Bill Cassidy blames White House 'partisan statements' for vaccine mistrust in his state

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The senator from Louisiana said 'it shouldn't be the president advocating' for the vaccine, but rather the healthcare workers in the state.

for Louisiana's mistrust of the vaccine. He explained that going back and forth on partisanship is not working.

"People are surprised when citizens don't trust government, when you have partisan comments coming out of the White House regarding next Jim Crow laws, [and] people like Senator [Chuck] Schumer and the White House not cooperating on a bipartisan bill," Cassidy said."'Oh, here we're going to be partisan, but over here you better trust us.' That just doesn't work.

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy blamed the White House's partisan statements Sunday for low vaccination rates in Louisiana. Above, Cassidy leaves after a Senate Republican Policy Luncheon at the U.S. Capitol July 13, 2021 in Washington, DC.The senator said"it shouldn't be the president advocating" for the vaccine, but rather the healthcare workers in the state.

"You need to have your doctor, your nurse, your physician's assistants, who's speaking to the patients they normally care for, they see at the PTA meeting, they otherwise communicate 'this is good, it saves lives.'"In the interview, Cassiday said he will be pushing his state to make the choice"between vaccination or accepting higher rates of death.", he said he would like to see Louisiana's vaccination rate increase to"beat the pandemic.

Louisiana needs to get our vaccination rates up if we're going to fully beat this pandemic. We can’t accept anymore death. Vaccines are like seatbelts—you want to have it before the accident happens.

 

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I blame greedy klan member white folks for being greedy racist and now fascists! If there is a problem it’s the klan and the lack of recognition they get and the fact that NOTHING is being done to stop any of them. The KLAN is what’s wrong with this country!

How about both? What a surprisingly stupid thing to say.

It’s not. It’s common sense, care for family and children and society that lead to vaccinartgxza

Bill Cassidy clearly has no idea and his state is one of the worst affected by the new strains of the virus right now. He's terrified that Biden is doing the right thing. Good people of Louisiana, fire him.

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