The Kentucky Republican is airing an ad across 100 radio stations in his state urging people to get vaccinated, as the highly contagious Delta variant of Covid-19 ravages parts of the country, particularly red states with higher rates of unvaccinated people.
"Reuters first reported McConnell's plans to air the ad.The rise in cases and hospitalizations has spurred an effort by many Republicans on Capitol Hill to ramp up their vaccine messaging to encourage constituents to get the shot. McConnell has long supported vaccines and has been urging people to get the shot all year in stops across his home state and in remarks at the US Capitol.At a news conference on Tuesday, Sen.
About time....
He shouldn’t have ever recovered from polio. The world would have been a better place.
I guess they realized encouraging their base to not get vaccinated was killing off their voters they needed to change change tune.
And now America has faced an even worse disease called Mitch McConnell for almost 40 years…
This could be your Greatest Accomplishment Yet. How many People have a chance to save the lives of 20,000 or more with just a few Radio Ads
Another lockdown would, coincidentally, be bad for his donors...
Now you no longer turd following now!🤣🤣 encourage doormat tondo the same also!
Well well.
It would have been nice if he did this 3-4 months ago
A rare and deserved thumbs up for Moscow Mitch.
😂😂😂😂 hard pass
To little to late. Guess he realized the unvaccinated and dying are his voters
Coulda done this, oh I don’t know, LAST YEAR
Minority communities are still suffering from low vaccination rates. Nobody cares because the political narrative has changed. Unbelievable.
About time he did something responsible
I think its time for Republicans to more thoughtfully consider who they vote for. If their current official doesn't understand modern society and where it's headed, they shouldn't be in their position.
Covid19 sees humans as food. Reject noise. Get vaxxed.
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