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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump is accusing Kennedy of being a "fake" anti-vaxxer.
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Politically calculated: Trump confronts his RFK Jr. problem on vaccines
The former president is accusing Kennedy of being a fake anti-vaxxer.
Donald Trumps long-fraught relationship with the Covid vaccine is again becoming a political liability for the former president as he tries to stop his voters from potentially defecting to independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Trump is threatening to not give one penny to schools or colleges that mandate the Covid-19 vaccine. He is accusing Kennedy of being a fake anti-vaxxer. And he is rarely mentioning what he once touted as one of the greatest miracles of his presidency his program to speed development of the vaccine.
Trumps statements are clearly deliberate and politically calculated to negate the threat that [Kennedy] has become to him, Republican strategist and former Trump administration appointee Matthew Bartlett said. Otherwise, he would be demanding a Nobel prize for Operation Warp Speed and taking credit for ending the pandemic.
Trumps elevation of vaccine policy in recent weeks reflects the unique problem that Kennedy poses for the presumptive Republican nominee. While presidential candidates typically moderate their messages for a general election audience after winning primaries, Kennedy has forced the former president to continue guarding his right flank on Covid by attracting vaccine skeptics to his third-party campaign and skewering Trumps support for early pandemic shutdowns.
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Trump is accusing Kennedy of being a "fake" anti-vaxxer. (Original Post)
Bucky
May 20
OP
speak easy
(9,405 posts)1. 'A who is the biggest anti-vaxxer contest' is good for Dems IMO.
Johonny
(21,131 posts)2. Trump is vaccinated.
Boasted about covid vaccine development over and over. He was very late to the anti-vax party. Like a true leader, only when he discovered being anti-vax got him more cheers, he suddenly was anti-vax. Trump is a complete fake. That his followers don't see it makes them suckers.
LetMyPeopleVote
(146,676 posts)3. This will be fun to watch
Bob is evidently cutting into TFG's base more than Bob cuts into President Biden's base
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,976 posts)4. Trump, "I'm more antivax than you are"
Nana nana na na!!!!!