Bill Kristol is pretty psyched for Democrats to run as pro-vaccine in 2022 and “hang the anti-vaxx movement around the neck of every Republican running for office in 2022”:
"Vaccines are broadly popular. So Democrats should hang the anti-vaxx movement around the neck of every Republican running for office in 2022…If a Republican candidate wants to counter that they, personally, are pro-vaccine, then that’s great."
—@JVLasthttps://t.co/OL3qTdxFiB— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) July 30, 2021
This is problematic for two reasons.
1. Former President Trump is likely going to bring up at EVERY rally in 2022 how it was his administration that developed the vaccine and candidates will embrace it:
Read my column in today’s @ArkansasOnline on why I decided to get the Trump vaccine. https://t.co/CmDd1Onqhu
— Sarah Huckabee Sanders (@SarahHuckabee) July 25, 2021
2. This leaves out all the Dem-voting union members who are refusing to get the jab:
In the past 24 hours, the national firefighters union, the postal service workers union, the largest public SF school union and the SEIU in Los Angeles all came out against mandatory vaccinations. All endorsed Joe Biden. Have fun! https://t.co/AeWV2mOUfV
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) July 30, 2021
For example, Disney is mandating vaccines for all their employees EXCEPT for the union members:
“We have also begun conversations around this topic with the unions representing our employees under collective bargaining agreements. In addition, all new hires will be required to be fully vaccinated before beginning employment,” says the company. https://t.co/eCHmEhtKNP
— Variety (@Variety) July 30, 2021
And for months Dems have accused Tucker Carlson or Fox News of spreading vaccine hesitancy but this leaves out all the people talking to first responders and medical workers they know and then deciding not to get it yet:
Incredibly depressing quotes here from various NYC labor unions re vaccine requirements for government workers. "The paramedics’ union said the city was disregarding its members’ civil liberties." The paramedics union!! https://t.co/IFpMeISC5v
— Tom Gara (@tomgara) July 27, 2021
No group has supported Joe Biden more consistently through his career than the Fire Fighters. But the IAFF opposes Biden’s #COVID19 vaccine mandate – https://t.co/swmQhpnnvb
— Reid Wilson (@PoliticsReid) July 30, 2021
This teacher union in San Francisco is also against a mandated vaccine:
UESF supports the requirement that workers either be vaccinated or be offered regular testing as a measure to keep workers, students and communities safe. We reject the idea that workers would lose their jobs for being unvaccinated, particularly in the midst of an economic crisis
— UESF (@UESF) July 29, 2021
And we’re starting to hear federal unions push back as well:
America's Largest Postal Worker Union Has Thoughts About Biden's Vaccine Mandate https://t.co/qoCpLE2cMv
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 29, 2021
In California, Gov. Gavin Newsom is in a real battle in the upcoming recall election. Should he take Kristol’s advice and go all-in on a vaccine mandate for his big SEIU union supporters?
The civil war brewing between Democratic executives and the unions that elect them spread to California yesterday — and at the worst moment for Gavin Newsom.
SEIU to Newsom: Stuff your vaccine mandatehttps://t.co/dO6F5NvVkC pic.twitter.com/EAp82srznZ
— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) July 29, 2021
It’s the same in New York City, although without the election pressure in California:
Greg Speller, executive vice president of 1199SEIU, one of the largest health care unions, said that mandating vaccinations could make the situation worse. https://t.co/vCsmfQXyiG
— Spectrum News 1 Albany (@SpecNews1Albany) July 27, 2021
Anti-vax was never red vs. blue, and now they’re having to face it.
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