Trump is trying out a new vaccine argument. Does it work for him?
“If you remember, when I was president, there were literally lines of people wanting to take it,” Trump said, pointing to vaccine hesitancy among some Americans. “Now, you have a different situation, and it’s very bad.”
Trump went on to point to comments made by some Democrats, including future Vice President Kamala Harris, who said they may not trust the effectiveness of a vaccine that he was pushing.
“Of course, they famously said, if Trump came up with it, I’ll never take it,” Trump recalled. Video
“They disparaged the vaccine, and now they wonder why people aren’t wanting to take it?” He continued. “It’s a disgrace.”
“Look, it was one of my greatest achievements doing it in less than nine months instead of five years, or maybe never,” Trump said, referring to the approval timeline for some vaccines at the FDA. “We saved millions of people all over the world.”
But pointing back to those against getting a jab, Trump said: “They don’t trust this president, and that’s why they’re not taking it.”
Basically he’s saying the vaccines are his greatest achievements but his people are refusing to take them because some Democrats said bad things about them when he was president. I know that MAGAs are not exactly rational but that seems like a tough one to swallow, even for them. If the vaccines are Trump’s greatest triumph and the Democrats put them down, why wouldn’t they be taking them two at a time just to show them up?
Trump rarely makes sense and neither do his followers so I won’t be at all surprised if they adopt this illogical reasoning. After all, Trump made that comment in the same breath that he said he probably has to run in 2024 because Biden is so “divisive.” But it really makes no sense.