupar.

Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/watch-trump-booed-after-asking-crowd-get-covid-19-vaccines-2021-8



Here's the video


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Donald Trump booed at Alabama rally after encouraging his supporters to get vaccinated against COVID (Original Post) SouthBayDem Aug 2021 OP
The inevitable End Roy Rolling Aug 2021 #1
Exact same phrase that ran though my head too. Irish_Dem Aug 2021 #9
Good! finally a crack in TFG's armor... little by slowly he will loose support from the mitch96 Aug 2021 #13
Daring Slammer Aug 2021 #58
Of course that wasn't the real Donald Trump. thucythucy Aug 2021 #2
Someone competent has run the numbers localroger Aug 2021 #3
See now you're using that damn logic thucythucy Aug 2021 #5
That backlash will be increased seats for us in both houses. KS Toronado Aug 2021 #25
If the virus doesn't get them the quack cures will. Marcuse Aug 2021 #30
Yep, they have internal polling that shows people are losing faith in their Midnight Writer Aug 2021 #54
Yep, they have internal polling that shows people are losing faith in their Midnight Writer Aug 2021 #55
Sarcasm to us, but truth to more Trumpers Deminpenn Aug 2021 #60
His voters are dying! The Jungle 1 Aug 2021 #4
This is where we are. The best case scenario available to us, due to imbeciles like the entirety Scrivener7 Aug 2021 #6
Yep. Nothing we can do except watch these idiots kill themselves. Irish_Dem Aug 2021 #11
I will never understand the mind set it takes to sit there and listen to that shit. Lochloosa Aug 2021 #7
Low intelligence/substandard education/lack of moral core/death wish. Irish_Dem Aug 2021 #12
These are the same people who made that TV show about the Duggar family popular. Lonestarblue Aug 2021 #14
Duck Dynasty Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2021 #24
No ICU beds in the state of AL and the C-19 virus is over running the south and then they do this: Botany Aug 2021 #59
It's a show Deminpenn Aug 2021 #61
Reminds me that these people created tRump by showing him Hortensis Aug 2021 #8
Back when it was just blue states being hit with covid, he cheered it on. 70sEraVet Aug 2021 #10
Further proof this has always been about Republican fascism . . . Edwcraig Aug 2021 #15
"You're stupid alright, but not stupid enough for us." - Republicans Champp Aug 2021 #16
Boos quickly followed by chants of NoMoreRepugs Aug 2021 #17
So, the monster he made turned on him. I'm shocked. sarge43 Aug 2021 #18
Pure insanity orangecrush Aug 2021 #19
Love the "Sir Stories" WA-03 Democrat Aug 2021 #20
I still do not get why they go to the doctor and hospital ever. Jon King Aug 2021 #21
My problem with the coronavirus, even the Delta variant, is that it's too damn slow. n/t MrModerate Aug 2021 #22
Wait until college football season and then winter. Prof. Toru Tanaka Aug 2021 #28
The hospitals are close to collapsing now, and in less-hard-hit parts of the country... MrModerate Aug 2021 #33
Well, they'll either survive, or die. n/t Justice matters. Aug 2021 #49
Motor sports !!! NCjack Aug 2021 #47
They prefer the horse dewormer. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2021 #23
That 5 year old he describes is himself. Prof. Toru Tanaka Aug 2021 #26
Did the con man forget how to read the room? (n/t) Starfury Aug 2021 #27
Have they been desantisized? ananda Aug 2021 #29
Superspreader event IronLionZion Aug 2021 #31
I wouldn't call them 'patriots' because it's demeaning to real Patriots. Justice matters. Aug 2021 #50
The delusional ones actually believe it IronLionZion Aug 2021 #51
"Populist Leader" is an oxymoron, or in his case an oxymoran. Marcuse Aug 2021 #32
Just like Hitler in the late 20s after he got out of prison for attempting to PatrickforB Aug 2021 #34
TFG was just a tool for repug voters. I saw a MSNBC bit where they were Hotler Aug 2021 #35
Yep. Evolve Dammit Aug 2021 #40
Jeering the Almighty Chosen One? MissMillie Aug 2021 #36
K&R ck4829 Aug 2021 #37
Did one of you guys hack his teleprompter? KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2021 #38
Booooooo. LakeArenal Aug 2021 #39
And if Delta infections and deaths go down, you bet he'll take credit for it. Talitha Aug 2021 #41
And I love Newsmax's claim that 30 million+ Americans watch regularly...BS!! SWBTATTReg Aug 2021 #42
How they derive these numbers? Anally. marble falls Aug 2021 #45
I think so. I saw the 30 million viewers claim and I immediately questioned it...even a SWBTATTReg Aug 2021 #46
And also since the SCOTUS ruled Fox was under no compunction to be truthy, they don't ... marble falls Aug 2021 #48
I Guarantee You... ProfessorGAC Aug 2021 #52
If half his supporters hear him and get the shot... JohnnyRingo Aug 2021 #43
He's coasting in, get the jail cell ready. marble falls Aug 2021 #44
Yeah, the monster is out of control. LiberatedUSA Aug 2021 #53
That wasn't Donald Trump Turbineguy Aug 2021 #56
... intheflow Aug 2021 #57

mitch96

(13,817 posts)
13. Good! finally a crack in TFG's armor... little by slowly he will loose support from the
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 09:22 AM
Aug 2021

stupid misguided ones...
m

thucythucy

(7,986 posts)
2. Of course that wasn't the real Donald Trump.
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 08:36 AM
Aug 2021

The real Donald Trump would never ask his followers to expose themselves to microchips and sudden inevitable death in two years time.

This must be one of the lizard people we've been hearing so much about, cleverly disguised.

What have they done to the real Donald Trump? Could it be the MyPillowGuy is hiding him in a safe house somewhere?

In case it's needed:

localroger

(3,605 posts)
3. Someone competent has run the numbers
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 08:41 AM
Aug 2021

The old R business class was quite good at this, and they have probably noticed that if 3 to 5 percent of their voters selectively die while the same fraction of Democratic voters don't, even all the gerrymandering and vote suppression won't save their lily white asses in the next round of statewide and national elections.

thucythucy

(7,986 posts)
5. See now you're using that damn logic
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 08:44 AM
Aug 2021

and facts and stuff.

Seriously: I think you're right. And they also may have realized that if another half million Americans die because of GOP inspired absurdities the backlash from the rest of the country will be something fierce.

Midnight Writer

(21,547 posts)
54. Yep, they have internal polling that shows people are losing faith in their
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 01:10 PM
Aug 2021

"Damn the torpedoes!" approach to Covid.

They are not just losing the ones that die, they are losing the people who are recognizing the insanity going on around them.

Midnight Writer

(21,547 posts)
55. Yep, they have internal polling that shows people are losing faith in their
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 01:10 PM
Aug 2021

"Damn the torpedoes!" approach to Covid.

They are not just losing the ones that die, they are losing the people who are recognizing the insanity going on around them.

Scrivener7

(50,773 posts)
6. This is where we are. The best case scenario available to us, due to imbeciles like the entirety
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 08:48 AM
Aug 2021

of that crowd, is that Delta moves fast, is as virulent as we expect it to be, and burns through the population in a matter of 3 or 4 months.

And at the end of that time, the majority of the country is either vaccinated, immune, or dead, and herd immunity is achieved.

This is what they have brought themselves to. In that sense, that crowd is actually good news for the rest of us.

For the rest of us, all we can do is take ALL precautions and hunker down and safe for a few more months.

Irish_Dem

(45,626 posts)
11. Yep. Nothing we can do except watch these idiots kill themselves.
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 09:19 AM
Aug 2021

I recently had to travel to a southern state for a family matter.
No one wearing masks any where, and they were giving me hate glares because I was wearing one.

They seem hell bent on dying.

Lochloosa

(16,019 posts)
7. I will never understand the mind set it takes to sit there and listen to that shit.
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 08:56 AM
Aug 2021

It's beyond my understanding.

Lonestarblue

(9,880 posts)
14. These are the same people who made that TV show about the Duggar family popular.
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 09:23 AM
Aug 2021

And whatever that show was with all the men with scraggly beards. They’re used to watching utter nonsense for entertainment. Heaven knows they wouldn’t be caught dead reading an actual book to learn something—like history, since they seem to know none.

Botany

(70,291 posts)
59. No ICU beds in the state of AL and the C-19 virus is over running the south and then they do this:
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 06:02 PM
Aug 2021


Sad to say but the quicker they get sick and in many cases die the better it is for America.

I read about one woman from Springfield, MO say she didn't like how Dr. Fauci was doing the research into
the C-19 vaccine and so she wasn't going to get vaccinated however she believed in the power of Jesus' blood
to keep her safe. It is like insanity and ignorance has taken over 35 to 45% of America.

Deminpenn

(15,246 posts)
61. It's a show
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 06:53 PM
Aug 2021

They know what to expect and exactly when to boo, cheer and chant.

It's a repetitive show, but they seem to like that.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
8. Reminds me that these people created tRump by showing him
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 08:59 AM
Aug 2021

what they wanted in an authoritarian leader they'd cheer in mindless loyalty, and of course as Der Leader he formed them. An ongoing process.

We're heading for a million dead in this nation alone, due to tRump and other RW powers encouraging refusal, but it's worth noting that Der Leader told his followers to get the vaccine. That should help somewhat, a fat orange straw on the pile.

70sEraVet

(3,430 posts)
10. Back when it was just blue states being hit with covid, he cheered it on.
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 09:16 AM
Aug 2021

Now, red states are bearing the brunt of it, and he knows that there will be repercussions in the next elections. But it sounds like THAT evil genie will not go back in the bottle!

Edwcraig

(287 posts)
15. Further proof this has always been about Republican fascism . . .
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 09:27 AM
Aug 2021

and Trump just became their leader by filling the vacuum. He triggered and united and is still their leader but the core beliefs of the Republican Party are now on full display. They are evil at their core. After the civil war they were controlled by corrupt military contractors, embraced racism in the 60's and were strengthened by religious con artist using abortion as a core issue.

WA-03 Democrat

(3,017 posts)
20. Love the "Sir Stories"
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 09:48 AM
Aug 2021

The five year old who he consults for a military decision he had already casted into stone well before he left office of course answers big Donnie with “SiR.”

It’s the only funny bit he has. I just don’t need them anymore of them and wish him a quick and pleasant massive coronary failure.

Jon King

(1,910 posts)
21. I still do not get why they go to the doctor and hospital ever.
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 10:00 AM
Aug 2021

If you don't trust doctors, lean into it and stop clogging up the hospitals.

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(1,924 posts)
28. Wait until college football season and then winter.
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 10:28 AM
Aug 2021

The Delta variant will run amok through Trumpistan then.
 

MrModerate

(9,753 posts)
33. The hospitals are close to collapsing now, and in less-hard-hit parts of the country...
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 10:49 AM
Aug 2021

It's not much better. What are these people going to do when there's no one to treat them?

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(1,924 posts)
26. That 5 year old he describes is himself.
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 10:26 AM
Aug 2021

He is trying to disguise his thoughts by putting them in the mouth of an imaginary 5 year old.

The funny thing is that it works perfectly as that is Trump's mental acuity and maturity level.

IronLionZion

(45,258 posts)
31. Superspreader event
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 10:44 AM
Aug 2021

lots of unvaccinated unmasked patriots packed in real close together breathing in all that freedom. These people are making COVID great again.

Justice matters.

(6,874 posts)
50. I wouldn't call them 'patriots' because it's demeaning to real Patriots.
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 12:19 PM
Aug 2021
I would rather call them 'terrorists followers' or simply 'Qultists'

PatrickforB

(14,516 posts)
34. Just like Hitler in the late 20s after he got out of prison for attempting to
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 10:49 AM
Aug 2021

take over Germany with the Beer Hall Putsch.

Out of power right now, but oh so dangerous.

Hotler

(11,353 posts)
35. TFG was just a tool for repug voters. I saw a MSNBC bit where they were
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 10:54 AM
Aug 2021

interviewing people at a trump 2016 campaign rally. MSNBC asked why they support TFG? Their reply was "he's our chance to hurt the democrats." Do not take their hate for us lightly, it is very real.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,483 posts)
38. Did one of you guys hack his teleprompter?
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 11:01 AM
Aug 2021

.......... ........

Will be interesting to see if Faux Snooze changes their tune......

KY

Talitha

(6,477 posts)
41. And if Delta infections and deaths go down, you bet he'll take credit for it.
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 11:29 AM
Aug 2021

I refuse to watch the video, but if DeltaDonnie is asking his maggots to get the shot, he's doing it for himself - not for them.

SWBTATTReg

(21,859 posts)
42. And I love Newsmax's claim that 30 million+ Americans watch regularly...BS!!
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 11:42 AM
Aug 2021

Date 2021-08-15, I show a total audience of 155k people during their peak time of the day, 123K during offpeak times...so I don't know where they are getting these ridiculous numbers.


50 123,000 — 62 155,000 +13% +26%

SWBTATTReg

(21,859 posts)
46. I think so. I saw the 30 million viewers claim and I immediately questioned it...even a
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 12:04 PM
Aug 2021

reputable news org. won't get a 30 million viewership number now-a-days with so much out there to watch at any given time. They must have done 15 thousand algorithms on the initial viewership numbers and came up w/ this results. Pathetic.

marble falls

(56,358 posts)
48. And also since the SCOTUS ruled Fox was under no compunction to be truthy, they don't ...
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 12:08 PM
Aug 2021

... have to do mind gymnastics to make the claim.

ProfessorGAC

(64,420 posts)
52. I Guarantee You...
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 12:54 PM
Aug 2021

...that the 30 million is a cumulative number taken year to date.
That way, the number is real, but ignores that it's the same 120,000 people watching every day.
Let's them inflate the number without it being a total lie.

JohnnyRingo

(18,581 posts)
43. If half his supporters hear him and get the shot...
Sun Aug 22, 2021, 11:55 AM
Aug 2021

...then we're much better off than we were last week.
And that's a good thing. 'bout time.

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