In shift, GOP ramps up vaccine push as resistance hardens

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Overall, only 51% of Republicans said in mid-June that they had received at least one vaccine dose, versus 83% of Democrats.

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mocking masks and medical experts, this week pointed to data showing the vast majority of hospitalized COVID-19 patients are unvaccinated.But the news conference convened by House GOP leaders on Thursday highlighted Republicans' competing messages on the virus.

Eric Ward, a senior fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center who studies extremism, blamed vaccine reluctance on “nearly a year-and-a-half of right-wing rage machine rhetoric." In New Hampshire, where shots have slowed to about 1,000 per week, Republican Gov. Chris Sununu said there are no immediate plans to launch new initiatives.

this week after spreading disinformation about vaccine-related deaths. And Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, a youth conservative advocacy group, suggested without evidence on his podcast that up to 1.2 million could have died after getting the COVID-19 vaccine.

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lol...Im guessing Dems arent counting blacks and latinos.....because they are NOT getting vaccines

overall Im 99% right 100% of the time

This is when the Trump Flu becomes the Redstate Flu.....I say let them take their chances, Evolution LOVES volunteers. Oh and fewer Republican Voters is GREAT for America!

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