Posted on 12/21/2020 1:51:34 PM PST by billorites
Gov. Chris Sununu said it was "outrageous" and "insulting" that members of Congress such as U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster, D-N.H., were "cutting the line" to get the coronavirus vaccine ahead of more needy New Hampshire residents.
Sununu, 45, took to social media over the weekend to criticize Congress after several confirmed they had gotten a shot, including Kuster and 2020 presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.
“Congress has literally done nothing these last eight months. Now they are cutting the line and getting the vaccine ahead of residents in long-term care, nurses and essential workers who stock our shelves,” Sununu posted on Twitter. “It’s outrageous. And insulting.”
Sununu also mocked the notion that members of Congress should have gotten the vaccine because their jobs were essential.
“Since when is doing nothing an essential function?” asked Sununu, a three-term, Newfields Republican.
“It’s ridiculous that Congress is cutting in line ahead of folks in long-term care. I’ll be the first in line to get the vaccine when it’s my turn.”
Hours after that post, congressional leaders announced they had received agreement on a $900 billion COVID-19 relief package that includes a $600 stimulus check for every American adult and $300-per-week additional unemployment benefits.
President-elect Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, got the vaccine in separate appointments on Monday.
Vice President Mike Pence got his shot late last week.
Last week, nearly 1,000 health care workers received the first shots in New Hampshire.
There are nearly 9,000 New Hampshire doses that CVS and Walgreens will begin administering to residents in long-term care settings this week.
Kuster, 64, said that she had gotten the vaccine last week on the advice of her doctor and went public to encourage people to take the vaccine because it was safe and effective.
“Today, upon the advice of my physician, I received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Washington, D.C.," Kuster said Friday. "I believe in the science, and I want to demonstrate to my constituents in New Hampshire that this vaccine is safe and effective. I will continue to wear a mask, keep social distance and follow CDC recommendations to stop the spread of this vicious virus."
U.S. Rep. Chris Pappas, D-NH, said on Monday that he'll wait to get the vaccine.
"I'm not going to take one because I feel that the supply is limited ... I'm going to wait until the general population has access to this," Pappas, 40, said on the "Chris Ryan in the Morning" show on WKXL-FM in Concord.
In a statement, Pappas urged citizens to be vaccinated.
"I encourage every American to receive a COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available to them, in accordance with their doctor’s recommendations and guidance from public health officials,” Pappas said.
He concluded: "I have every confidence that the vaccines being approved are safe and effective after undergoing the highest levels of testing and scrutiny.”
National and state Republican leaders have been urging Sununu to consider running for the U.S. Senate in 2022 against Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H.
Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Hassan have not reported that they have received the vaccine.
"Senator Hassan has not received a COVID-19 vaccine. The senator has full confidence in the safety and efficacy of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines following the FDA's independent review process," said Aaron Jacobs, Hassan's communications director.
"She will get vaccinated at the appropriate time in consultation with medical professionals, and wants to ensure that the first doses go to those at highest risk. The senator will also share publicly once she has been vaccinated, as public officials like Vice President Mike Pence have, to help reinforce public confidence in the vaccine."
Last month, Sununu won reelection by nearly a 2-1 margin over Senate Majority Leader Dan Feltes. His win helped flip both branches of the Legislature and the Executive Council from Democratic to Republican.
Let the Congress butt-wads be the guinea pigs.
I like Sununu’s political instincts.
OK class, let’s everyone bend over and take it in the butt. Whoa! Go ahead sure you can cut in line. /s
This should not surprise anyone as politicians are the most ‘entitlement’ class there is!
Pelosi hasn’t seemed “right” ever since her vaccination. Loopiness accelerated.
What makes me sad? I don’t get to shove it in their azz.
They are more important than plain citizens. Just ask them!
LOLOL...now there’s a guy who would get my vote!
No, it’s fine, really. Let them have as much as they want.
Yeah, I'm not exactly averse to doing medical experimentation on Congress...
They gladly can have mine!
We’ll sit back and watch them for reactions.
They’ve already given themselves limitless get of jail cards.. let their sense of entitlement force them to be guinea pigs.
I have no problem with this. And if they want PoC to get it before whites, I have no problem with that either.
“I believe in the science, and I want to demonstrate to my constituents in New Hampshire that this vaccine is safe and effective. I will continue to wear a mask, keep social distance and follow CDC recommendations to stop the spread of this vicious virus.”
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Idiot congress critter repeats the full catechism of the Left about Covid.
Anti-vaxx until they want it.
I hate anti-vaxxers AND hypocrites, may they all die, slowly and painfully.
I think she is just getting Hiden's senility. As people reach those ages, it happens.
This is what happens over and over and over and over and over. GOP knob is advised by staff there's an opening, in this instance re: U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster, D-N.H jumping the line, and humiliate her. Great.
NOW, you have to follow-up with:
Otherwise it's just pissin' in the wind.
"Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it."
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