Former President Donald Trump says politicians who refuse to say whether they've received COVID-19 booster shots are 'gutless.'
WASHINGTON -- Former President Donald Trump is slamming politicians who refuse to say whether they have received COVID-19 booster shots as"gutless."
Even though the vaccines were developed during the Trump administration, they remain deeply unpopular with large segments of the Republican base, fueled in part by rampant disinformation. Trump, while in office, consistently downplayed the risk posed by COVID-19 and he received his vaccine privately, even as other members of his administration were inoculated in public to help boost confidence in the shots.
"So I've done whatever I did, the normal shot. And, you know, that, at the end of the day, is people's individual decisions about what they want to do," DeSantis told Fox News Channel host Maria Bartiromo last month.Many House Republicans, including top Trump allies, have also declined to disclose their vaccination status. Some such as Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene are open about their refusal to get it.
In an interview last month, Trump seemed to acknowledge the risk many of his supporters were taking by not getting vaccinated, though he has repeatedly said he is against mandating the shots.
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