Posted on 08/24/2021 11:45:02 AM PDT by RandFan
Conservative talk show host Alex Jones slammed former President Trump after the 45th president encouraged people at an Alabama rally to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
A clip from the Aug. 22 taping of InfoWars appears to show Jones accusing the former president of heralding the vaccine for political gain and bowing to media pressure.
“Shame on you, Trump. Seriously. Hey, if you don’t have the good sense to save yourself and your political career, that’s OK,” the InfoWars host said.
“At least you’re going to get some good Republicans elected, and we like you,” Jones added. “But, my God, maybe you’re not that bright. Maybe Trump’s actually a dumbass.”
Speaking at a rally in Cullman, Ala., Trump said he respected the attendees' freedoms, but he suggested a vaccine could be good for them, saying “I did it. It’s good. Take the vaccines.”
A smattering of boos rang out from the crowd following Trump’s recommendation. Yet the former president, who has been criticized for not openly touting COVID-19 vaccines, continued, seemingly unfazed.
“Now, that’s OK. That’s all right. You got your freedoms,” Trump said. “But I happen to take the vaccine. If it doesn’t work, you’ll be the first to know. OK? I’ll call up Alabama and say, ‘Hey, you know what?’ But it is working.”
The Alabama Department of Public Health released data on Monday that shows 89.8 percent of COVID-19 cases and 94.1 percent of COVID-19 deaths from April 1 to Aug. 18 occurred among the state’s unvaccinated population.
Currently, just more than half of the U.S. population is fully vaccinated, while nearly 61 percent have received at least one vaccine dose, according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
I have great affection for Donald Trump, but he has become a politician, much to my dismay.
Trump is also against mandates it seems so that’s another plus.
A mixed bag.
Don’t confuse the real scientists the developed the vaccines with the environmental “scientists” who have an agenda, and are not to be trusted and are not real scientists at all honestly.
I guess the word TROLLING isn’t in Mr. Jones’ vocabulary.
One of *many* reasons I still support him. He is right on most things and he isn't afraid of a fight.
I hope people who want the vaccine get it and that it works fine. The majority of people under 70 don’t really need it unless they have medical problems. It shouldn’t be forced upon people regardless how you feel about it.
Same here & the types of resorts he has built have little appeal to me.
I hear he's palling around with Reince Preibus again. Palm, meet forehead.
Why was Schroyer arrested, and Blowhard wasn’t, when Owen was simply shadowing Jones on that side of the Capitol.
I booed when he mentioned it at the Alabama rally I watched via computer.
Hyperbole? Kills people? Sounds like hyperbole from a woke snowflake Walmart shopper. 😁
Trump is a genius when it comes to numbers, statistics and probabilities. Many of his followers are not. Trump rarely ends up wrong and won’t be about the overall safety of vaccines vs going without.
Trump should absolutely keep reminding people of the dangers of unvaccinated covid and the safety of his Warp Speed success.
So you are for mandated vaccines and bringing Afghani refugees to the US?
You truly suck.
I would like to see him talk up his opposition to mandates...
[ I agree Trump needs to shut the hell up about these vaccines he helped bring about...He got a resounding booing at his last dog and pony show..Hope it woke him up! Think it shook him up a bit... ]
The Deep state exploited his legendary germophobia
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